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Downtown TOO Strategy 6 September 4, 2007 Proposed Rezoning . Implementation of the TOD Strategy entails rezoning of certain properties within the downtown Transit-Oriented Development Study Area (generally within a Yz mile radius of the intersection of East 14th Street and Davis Streets). Specifically, the changes to the Zoning Code affect the Residential Single-Family (RS), Residentia] Dup]ex (RD), Residentia] Mu]ti-Fami]y (RM), Commercia] Neighborhood (CN), Commercia] Community (CC), Commercia] Downtown (CD), North Area-I (NA-I), North Area-2 (NA-2), Professional Office (P), Professional High Density Office (PH D), Industria] Limited (lL) and Industria] Park (lP) zoning districts within the Downtown TOO Deve]opment Strategy study area. . The Downtown TOO Strategy established various districts that were then translated into appropriate language for the Zoning Code as shown in the table below: TOO Development Strategy District Area Zoning District Retail Mixed-Use (East 14th Street between Davis and Castro Streets); essentially, the old Commercial Downtown District. DA-j Multi-Use Infill (periphery of downtown core); lowest level of residential density. TOO - Transition Mixed-Use (immediately adjacent to retail core). TOO - Residential Mixed-Use (near transit facilities); highest level of residential density. TOO - BART Area Mixed-Use (immediately adjacent to BART). Office Mixed-Use (Davis Street at San Leandro Boulevard). DA-2 DA-3 DA-4 DA-5 DA-6 . As noted in the table above, six new Downtown Area Districts were established to correspond with existing Zoning Code terminology. The attached Proposed TOO Zoning Map identifies the areas for the new Downtown Area Zoning Districts (P]ease see Attachments A and B). The attached proposed changes to Article 6 (Commercial and Professional Districts) establishes the vanous permitted, conditionally permitted, administrative and temporary uses for the new Downtown Area Districts (P]ease see attached Ordinance to Amend Zoning Code). Inclusion of existing uses of the previous zonmg district was retained wherever feasible. The mixed-use and multi-family provisions of the TOO Strategy were added to the new districts to allow for increased residential densities, as appropriate, in the new Downtown Area Districts. Development standards m Article 6 also show proposed changes to provide direction for new development in Downtown Area Districts. New parking standards for Downtown Area Districts are shown in proposed revisions to Article 17 (Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements), as shown in attached Ordinance to Amend Zoning Code. Finally, Article 25 (Site Plan Approva]) shows the proposed modification to allow the Zoning Enforcement Offici a] to refer development applications to the Board of Zoning Adjustments, in addition to the Site Development Sub-Committee (Please see attached Ordinance to Amend Zoning Code).