Commissioners push occupancy- and parking-based approach, move away from size-based limits for restaurants
Staff proposed replacing embedded size thresholds with zone-specific use parameters; commissioners favored parking and occupancy rules tied to expected users instead of arbitrary square-foot cutoffs for eating establishments and urged a separate approach for mobile-vendor licensing.
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Planning staff recommended a table-driven approach: use a single base use called "eating establishment" and set zone-specific parameters (including size, parking, and other mitigation) in the zone cells rather than locking size thresholds into the use title. Staff showed how a table could list permitted uses across zones with use parameters associated by zone.
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