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Staff outlines revised ‘neighborhood mixed‑use’ approach for live‑work text amendment; 25% commercial floor‑area minimum proposed
Summary
Planning staff presented a revised draft text amendment that would create a formal 'neighborhood mixed use' category in the neighborhood commercial zone and require a minimum nonresidential component of 25% of gross floor area and 50% of ground‑floor frontage facing the street.
Planning staff presented a revised draft of a zoning text amendment on May 7 that restructures the neighborhood commercial chapter and narrows how residential activity may be incorporated in small commercial nodes.
Under the draft, several residential‑type conditional uses currently listed in the neighborhood commercial zone — including bed‑and‑breakfasts, certain residential facilities, preschools and home occupations in some circumstances — would be consolidated under a new neighborhood mixed‑use use type. That use type would permit development that combines residential and nonresidential uses, but the staff draft establishes minimum thresholds to preserve a commercial emphasis: the…
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