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6.4.A. - Page 2 The proposed amendment also includes revisions to other parts of the Zoning Ordinance for consistency with the new regulations and the goals of the General Plan and for consistency with State law as follows: • Article 2 — Definitions. • Article 3 — Designation of Districts. • Article 16A— Industrial-Business Transition (IBT) District. • Article 25 — Combining Districts. • Article 30 — Off-Street Parking and Loading. • Article 31 — Special Provisions. • Article 53 — Mixed Use Corridor. Public inputs on the basic concepts in the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment were vetted with the community during the outreach for the General Plan. Specific to the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment effort, four public workshops were held in January of 2012 prior to the creation of the draft zoning language. During the Planning Commission public hearing additional input was received from an existing business, which resulted in a revised version of the draft ordinance to the Planning Commission, which the Planning Commission accepted. Following the Planning Commission's recommendation, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on March 11, 2013, at which time the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment was introduced. ALTERNATIVES Adopt the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment with minor revisions, such as to the allowed uses or form-based regulations. FISCAL IMPACT Based on the success of the Downtown Precise Plan and the Mixed Use Corridor Zoning Ordinance Amendment, the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment is expected to stimulate private development and investment as developers take advantage of the progressive nature of the zoning and the certainty that it brings to the entitlement process. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW A General Plan Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (previously provided under separate cover) was prepared and certified by the City on October, 11 2010, in connection with the adoption of the new General Plan. The General Plan EIR has been reviewed and an Addendum to the EIR (EIR Addendum) was prepared for the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment (Attachment 2). The EIR Addendum demonstrates and finds that the proposed Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment is subject to prior environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), that there are no new significant impacts nor any increase in the severity of previously identified impacts, and that no change in circumstance has occurred with respect to the EIR and the proposed Comprehensive