City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 1 Uptown/Town Centre Specific Plan Amendment
2508 Spring Street
GPA25-01, SPA25-01, CUP24-10, SPR24-13 (P24-0098)
September 16, 2025
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 2 Zoning
▪ T4-F – “areas currently lining portions of Spring
Street, 12th Street, 21st Street, and Vine Street,
and occupied generally by 1‐ and 2‐story, single
family dwellings and flex block buildings. Some of
the buildings within the T‐4F zone are historically
significant. The intent of the T‐4F zone is to
preserve this small‐scale mixed‐use character,
while allowing for higher residential densities and
a more diverse use mix than the T‐4N zone.”
▪ TC-2 - “areas that are developed with strip
centers and other suburban types of commercial
buildings that cater to the automobile; many
properties are relatively underdeveloped, with
substantial portions either vacant or used for
parking. Most of the buildings are unremarkable
in historic value. The intent of the TC‐2 zone is to
create relatively high density, mixed‐use
neighborhoods.”
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 3 On August 5, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution 25-085, which approved General Plan Amendment 25-01 and found the project exempt from environmental review as a Class 1 categorical exemption for Existing Buildings pursuant to the State’s Guidelines to Implement the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Section 15301. Section 15301 is also applicable to the proposed ordinance to amend the Uptown/Town Centre Specific Plan designation for this project.
CEQA
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 4
1. Take no action, which will leave the property’s General Plan land use designation into conflict with its Zoning district and preclude winetasting and other uses allowed in the TC-2 district on the property.
2. Reiterate the intention of the majority of the Council to approve Specific Plan Amendment 25-01 by introducing Ordinance XXXX for first reading to amend the Uptown/Town Centre Specific Plan to rezone 2508 Spring Street to the TC-2 zoning district.
3. Refer the project back to the Planning Commission for additional analysis.
4. Deny the project by adopting findings of denial.
Options
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 5 The Planning Commission held a public hearing on July 8, 2025 and recommends the City Council approve Specific Plan Amendment 25-01 by introducing Ordinance XXXX for first reading to amend the Uptown/Town Centre Specific Plan to rezone 2508 Spring Street to the TC-2 zoning district.
Recommendation
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 6 Questions?
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 7 City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 8 PRMC 21.14.060 - Adoption of a specific plan.
A. Specific plans may be adopted by either resolution and/or ordinance.
B. Resolutions shall govern those components of specific plans that are:
1. Policy statements describing the vision for development;
2. Descriptions of the proposed distribution, location, extent, and intensity of major components of public and private transportation, sewage, water, drainage, solid waste disposal, energy, and other essential facilities; and
3. Programs of implementation measures including regulations, programs, public works projects, and financing measures necessary to carry out Paragraphs 21.14.060(B)1. and 21.14.060(B)2.
C. Ordinances shall govern those components of specific plans that act as zoning regulations for the areas covered by specific plans, including:
1. The distribution, location, and extent of the uses of land, including open space, within the area covered by the plan; this would include "regulating plans", land use/zoning maps; and
2. The regulations for development of said lands.
Specific Plan Amendments
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 9 Location
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 10 General Plan
Purpose
▪ MU-12 - to “allow a mix of multi- family residential at 12 units per acre and limited commercial
uses such as offices, personal
services, neighborhood markets,
banks, retail shops, and
restaurants.”
▪ CC - to “provide a land use
category for commercial centers
that serve the City as a whole,
such as the historic downtown
and designated shopping
centers.”
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 11 T4-F vs. TC-2
Land Use
Permit Required
by Zone
T4-F TC-2
Auto/vehicle sales (including auto repair as an accessory use): more than 25 percent used
- CUP
Bars, cocktail lounges (with or without a restaurant; may include dancing and live, amplified entertainment)
- CUP
Breweries and Distilleries with on-site consumption - P / CUP Card rooms - CUP
Carwashes - CUP
Service Stations (including auto repair as secondary use) - CUP Winery with on-site consumption - CUP
Winetasting Rooms - P
Hotels, motels (does not include bed and breakfast inns) - P City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 12 Standard T4-F TC-2
Maximum Height 36 feet 50 feet
Front Setback 10-15 feet 0-10 feet
Interior Side Setback 5-10 feet 0-10 feet
Street Side Setback 10-12 feet 0-10 feet
Rear Setback 10 feet 5 feet
Residential Density 30 DU/acre 30 DU/acre
T4-F vs. TC-2
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 13 Existing Commercial Building
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 14 City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 15 Site Plan
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 16 City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 17 City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 18 Floor Plan
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 19 City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 20 Landscape Plan
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 21 Elevations
Front Elevation
Rear Elevation
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 22 Side Elevations
South Elevation
North Elevation
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 23 Deck Details
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 24 Monument Sign
Standard Allowed Proposed
Height 6 ft 4 feet 2 inches
Sign Area 32 sf 26.1 sf
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 25 Wall Mounted Signs
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 26 ▪ 1 space required / 400sf (gross interior area and outdoor seating areas) ▪ 8,067sf interior + 1,211sf outdoor seating area = 23 spaces required ▪ Provided: 24 auto + 1 motorcycle
▪ 30% compact spaces allowed (17% proposed)
Parking
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Specific Plan Uptown
Midtown
Downtown
South of Downtown
Riverside
Corridor
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 35 The Uptown neighborhood developed in a “piecemeal and
jumbled fashion, quite different and separate from the Downtown neighborhoods”. The vision for the Uptown neighborhood
includes completing the street network, constructing new parks and plazas, and adding buildings with welcoming frontages and pedestrian-scaled facades.
Uptown Neighborhood
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 36 ▪ General Plan Policy LU-2H: Downtown. Continue to revitalize the historic Downtown. Focus efforts on developing Downtown Paso Robles as the specialty retail, government, office, cultural, conference, and entertainment center of the City and North County region. ▪ General Plan Land Use Categories
– Mixed Use: to allow a mix of multi-family residential at 12 units per acre and limited commercial uses such as offices, personal services, neighborhood markets, banks, retail shops, and restaurants. – Community Commercial: to provide a land use category for commercial centers that serve the City as a whole, such as the historic downtown and designated shopping centers.
General Plan
City of Paso Robles – City Council Public Comments call 805-865-7276 37 ▪ March 3, 2025 – The DRC determined the project could not proceed with the proposed floor plan as winetasting is not an allowed use in the T4-F district. ▪ March 31, 2025 – The project was presented including the General Plan Map Amendment and Specific Plan Map Amendment. The DRC recommended the project proceed to Planning Commission for review and requested signage and parking be brought into conformance with the specific plan standards.
Development Review Committee