County Council Ponders Pedestrian Retail Overlay Zone
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Los Alamos County Council voted Tuesday night to approve a motion for the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) to review a proposed ordinance that will change Chapter 16 of the County Code.
The change includes a pedestrian retail overlay zone in which offices would no longer be permitted to occupy ground level spaces.
According to agenda documents: “…the downtown district is limited to pedestrian-oriented ground floor mixed use retail sales, entertainment, restaurants, including food and beverage, and personal and medical services with upper floor residential and professional offices”.
The motion passed 5-2 with Councilors David Izraelevitz and Sara Scott opposing the ordinance, which was introduced by Councilor Sean Williams.