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<br />Midtown Specific Plan <br /> <br />'1nks, Cledit unions, and other activities that selVe office workers in <br />..ld near the district <br /> <br />Given the relatively homogenous character of the Financial Districl, <br />activity patterns will be much less complex than characterized by the <br />CivicJ?rofessional District to the south and Ihe mixed office and <br />residential dislJicts to the east and west. Uses' foreseen for the <br />Financial District include: <br /> <br />Professional, financial, insurance and real estale offices. <br />Offices that rely on direct interlace with clientele, such as retaij <br />bank operations. should locate on ground floors. <br /> <br />. Governmenlal agencies needing larger floor areas, but not <br />having a large walk~n clientele. Examples include speCialized <br />selVice agencies, regional planning agencies, independent <br />transit authorities. and Federal offices. <br /> <br />. Retaij commercial uses lhat serve office workers and clients, <br />including ground floor retail shops such as books, slalionary, <br />gifts, personal services, business services, and reslauranls. <br /> <br />Museums, galleries, or unique aUfactions. <br /> <br />Day care facililies <br /> <br />. Medical offices and clinics localed on the upper floors at <br />commercial office buildings. <br /> <br />PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK <br /> <br />. The urban streel grid is reinforced by the extension 01 <br />Eleventh Street as a mid-block pedestrian way. <br /> <br />. Main Streells lhe primary north-south arteriat, and access to <br />par1<ing is provided by cross slreels and Sycamore Street south <br />of Tenth Streel and north of Washington. <br /> <br />. Open space nodes and special intersection slreetscape on <br />Main Street at Tenth and Washington Streets provide <br />landmarks for the dislrict. <br /> <br />. Main Street is the primary pedestrian focus for the district. <br /> <br />. New and existing large floor-plale spaces fmnling Main <br />Street are to be refurbished to enhance the Main Street <br />pedestrian environment. <br /> <br />42 <br /> <br />SITE ATTRIBUTES <br /> <br />. Significanl concentration of existing office space <br />. Main Streel address <br />. Highly visible and accessible location <br /> <br />DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES <br /> <br />The following development opportunities define the major projects <br />wilhin \he dislrlc\. The descriptions approximate the development <br />potential of each site, and do nol indicate actual permilled capacities. <br />These will be defined by developmenl standards and design <br />guldeBnes. <br /> <br />. Reuse and relurbishment of an appropriate ground floor <br />activily on Main Slreel, such as a food court, gallery or exhibit <br />space, as a bank, as a busIness service Onduding, but not <br />limited 10, oopy services, Federal Express offices or Uniled <br />Parcel Service offices), or as service office uses such as <br />Insurance .or travel agencies. <br /> <br />. Upgrading the existing office lowers. <br /> <br />. New office lower and ground floor retail space on east side of <br />Main Street between Eleventh street and Washington Avenue. <br />This project could include refurbishment at the bank building on <br />Main Street at Eleventh Streel and incorporate the existing trade <br />school block at Washington and Main_ <br /> <br />. Jewelry mart in an office tower. <br /> <br />DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br /> <br />Permitted and Conditionally Permitted Uses <br /> <br />Permitted Uses <br /> <br />Permitted uses inlhe Financial District shall be as follows. <br /> <br />1. Professional, business and administrative offices and selVices. <br /> <br />2. Banks, finance, insurance and real estale offices. <br /> <br />3. Public agencies, and quasi-public organizalions and offices <br />needing large floor areas. bull0t~iniIlgdIr!Jll5Mlll6ill9:lienlele. <br />Page 19 of 52 <br /> <br />Midlown Specific Plan <br />