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Council reviews proposed commercial/industrial use tables and a new Commercial Innovation zone
Summary
The council reviewed draft use tables consolidating commercial districts, adding modern definitions, and creating a Commercial Innovation (CI) district with flexible development standards (roll‑up doors, 20% storefront glazing, and 16‑ft ground‑floor height). Members asked staff to clarify AUP vs. CUP uses and to refine fencing and glazing language.
At a workshop session on April 30, Atascadero staff presented a package of zoning‑code updates intended to align the zoning code with the general plan, consolidate overlapping commercial districts into four new districts (Commercial, Commercial Services, Commercial Innovation (CI), and Industrial), and clarify or add modern land‑use definitions.
Consultant Genevieve Charo (MIG) told the council the update aims to simplify the code while implementing policy goals. "The commercial place types districts are concentrated on El Camino Real..." she said, and…
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