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. �� . 1 '. . ■ ■ V l 1 1� �I.B-3 . Phase 3: Phase 3 includes a 165,000 square foot, five-story research and -- development building and another five-level parking structure. The Phase 3 research and development building would include a child care center for Abbott employees. The size of the c�nter would be dependent upon a needs assessment of the campus empioyee:�. • Open Space: The propose�i car.ipus includes both publicly accessible open space along the waterfront edge, and interior quad "piazas" for Abbott employees. The waterfront wouid be made accessible to the public upon completion of Phase 1. The complete development of the waterFront, inciuding landscaping, the provision of site fumiture, and path treatment would be phased with the building phases and in consideration of existing easements in the waterfront area. Zoninq Maa Amendment: The appiicant is requesting a Zoning Map Amendment from the General Industrial (GI) to the Industrial Restricted (IR) Zoning District. The GI Zoning District has a 10% floor area ratio limit for office uses. The IR Zoning District has an overall floor area ratio (FAR) limit of 70%, and specifies that up to half of the floor area may be office uses. The proposed project does not conform to the GI floor area ratio limitations. The projecYs proposed 541,000 square foot floor area represents a 70% FAR. An additional 10,000 square feet of floor area is aiso proposed forthe Marine Science institute (MSI), which will be discussed in the next section about the proposed Zoning Text Amendment. The existing GI Zoning District designation ailows for heavy industrial uses such as large --- scale manufacturing operations, factories, wrecking yards, and cement batch plants. The purpose of the GI zone is stated as: "To provide a district exclusively for sound industrial development wherein manufacturing and other industries can locate and operate away from the restricting influences on non-industrial uses while maintaining an environment free from offensive or objectionable noise, dust, odor, and other nuisances." The proposed IR Zoning District designation allows for a range of inedium intensity industrial uses, such as R8�D and associated manufacturing activities. The purpose ofthe IR zone is stated as: "To promote viable industrial areas by providing a district forthe location of selected industries, wholesale establishments, specified retail establishments, and heavy commercial uses which can congregate together without offense to each other orto neighboring districts, yet which, because of the nature of their operations, cannot maintain standards as high as those required in the IP District. The zoning district is intended to preserve land for a wide range of industrial uses by limiting office uses." The following map highlights the subject parcel and the surrounding zoning districts: