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Midlown Specific PI.n '1MS, credit unions, and other activities that selVe office workers in .old near lite district Given lite relatively homogenous character of Ihe Financial Districl, activity pattems will be much less complex Ihan characterized by Ihe Civic/Professional District 10 Ihe soullt and lite mixed office and residential districts to Ihe east and wesl Uses' toreseen for Ihe Financial District include: . Professional, financial, insurance and real estate offices. Offices Ihat rely on direct interface wilh clientele, such as retail bank operations, should locate on ground ftOOlS. Governmental agencies needing larger noor areas, but not having a large walk-in clientele. Examples Indude specialized selVice agencies, regional planning agencies, independent transit aulhorities, and Federal offices. Retail commercial uses lItat selVe office workers and clients, including ground noor retail shops such as books, stationary. gifts, personal services, business services, and restaurants. Museums, galleries, or unique atlractions. Day care facilities Medical offices and clinics located on the upper noors of commercial office buildings. . . . PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK . The urban street grid is reinforced by lite exiension of Eleventh Street as a mid-block pedestrian way. Main Street is the primary north-south arterial, and access to parking is provided by ClOSS streets and Sycamore Street soulh of Tenth Street and north of Washington. Open space nodes and special intersection streetscape on Main Streel at Tenth and Washington Streets provide landmarks for the district Main Street is Ihe primary pedestrian focus for the district New and existing large fioor-plale spaces fronting Main Street are to be refurbished to enhance the Main Street pedestrian environment . . . . Ordinance NS-2671 c"'99 16 Qf 1=\1 42 SITE ATTRIBUTES . Significant concenlration of existing office space Main Street address Highly visible and accessible location . . DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITiES The following development opportunities define Ihe major prtjects willtin Ihe district The descriptions approximale the development potential of each site, and do not indicate achlal pennitted capacities, These will be defined by development standards and design guidelines. . Reuse and refurbishment of an appropriate ground noor activity on Main Street, such as a food court, galle¡y or exhibit space, as a bank, as a business service (including, but not imited 10, copy selVices, Federal Express offices or United Parcel Service offices), or as service office uses such as insurance .or travel agencies. Upgrading lite existing office towers. New office tower and ground fioor retail space on east side of Main Street between Eleventh Street and Washington Avenue. This project could include refurbishment of Ihe bank building on Main Street at Elevenlh Street and inco¡porate Ihe existing trade school block at Washington and Main, Jewelry mart In an office tower. . . . DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS Permitted and Conditionally Permitted Uses Permitted Uses PenniUed uses in Ihe Financial District shail be as follows. 1- 2 3. Professional, business and administrative offices and selViœs. Banks, finance, insurance and real estate offices. Public agencies, and quasi-public organizations and offices needing large floor areas, but not having large walk-in dientele. Midtown Specific Plan