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Study Session to Consider Establishing Mixed Use (MX) Zoning District Guidelines;
Adoption of Resolution Adopting Policies Regarding Development of Master Plans and Amendments to Master Plans for New Development within the MX Mixed Use Zoning District. (Community Development 481005)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Study Session to Consider Establishing Mixed Use (MX) Zoning District Guidelines; and Adoption of Resolution Adopting Policies Regarding Development of Master Plans and Amendments to Master Plans for New Development within the MX Mixed Use Zoning District.
BACKGROUND
This report is a response to the City Council's direction to initiate revisions to the City of Alameda's mixed use zoning district regulations to aid retention of beneficial commercial uses within areas zoned for Mixed Use. The City Council requested that staff give consideration to:
"(a) Definition of "mixed use" that provide sufficient guidance for new development in areas previously zoned and/or used exclusively for commercial purposes.
(b) Guidance for accommodating adjacent State Tidelands or shoreline uses
(c) Establish proportions of commercial use to residential use
(d) Retaining or increasing jobs, including maritime, in areas zoned for mixed use"
The Council requested the review for two reasons: 1) business retention is essential to the economic stability of the City, and 2) maintaining or increasing jobs in areas zoned for mixed use has the potential to reduce commute traffic congestion.
This City Council discussion to retain maritime and other commercial jobs in mixed use waterfront development began with a March 2016 City Council tour of major waterfront mixed use development opportunity sites and continued with an April 19, 2016 City Council workshop to review the MX Mixed Use District Zoning District regulations. The materials produced for the Tour and the 2016 Council workshop are attached as...
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