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of water it will provide to new development within the Plan area Precise Plan and Rezoning This is the first major application of the new Precise Plan mechanism that was establ shed by Council in November 2002. Kaiser's plan did not meet the requirements of the existing Commercial Administrative (CA) and Central Business (CB) Zones that apply to the site currently, and they did not wish to pursue a Development Agreement. A Precise Plan was therefore the only way to define the land use rules for a project planned to build -out over 22 years. The Precise Plan document establishes all the land use rules for the area, while the rezoning applies these new standards through establishment of a new Planned Community Zone covering the area. The Precise Plan and the Zoning amendment are adopted by Ordinance. Article 52 of the Zoning Ordinance requires that the Precise Plan and the first reading of the Ordinance adopting the change in Zoning be handled concurrently, since the two actions are inextricably linked. Action to rezone without the Precise Plan would establish an area of the City with no land use criteria; and the Precise Plan without the rezone would be a document without application. The Precise Plan area is bounded by Veterans Boulevard, Maple Street, Marshall Street and Main Street. The Precise Plan provides land use, design and circulation policies for the build out of the Kaiser campus over the next 20 -25 years. With its adoption by City Council it will become the sole document controlling development within the plan boundary. The Planning Commission reviewed both the Precise Plan and the Rezoning on June 24`" and July 1, 2003 and voted to recommend approval to City Council. Over the next 22- years, the Kaiser project will involve the demolishing of all existing Kaiser medical buildings (330,850 gross square feet) except for the 610 Walnut building and Kaiser's existing parking structure located on Veterans Boulevard near Maple Street. In addition, Kaiser proposes to build a new 440,000 square foot hospital, a new central utility plant (CUP); four medical office buildings (MOB's) containing over 455,000 square feet of space; an administrative building of approximately 20,000 square feet on Main Street; and four new parking structures (742,800 GSF). Kaiser also proposes to move approximately 50,000 square feet of medial uses and storage space onto the campus that are currently occupying leased space elsewhere in the area. Article 52 of the Zoning Ordinance that deals with Precise Plans, contemplates that the City Council is responsible for approving the initial Precise Plan and that subsequent decisions on Planned Community (PC) Permits may be made by the Planning Director or the Planning Commission, depending upon the Administrative procedure defined in the Precise Plan. As drafted, the Kaiser Precise Plan states that the City Council is responsible for approving the initial Precise Plan, but that subsequent phases of development will require the submittal of PC Permit applications that will be approved by the Planning Commission. El