Exhibit 2 - Draft Amendments to the General PlanTown of Los Gatos 2020 General Plan - Land Use Element
2. Non-Residential Land Use Designations
For non-residential land uses, the specific uses mentioned are illustrative, and other compatible
uses, including those authorized in any other Zoning District within the Town, may be permitted
where authorized by a Conditional Use Permit or Planned Development Overlay Zone. In a
mixed-use project residential uses may be permitted in conjunction with other permitted uses
in non-residential Zoning Districts with the exception of the Commercial Industrial and
Controlled Manufacturing Zoning Districts. For non-residential land uses, building intensity
limits are indicated by either allowable land coverage or floor area ratio (FAR) and a maximum
height limit.
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Mixed-Use Commercial: Up to 50 percent land coverage with a 35-foot height limit
The Mixed-Use Commercial designation permits a mixture of retail, office, and
residential in a mixed-use project, along with lodging, service, auto-related businesses,
non-manufacturing industrial uses, recreational uses, and restaurants,. and 100 percent
affordable residential developments. Projects developed under this designation shall
maintain the smalltown, residential scale and natural environments of adjacent
residential neighborhoods, as well as provide prime orientation to arterial street
frontages and proper transitions and buffers to adjacent residential properties. This
designation should never be interpreted to allow development of independent
commercial facilities with principal frontage on the side streets.
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