The Downtown Action Committee voted Nov. 12 to recommend rezoning the Gateway Center (1100 Banyan LLC) site from Planned Development (CPD) to Clear Lake District 25 (CLD‑25), a change staff said will align the 4.73‑acre property with downtown rules and adjacent parcels.

Roger Ramdeen, representing the applicant, said the request is administrative in nature to bring the parcel into compliance with current downtown master plan regulations; no site plan was presented. City urban designer Claudia Bavin told the committee departments are reviewing potential infrastructure impacts and recommended approval with a condition that the applicant provide a trip‑generation analysis comparing the maximum permitted uses under the existing planned development and the proposed CLD‑25 zoning before any city commission hearing.

Board members sought clarity about maximum build‑out under the old plan development versus the new zoning; staff noted the existing planned development is capped at 80,000 square feet while the proposed district could allow a much higher FAR (staff cited the theoretical upper bound of FAR 7 and a possible resulting square footage above 1,000,000 as an example to be assessed for infrastructure impact). The committee approved the rezoning recommendation with the staff condition.

Next steps: applicant must submit the required trip‑generation analysis and any future development proposals will return to the committee for site‑plan review.