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Item 3—Redlined Plan, Part 2 Question for Task Force 7. Does the Task Force agree that restaurants with indoor dining be permitted, restaurants with outdoor dining be subject to a Minor Conditional Use permit, and that bars be subject to a Conditional Use Permit in the Mixed Use — Transitional district? 8. If so, should outdoor dining be subject to both Minor Conditional Use and Outdoor Dining permits? Existing Single Family Residences Within the Mixed Use — Transitional district, particularly along the north side of Old Bernal Avenue, there are existing single family residences. While the long-term objective of the Mixed Use — Transitional district is for these properties to potentially be redeveloped with context-sensitive mixed use development, owners of these single family homes may desire to keep and improve their properties. Given the ultimate objective for redevelopment, single family residences would not be identified as permitted (or conditional uses) for the Mixed Use — Transitional district, and accordingly, would be considered non-conforming uses.3 In order to allow these residences to not only remain, but to allow for alterations and expansions, staff proposes that the existing municipal code section pertinent to non-conforming structures be expanded to include the Mixed Use — Transitional district. The redlined specific plan also includes a policy that indicates existing residential uses may remain, and may be remodeled or enlarged. A municipal code amendment to section 18.120.030(A), adding the Mixed Use — Transitional to the list of districts that allow a residential use to be altered or enlarged, could be added as an implementation item if the Task Force agrees with this approach. Question for Task Force 9. Does the Task Force agree that owners of existing single family homes in the Mixed Use — Transitional district should be able to alter or enlarge the home, and that an implementation action to amend municipal code section 18.20.030(A), Nonconforming Uses— Alteration and Addition, should be added to the specific plan such that the Mixed Use — Transitional is added to the list of districts that allow a residential use to be altered or enlarged? Active Ground Floor Uses The Task Force has discussed and generally supported the concept of active ground floor uses at previous Task Force meetings. Accordingly, text for active ground floor uses has been added to the specific plan. Upon further consideration of this topic, the redline specific plan also includes text related to multi-use spaces and exceptions to the requirement. 3 Pleasanton Municipal Code Section 18.120.040 indicates that non-conforming dwelling units are not required to be changed to a conforming use if abandoned or discontinued for a continuous period exceeding 90 days, as is required for all other non-conforming uses. Prepared for the April 24, 2018 Downtown Specific Plan Update Task Force Meeting Page 10 of 13