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Project Description August 2016 DA -4 District • Add "Offices, Business and Professional" as a permitted use in Section 2-642. DA -5 District • Eliminate the entire DA -5 District and its accompanying language and development regulations of Section 2-644. DA -6 District Amend the use regulations in Section 2-646 by changing Catering Services from a Conditional Use Permit to a Permitted use, add Entertainment Events as a new use subject to a Conditional Use Permit, and change Fast Food Establishments, Small Scale from an Administrative Review process to a Conditional Use Permit; and Remove wording regarding "No maximum FAR" and replace it with "Maximum FAR: 4.0, with FAR: 5.0 allowed adjacent to the BART Station" in Section 2-686. All Commercial Districts • Add a Division 3. Discretionary Permits and a new Section 2-699 (or other number, to be determined) for Administrative Exceptions to allow for an administrative exception to the daylight plane requirements laid out in Section 2-680, to allow the Zoning Enforcement Official to approve an Administrative Exception and establish findings, neighborhood notification process, and appeals procedures as outlined in Article 2-574 Administrative Exceptions (which currently only apply to exceptions requested for R Districts.) Amendments to Article 7, Industrial Districts Establish a new IT, Industrial Transition zoning district to conform to the new "Industrial Transition" general plan designation. The purposes of the IT district in Section 2-700 are stated as "To provide and protect industrial lands for the development of emerging technologies, artisanal production, and light manufacturing methods, while serving to support and preserve existing businesses. Certain types of commercial and residential uses are permitted under specified limitations." New use regulations are established for the IT District in Section 2-710. Adding the IT district to existing buffering standards that serve to reduce potential land use conflicts and noise impacts within adjacent Residential Districts. Land uses in the IT District will be subject to the existing development regulations for new construction and performance standards set forth in Sections 2-740 and 2-741.