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9AJ/ 3) Development Standards in the IP . Floor area ratio (FAR). Staff recommends regulating the size of buildings by setting a floor area ratio of 40 percent. Since parking structures are not counted in the calculation of floor area ratio, the actual floor area ratio will be higher than 40 percent. Lot coverage remains at 50 percent for all buildings on a site. F. IR - Industrial Restricted District Changes 1) Rationale The IR District is intended for "heavier" industries than the IP district. It is typically, occupied by warehouse and manufacturing types of uses where the parking needs were minimal. Most of the space is occupied by equipment rather than employees and the number of visiting customers are few. The Architectural Review Committee is concerned with the erosion of the purpose of the IR District and recommended that limits be set for offices in this district. Staff recommends setting limits on the size of buildings, requiring a use permit to gain discretionary review of the larger office projects, and changing parking standards. With these standards, the IR District will continue to convert to office use, albeit at a lesser scale than allowed with the current standards. The City has received applications for offices in this district with floor area ratios exceeding 140 percent, not including parking structures. Staff recommends establishing discretionary review of larger offices, and routing facilities for telecommunications and the Internet by requiring a use permit for offices over 10,000 square feet and for telecommunication and Internet routing facilities. 2) Uses in the IR The following amendments are recommended to: . Permitted Uses Offices with less than 10,000 square feet of gross floor area. The following additions are recommended to: . Conditional Use. Offices with 10,000 or more square feet of gross floor area. Telecommunication and Internet routing facilities 3) Development standards . Floor area ratio. Staff recommends regulating the size of buildings by setting a floor area ratio of 70 percent. Since parking structures are not counted in the calculation of floor area ratio, the actual floor area ratio will be higher than 70 percent. lot coverage remains at 70 percent for all buildings on a site. 3. Zoning Map Amendments: R - (Residential)Combininq District The R Combining District provides a development choice of the commercial uses permitted in a given commercial district and/or housing. The housing option is high density residential, the R-5 zoning. Staff recommends applying the R Combining District to the CB District in areas designated mixed use on the General Plan land Use diagram to create more opportunities for housing by accommodating apartment buildings and condominiums in the Central Business District. 7 ._._._...~ .y. ..