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Speakers: City can shape zoning and outreach but cannot pick specific storefront tenants
Summary
Speakers said the city can set commercial zoning and work proactively with developers to recruit tenants, but it cannot legally bar or require particular businesses to locate in a given commercial spot; the city has worked with developer Elevated for about 3½ years on recruitment efforts.
Speaker 1, an unidentified speaker, told attendees that the city can set the general plan and commercial zoning but cannot choose specific tenants, saying, "The city doesn't really have a say in what business is going where." The speaker emphasized the city's role is to guide land use through plans and zoning rather than dictate end users.
Speaker 1 asked the development partners whether they had industry relationships…
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