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Gen ral Plan Desi nation and Conformance: ���� <br /> e 4 � <br /> The General Plan Land Use Designation for both properties is "Light Indu�trial." This <br /> designation is primarily for R&D and associated office development. The Light Industrial <br /> General Plan Land Use designation is most consistent with the City's light and medium <br /> intensity zoning districts, which are the °Industrial Park" (IP) and °Industrial Restricted° (IR) <br /> Zoning Districts, respectivety. The existing "General Industrial" (GI) zoning designation forthe <br /> subject parcels is a zone reserved for heavy industrial uses, and is less consistent with the <br /> overlying General Plan Land Use designation of Light Industrial. Therefore, the proposed <br /> Zoning Map Amendment will result in a consistent land use fit with the General Plan. <br /> S�ecial Studv Area: <br /> Both sites, in addition to the adjacent Abbott Labs property, were formerly included in the Bay <br /> Conservation and Development Commission's (BCDC's) Seaport Plan as Po�t Priority Use <br /> properties. The Seaport Plan is BCDC's long-term land use control document. Abbott Labs <br /> applied for an amendment to the BCDC plan to have their property removed from the Port <br /> Priority Use designation as part of their entitlement work. Since both the Seaport Plaza and <br /> Stanford Boathouse sites had already been developed for other uses (not Port related), the <br /> City requested that BCDC consider removing these parcels from the Port Priority Use <br /> designation at well. BCDC approved an amendment to their Seaport Plan last year which <br /> included the removal of all three of these properties from the Port Priority Use designation. <br /> Environmental Review <br /> This project is categorically exempt under CEQA Guideline 15301 as a continuation of an <br /> existing facility under an adjusted zoning map designation that allows office development <br /> as a permitted, conforming use. The CEQA Initial Study is on file with Planning Services. <br /> SummaN: <br /> The proposed Zoning Map Amendment will not increase the intensity of development on the <br /> Seaport Center "peninsula" because this are is currently built out. Alternately, retaining the <br /> existing GI Zone could allow, although unlikely, both properties to redevelop with heavy <br /> industrial uses, which could have more negative environmental impacts than the existing <br /> uses. Refer to Attachment 3 for the Draft Ordinance for the proposed Zoning Amendment. <br /> Alternatives <br /> 1. Send the item back to the Planning Commission to study other Zoning Designations <br /> for these properties. <br /> 2. Do not approve the proposed Zoning Map Amendments for one or both properties <br /> and retain the existing zoning designations. <br /> Fiscal Impact <br /> No fiscal impact is anticipated since the both subject properties are fully built out at this <br /> time and there is no foreseeable land us hange for either site. <br /> � � G> <br /> J' Ekas o Patterson, Director, Ed Everett <br /> enior Planner mmunity Development Services City Manager <br /> Attachment <br /> 1. Site Plan of Seaport Plaza Development <br /> 2. Aerial Photograph <br /> 3. Draft Ordinance <br />