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File Number: 16-335 <br />Administrative Exception if an applicant cannot meet the provisions of the daylight plane <br />requirements on a case by case basis. Section 2-699 under Division 3, Discretionary Permits <br />is proposed to be added to Article 6, to cover the circumstances under which the Zoning <br />Enforcement Official may approve an administrative exception, particularly regarding <br />interpretation of the daylight plane requirements. <br />Proposed Amendments to Article 7, lndustrial District <br />Industrial Transition (IT) District <br />To implement the proposed new General Plan Land Use designation of Industrial Transition, <br />staff proposes a new industrial zoning district named the Industrial Transition District. Staff <br />has added the new IT, Industrial Transition district to Article 7, Section 2-710 that discusses <br />the purpose of each of the industrial zoning districts. The purpose of the new Industrial <br />Transition district is as follows: <br />IT Industrial Transition District. To provide and protect industrial lands for the <br />development of emerging technologies, artisanal production, and light <br />manufacturing methods, while preserving existing businesses and allowing <br />additional commercial uses under specified limitations and residential <br />development within one-half mile of a BART station <br />The IT zoning district would allow for a broader mix of industrial uses with some commercial <br />and residential uses allowed, where appropriate. This would include residential uses within <br />one-half mile of a BART Station. Mixed use and multi-family residential uses would be <br />allowed with a maximum density of up to 40 dwelling units per acre. <br />In the proposed IT district, most existing industrial uses would be allowed to remain. Heavier <br />industrial uses such as any hazardous materials uses would be no longer permitted. <br />Pre-existing residential uses would also be allowed to remain, but would not be allowed to <br />expand or to establish new uses. <br />These proposed Code amendments also serve to implement Strategy 3.1.1 of the 2013 Next <br />Generation Workplace Districts Study by boosting the attraction of value-added companies on <br />vacant industrial parcels and developing industrial properties to their fullest potential with land <br />uses that enhance the economic base of the City. This Code amendment would serve to <br />encourage smaller, advanced manufacturing uses that would increase the quality as well as <br />the quantity of employment opportunities in the industrial districts. Existing or proposed uses <br />that continue a similar type of business with no expansion of an existing building would not be <br />impacted by this Code amendment. The proposed Code amendments will facilitate the move <br />towards higher value-added uses in the industrial areas. <br />Staff proposes to add a new Section 2-710, IT District Use Regulations that govern the land <br />uses that are allowed in the IT District as a permitted use, conditionally permitted use, through <br />an administrative review process or as a temporary use requiring administrative review. <br />Changes are also proposed throughout Article 7 development regulations to ensure that these <br />regulations also apply to the new IT District. <br />Page 6 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/28/2016