305 Olive Ave Porterville, CA 93257-4871

D-MX Downtown Mixed-Use. Create a mixed-use area that attracts businesses and residents to locate Downtown, and provides a transition area between commercial areas and residential neighborhoods. Allow a mix of commercial, service, office, and residential uses that do not adversely impact one another in a significant way. Create an attractive streetscape of buildings that line the street, with landscaping and trees tailored to the width and the existing design character of the street. D-PO Downtown Professional Office. Encourage the adaptive re-use of existing buildings with office and professional uses, and infill of new office buildings, in order to provide convenient services to local residents and businesses, complement nearby retail development, and maintain the historic residential character of the area. Maintain the pattern of small lots, historic residential building forms, landscaped front yards, and street trees in planter strips. D-PS Downtown Public and Semi-Public. Provide areas for larger-scale public facilities that serve the community, with a focus on integrating development into the Downtown. Encourage land uses and design features that enhance the vitality, character and quality of life of the Downtown and surrounding residential areas. Ensure that the traditional block pattern of Downtown is maintained. Incorporate public streets and pedestrian walkways that connect these larger scale projects to Downtown streets and walkways. Design streets with attractive landscaped front yards and street trees, consistent with the character of existing and adjoining streets. DRM-2 Downtown Medium Density Residential. Encourage a variety of housing types, such as small-lot single-family homes, detached zero lot line developments, duplexes, townhouses, and garden apartments with a maximum residential density of 16.5 units per acre in the Downtown area. Encourage housing in Downtown to provide opportunities for residents to live in close proximity to community services and retail establishments, and to help support the vitality of Downtown businesses. Maintain the existing character of buildings that front the street, landscaped front yards, and street trees. DRM-3 Downtown High Density Residential.