HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-28-2018 Item 2 - Pyburn
Purrington, Teresa
From:susan pyburn <susanimai@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, February
To:CityClerk; Advisory Bodies
Subject:Planning Commission Review of Alcohol Policy and other matters
Attention: Members of SLO City Planning Commission
Several items which may be coming before this body are of interest to me as a resident of San Luis
Obispo. Alcohol Policy seems to be rather undefined insofar as development is concerned. Given the
continually increasing proliferation of commercial outlets serving alcohol in the downtown core, I urge
the commissioners to take up this matter and formulate policy recommendations for City Council
members that might help to shape the socio/commercial culture of our town. This should not be left to
the City Council to deliberate without some advisement from Planning Commission. We are already
inundated with such outlets, and problem drinking, especially among youth, is reaching blight
proportions, posing problems for the tourist industry as well as public health.
Regarding the proposed parking facility at Palm and Nipomo, it does not seem to merit further action
at this time. Such a facility is rather far from the downtown core where likely consumers want to go.
Therefore, this huge facility should be put on hold until such time that a greater need might be
demonstrated. Keep in mind that ongoing development projects have already included parking in their
designs.
Regarding density transfers and the urge to increase height and density downtown, please remember
that citizen input has strongly supported limiting height to three stories and generally constraining
over-development of the downtown. Even more importantly, San Luis Obispo city planners should
consider very very carefully and prudently further density encroachment into Upper Monterey Street. I
would propose a height/density cutoff at Johnson, beyond which the mix of single family residential
homes with small scale commercial should be respected and maintained in a complementary scale.
Thank you for your consideration of these thoughts.
Susan Pyburn
1061 Grove Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
805-594-1625
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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