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San Joaquin staff asks council to reconsider Central Business District zoning on Main Street
Summary
City staff told the San Joaquin City Council at a Jan. 6 work session that the Central Business District (CBD) designation is “more restrictive and it is more costly” for developers and proposed folding CBD rules into the Main Street Commercial (MSC) standard or otherwise simplifying the zone. Council members asked staff to draft an amendment and take it to the planning commission for a public hearing.
City staff introduced a non-action proposal at the San Joaquin City Council’s Jan. 6 work session to reconsider whether the city should keep a distinct Central Business District (CBD) designation in the Main Street Business District or instead apply the Main Street Commercial (MSC) standards more broadly.
“Should we continue to have a central business district in the city?” a staff presenter asked, framing the conversation as an introductory review of the code rather than a formal proposal. Staff said the CBD sits within the Main Street Business District alongside Main Street Commercial (MSC) and Main Street Residential (MSR) and is differentiated by a handful of more stringent rules — setbacks, height minimums and architectural standards intended to concentrate intensity at the…
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