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Part II. Industrial Zoning Districts (Article 7) i Revised use regulations for certain warehouse and freight forwarding uses The January 2001 proposal was to amend the current zoning regulations so that all storage warehouse and freight forwarding uses that are now "permitted" (i.e. without use permit review) where to be conditionally permitted, requiring use permit review. Based largely on public input received at the Commission's first hearing, the project has been modified to create two new use classifications, "Warehouse — Storage Facilities" and "Parcel Processing and Shipping Centers" The Commission has recommended that in most cases, these uses are beneficial to the industrial area, and discretionary review is not needed. So as with the current regulations, these uses would remain "permitted" in most cases. To allow discretionary review in cases where over concentration and/or impacts form new construction should be evaluated, the following is now proposed: New buildings and larger additions for the "Storage Facilities" use would require use permit review, and such larger projects for the "Parcel Processing and Shipping Facilities would require administrative Review. The revised proposal reduces would provide for greater discretionary review, thus equaling and/or reducing development potential from the City's existing regulations. This is a beneficial aspect of the current proposal. DETERMINATION of CONSISTENCY with NEGATIVE DECLARATION Adoption of the previously prepared negative Declaration is recommended. Neither the major changes outline above, or the numerous minor changes recommended by the Planning Commission, alter the project's possible effect on the environment, and the staff's finding that the project will not significant affect the environment, as made in the Initial Study and Draft Negative Declaration dated January 25, 2001.