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Tracy planners back making downtown—s parking exemption permanent, add uses and height limit
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended City Council amend the Central Business District zone to make a 10‑year parking‑exemption pilot permanent, eliminate minimum off‑street parking in the CBD, allow certain recreational/instructional uses by right, and establish a four‑floor/50‑foot height cap. Commissioners and a downtown resident debated possible edge‑area parking impacts.
The City of Tracy Planning Commission on Dec. 3 voted to recommend that City Council amend the Central Business District (CBD) zoning code to: make a decade‑long parking‑exemption pilot permanent, allow use group 33 as a permitted use in the CBD (shifting certain recreational and instructional uses from conditional to permitted), clarify streamlined review for affordable housing, and add a maximum height limit of four floors or 50 feet.
Planner Brianna Alameda summarized the amendments and said the parking exemption would apply to new buildings, modifications and tenant…
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