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■ i ■ ■ i ■ ■ �� �- 3 -5 Aside from the Abbott property, there are only two other parcels in the vicinity that remain _- in the GI Zoning District: Seaport Plaza and the Stanford Boathouse parcels. Seaport Plaza has requested rezoning to IP for a variety of reasons, and staff supports their request. Staff also intends to propose rezoning the Stanfcrd Boathouse property to IR at the same time that the Seaport Plaza property is cons'dered for rezo�ing. If those properties and the Abbott property are all rezoned, all of the zoning on t��e peninsula defined by Chesapeake Drive will be IP or IR and will be consistent with the overlying General Plan Land Use designation. The IR and the IP Zoning Districts can be "good neighbors" in that they ailow for similar types of uses in a relatively compatible range of intensities that can be located proximate to each otherwithout degrading the integrity of eitherzone. The IR Zoning District standards do not require as much landscaping and allow taller buildings than the IP zone. However, through a sensitive site and building design review process, development in an IR Zoning District, despite the increased intensity, can be compatible with development in an adjacent IP Zoning District. The predominant land use and development pattem on the Chesapeake Drive peninsula is low-rise buildings for office and R&D uses. Seaport Center, built-out in the mid-1980s, is characterized by one and two-story buildings with surface parking and signifcant landscaping. Overthe years, a wirie-range oftenants have located in this development, but they have been typically associated with the high tech industry, including biotech and electronic hardware and soflware developers. Perclose, which designs and manufactures ", vascular devices, is currently located in the Seaport Center development. Perclose is a representative example of the type of businesses that locate in this office park. Perciose was acquired by Abbott Laboratories several years ago and Abbott plans to relocate Perclose into the Phase 1 portion of their proposed new campus. The R&D and manufacturing uses that would occur on the Abbott campus are compatible with the types of uses already being conducted in Seaport Plaza. Attachment 1 includes a draft ordinance forthe Zoning Map Amendment from the GI to the IR Zoning District. The Plann;ng Commission and staff recommend the Zoning Map Amendment based on the following considerations: • Consistency with the General Plan Land Use designation • Lack of viability as "Port Priority' use per BCDC • Compatibility with the adjacent Industrial Park (IP) Zoning District • Compatibility of the allowed uses with the existing adjacent land uses ■ Completion of the R&D campus style development of the peninsula of land defined by Redwood Creek and the San Francisco Bay with access from Chesapeake Drive Zoninq Text Amendment: Abbott's proposed project includes 541,077 square feet of gross floor area for the Abbott Laboratories campus buildings and 10,000 syuare feet of floor area for the Marine Science Institute (MSI) building on a 17.74 acre (772,750 square foot) site area. The total floor area is thus proposed to be 551,077 which is 10,000 square feet, or 1.3%, over the 70% floor area ratio limit in the IR Zoning District. Abbott seeks a Zoning