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Committee advances several planning‑code fixes aimed at helping small businesses, hours extensions and legalization paths
Summary
The committee approved technical amendments and forwarded multiple planning‑code items intended to activate vacant storefronts (a two‑year pilot), allow catering as an accessory use, create a legalization pathway for three Union Street massage establishments and permit limited nonconforming uses to operate until midnight with conditional-use authorization.
Members of the Land Use Committee on Monday advanced a package of planning‑code amendments intended to support small businesses, clarify uses and extend operating hours for specified nonconforming uses.
Item 1: Chair Katie Chang described a two‑year pilot that would remove public‑notice and Planning Commission review requirements for certain uses in Districts 4 and 11 to encourage businesses to occupy vacant storefronts. The committee adopted the technical amendments that repositioned the ordinance text for consistency with a recent planning‑code reorganization and forwarded the item to the full Board as a…
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