Attachment B: Summary of Draft Ordinance
PAMC Chapter/Section # Proposed Amendments
Ch. 18.04.030:
Definitions
Make permanent changes to definitions.
Split “Animal Care” definition into two use
classifications, based on impact.
Split “Eating and Drinking Services” into three use
classifications, to create distinct parking requirements, and allow bars without food service.
Remove “take out service” as it pertains to food service Relocate “neighborhood-serving” use definitions here
Ch. 18.16:
Neighborhood,
Community, and Service
Commercial (CN, CC and
CS) Districts
Streamline overlapping, confusing, and contradictory
use regulations for Midtown and Charleston Shopping
Centers.
Allow neighborhood-serving offices and residential uses in the Midtown and Charleston Shopping Centers
(except along public frontages).
Expand allowed uses in the CC and CS districts,
including some from the “retail-like” category, and bars with a CUP.
Revised permit levels (i.e., by right vs. CUP) to expand by right uses.
Ch. 18.18: Downtown
Commercial (CD) District
Streamline overlapping use regulations.
Expand allowed uses, including some from the “retail-
like” category, and bars with a CUP.
Ch. 18.29 North Ventura Expand allowed uses, including some from the “retail- like” category, and bars with a CUP.
Ch. 18.30(A): Retail
Shopping (R) Combining
District Regulations
(Applicable on California
Avenue)
Ch. 18.30(C): Ground
Floor (GF) Combining
District Regulations
(Applicable in Downtown
core)
Make permanent 2024 additions to allowed uses.
Expanded allowed uses.
Remove subjective findings, and Waiver and
Adjustments.
Allow neighborhood-serving offices, except along
University Ave. and California Ave. frontages.
Allow medical office, with a retail sales component, on University Ave. and California Ave.
Ch. 18.38: Planned
Communities (PC)
Districts
Allow Director authority to interpret list of allowed uses in commercial PCs and allow "similar" uses, except
where use is listed as a community benefit.
Ch. 18.40.180: Retail
Preservation
Exempt multifamily residential and office/manufacturing zones from retail preservation regulations.
Ch. 18.42: Standards for
Special Uses
Modify Section 18.42.090 (Alcoholic Beverages) to
streamline permitting and apply conditions for bars and restaurants with alcohol service, regarding noise,
training, hours of operation, etc.
Establish Section 18.42.130 (Animal Care) to create
generally applicable conditions for animal care uses,
regarding nuisances, drainage, ventilation, waste, etc.
Ch. 18.52: Parking and
Loading Requirements
Establish blended parking rate for the California Avenue Parking district (similar to Downtown).
Modify ratios for eating and drinking services.
Modify thresholds for when a transportation demand
management (TDM) program is required.
Increase shared parking opportunities.
Ch. 18.76.010 &
18.77.060 Process and
Administration (and
throughout PAMC)
Replace all references from CUP to Administrative Use
Permit (AUP) to better reflect the primarily
administrative nature of this permit process.
Ch. 16.59: Citywide
Transportation Impact
Fee
Exempt small retail uses from the citywide
transportation fee, consistent with other fee exemptions, in Sections 16.45.050 and 16.58.030.