22.12.050 Procedures for the implementation of the master plan policies enumerated in Section 22.12.020.
A. The Planning Commission of the City of Berkeley shall recommend to the Berkeley City Council amendments to, and revisions of, the Berkeley Zoning Ordinance in order that its provisions correspond with the intent of the master plan of 1977 regarding regulation for C-1, C-1A, C-1B, and C-1C commercial districts.
B. The Planning Commission recommendations shall incorporate the principles set forth in Section 22.12.070 herein and the provisions of any neighborhood area plans prepared and adopted according to master plan guidelines.
C. The Planning Commission shall submit the recommendations, required by this section, to the City Council no later than November 30, 1983. However, the City Council may extend the date for the submission of such recommendations if it finds good cause that an extension is necessary.
D. In order to ensure protection of commercial districts until the Berkeley City Council enacts after submission of the recommendations of the Planning Commission, amendments to the zoning ordinance implementing the master plan policies set forth in Section 22.12.020 of this chapter, the following land use changes in the C-1, C-1A, C-1B, and C-1C districts shall be regulated by this chapter:
1. Demolition of commercial structures;
2. Construction of new commercial structures;
3. Conversions or additions of commercial space;
4. Removal of more than three off-street parking spaces.
E. Until the Berkeley City Council enacts an ordinance with such ordinance being subject to referendum, containing revised use permit criteria that apply to new or changes of retail or commercial use in C-1, C-1A, C-1B, and C-1C districts, or two years after the effective date of this chapter, whichever comes first, the following new or changes of retail or commercial use shall be regulated by this chapter:
1. Any new or change of retail or commercial use involving more than two thousand gross square feet of floor area in C-1A, C-1B, and C-1C districts; and
2. Any new or change of retail or commercial use involving more than seven thousand five hundred gross square feet of floor area in C-I districts. Any revised use permit criteria enacted by the City Council under this subsection E shall incorporate the applicable principles set forth in Section 22.12.070 of this chapter, and shall be prepared in cooperation with the Planning Commission and concerned merchants, residents and property owners. (Ord. 5506-NS § 5, 1982)