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Atascadero planners release draft EIR and preview streamlined commercial, innovation and industrial zoning
Summary
City staff released a draft EIR for the general-plan and zoning-code update and walked the Planning Commission through proposed changes that would simplify several commercial districts into a primary commercial zone, add a Commercial Innovation district for maker and light industrial uses, and retain an industrial zone; the EIR comment period runs 45 days through June 6.
Atascadero's planning staff told the commission May 5 that a draft environmental impact report for the general plan and zoning-code update is out for public review for 45 days, through June 6, and that the city has published physical copies at the library and the public counter and posted materials online.
Phil, the city's community development representative, presented the zoning changes the city is proposing: condense multiple existing commercial zones into a single primary commercial district, keep a separate commercial-service district for service uses, introduce a Commercial Innovation ("innovation flex") district intended for maker spaces,…
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