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File #: 250542    Version: 1 Name: Planning Code - Fenestration, Transparency, and Sign Requirements Generally; Sales and Service Uses in the C-3 and RC Districts
Type: Ordinance Status: Pending Committee Action
Introduced: 5/20/2025 In control: Land Use and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) principally permit certain non-retail sales and service uses, including general office, design professional, business services, non-retail professional services, and trade offices, on the ground floor in the C-3 (“Downtown Commercial”) Districts through December 31, 2030, after which such uses will be conditionally permitted; 2) principally permit retail sales and service uses on the second floor and above in the RC (“Residential-Commercial”) Districts; 3) principally permit non-retail sales and service uses on the second floor and above in the RC Districts; 4) update transparency and fenestration requirements for ground floor actives uses and exempt child care facilities, homeless shelters, mortuaries, religious institutions, reproductive health clinics, and school uses from those requirements; 5) define an Interior Sign and the applicable standards for Interior Signs; 6) exempt Interior Signs of six square feet or less and Business and Identifying Signs painted on building facades from a permit under the Planning Code; 7) modify the definition of a Non-Residential Use for the purposes of certain development impact fee waivers; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302.
Sponsors: Mayor, Danny Sauter, Matt Dorsey, Bilal Mahmood, Stephen Sherrill
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. MYR Memo 052025, 4. Referral CEQA PC 052825, 5. Referral FYI 052825, 6. CEQA Det 060425, 7. SBC Response 062425, 8. PC Transmittal 062725, 9. Comm Pkt 063025, 10. OSB Presentation 063025, 11. Comment Ltrs
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