SUBJECT: Public Hearing - Adoption of a Categorical Exemption and Introduction of an Ordinance to Amend Merced Municipal Code Section 20.10 Regarding Commercial Zoning Districts (Zoning Ordinance Amendment #20-01) by Expanding the List of Permitted Uses and Reducing the Amount of Floor Area Devoted to the Sale of Groceries in the Shopping Center Commercial (C-SC) Zone; Adding Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries to the List of Permitted Uses in Various Commercial Zones; Allowing Food Trucks in the City Center Area of the Regional/Central Commercial Zone (C-C); and Changing the Level of Review Required for Personal Services in Various Commercial Zones REPORT IN BRIEF Considers the introduction of an Ordinance to amend the Zoning Ordinance regarding Commercial Zoning Districts by expanding the list of permitted uses and reducing the amount of floor area devoted to the sale of groceries in the Shopping Center Commercial (C-SC) zone; adding Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries to the list of permitted uses in various Commercial zones; allowing food trucks in the City Center area of the Regional/Central Commercial Zone (C-C); and changing the level of review required for Personal Services in various commercial zones. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion: A. Adopting a Categorical Exemption (Environmental Review #20-33); and, B. Introducing Ordinance No. 2522, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, amending Section 20.10 "Commercial Zoning Districts" as well as Table 20.10-1 "Permitted Land Uses in the Commercial Zoning Districts” of the Merced Municipal Code.

Public Hearing Item Passed Introduced February 2, 2021

Committee: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority
Requested by: Development Services Department
Introduced: February 2, 2021
On agenda: March 1, 2021
Passed: March 1, 2021