Revitalizing downtown Pismo Beach

By Kris A Vardas

The following is a list of actions/policies to revitalize downtown Pismo Beach

• Treatment of vacation rentals as commercial use;
• Ranges of percentage commercial to residential uses (e.g., 35% to 75%);
• Allow balconies in the downtown core;
• Allow all commercial parking to be accomplished off-site, while all residential parking must be onsite;
• Applicant must verify whether underground parking is viable;
• The approval of a permit for a proposed mixed-use development shall require that the Planning Commission first find that the proposed residential use will not: o Significantly reduce the City's inventory of commercial property available to satisfy the commercial needs of the population envisioned in the City's General Plan; and, o Impede the continuing orderly development of City shopping and office areas with office and other commercial uses.

3. Improve the health of safety of downtown, including improving unreinforced masonry buildings.