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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 6, 2017 Page 18 At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, City Planner Paschke reported that it was easy for staff to follow the guide for design standards in the PUD for this de- velopment site, with only one vacant lot yet to be developed and following along with consistent standards. Even if the Veritas parcel split into one or two more lots, Mr. Paschke suggested the same held true. However, Mr. Paschke noted that the greatest issue for staff was the outdated and ambiguous Table of Uses and confusion on what the PUD allows and how it allows it. If the City Council could clean that table up, Mr. Paschke opined that it would prove helpful to staff, noting that the city's current design standards were fairly consistent with the PUD agreement. Community Development Director Collins agreed that, to the extent the subjectiv- ity could be removed form the Use portion of the PUD and staff's interpretation of percentages, that would be staff s first priority; opining that design standards remained quite objective. Councilmember Etten agreed in general with Councilmember McGehee, stating that he liked the design standards and preferred structured versus surface parking; and further agreed that if the Veritas site redeveloped, it would likely increase in height and therefore take up less green space. In an amended form, Councilmem- ber Etten opined that this was a prime area for commercial properties within the I- 35W corridor and expressed his interested in seeing that type of use and focus continue, while helping staff through some implementation changes. Mayor Roe referenced the current permitted Table of Uses for B-4 (former Retail Office Service District) under the current PUD (page 2 of the RCA) that was very specific, and asked if the council preferred striking language from the preceding statement of uses (lines 61-70), striking specific uses from the Table of Uses, or rewriting the entire table and/or paragraph. Councilmember McGehee suggested striking the reference in line 61 of 50% of each building as office use, since a lot of those uses are too specific and outdated. However, Councilmember McGehee suggested referencing some aspects of Table 1006-1 (pages 3 and 4 of the RCA) that would be more reasonable and generic for staff, as well as some substitutions or eliminations. Councilmember McGehee opined that the city wanted to retain medical, dental,business and professional of- fices, banks, and financial institutions; but questioned the office/service building use definition, as well as not being so specific about recording studios or such a heavy emphasis on offset printing uses. Councilmember McGehee stated her in- clination to remove the printing use entirely. At the request of Mayor Roe for bet- ter clarification, Councilmember McGehee advised that her intent was to define what was still reasonable from the Table of Uses for B-4 within Each Building Type and possible substitutions or additions to that B-4 Use Table.