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City Council Meeting
August 10, 2026
Agenda Item 14-A
Conceptual Arts District Overlay Zone (ADOZ)
Clark Avenue, Alondra Boulevard to Flower Street
Presented By:
Elizabeth Oba, Alexander Salgado
Planning Department
Amanda Tropiano
De Novo Planning
•The ADOZ would be 100%
voluntary (opt-in)
•Existing zoning remains
unchanged for non-participating
properties
•Boundaries: Alondra Boulevard
to Flower Street
Background
Permitted Uses
Goal: Expand the list of arts-focused businesses
Examples of Potential
Permitted Use:
•Galleries
•Studios
•Cafes
Examples of Potential Admin or
Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
required:
•Makerspaces
•Breweries
•Theaters and museums
•Performance Venues
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•Special requirements for certain
uses like micro-manufacturing
(size, location)
•Unlisted creative uses can be
approved by the Planning
Director if similar in character
Live/Work Units
Goal: Permit residents to live and run a creative business within the same unit.
General Guidelines:
•Exempt from base
residential density caps
•Require 33%–50%
workspace
•Operator-occupancy
•750 sq. ft. minimum unit
size
•Adult businesses, vehicle
repair, and hazardous work
are not permitted.
Frontage and Design
•Require street-facing
ground floors along Clark
Ave to be commercial/
workspace (housing above
or behind)
•Highlight the 60% clear
glass requirement
(between 2'–7' height) and
prohibition of exterior
security bars/roll-down
doors.
•Prohibits exterior security
bars and roll-down metal
grates.
Building Size and Setbacks
•Maximum Building
Height: 3 stories or 40
feet, whichever is lower.
•No minimum lot size.
•100% lot coverage
•0–5 ft front build-to line
(no side/rear setbacks
required)
•Features such as
awnings, canopies, plant
containers, parklets,
sidewalk dining, or mural
surfaces could extend
into the right-of-way.
Parking
•Changing an existing building to a permitted creative use requires no additional parking.
•Commercial uses require 1 space per 500 square feet of building area. •Live/work units: 2 spaces per unit.
•Mixed-use projects: Entitled to an automatic 20% reduction in required spaces.
•Required parking may sit off-site within 500 feet under a recorded agreement or lease.
Potential Development Incentives
-Streamlined Approvals:
Administrative review by
Planning Director for projects
<5,000 sq. ft. (no public
hearing delay/cost).
-Pre-2026 Building Relief:
Exemption from modern lot
coverage and landscape
buffer standards.
-General Plan Amendment:
A matching General Plan
Amendment (redesignating
corridor to Mixed-Use) will be
processed concurrently.
Recommendation
1.Receive, file, and provide direction regarding the conceptual ADOZ; or
2.Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
056 suzzo
'FMNI/%fl 400WMWMWA Tutor's.
earaztra ll
CA
City Council Meeting
August 10, 2026
Agenda Item 14-A
Conceptual Arts District Overlay Zone (ADOZ)
Clark Avenue, Alondra Boulevard to Flower Street
Presented By:
Elizabeth Oba, Alexander Salgado
Planning Department
Amanda Tropiano
De Novo Planning