DATE: September 15, 2015
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Development Services Director
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Subdivision and Construction of Four Office/Light Industrial Buildings on a 14.41-acre site at 28803 Marina Drive, requiring Adoption of a Resolution and Introduction of an Ordinance for a Zone Change from Business Park to Planned Development, Tentative Parcel Map 10363, and an Addendum to the previously certified Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. Elizabeth Cobb, Shea Properties (Applicant), Eden Shores Associates I, LLC (Owner).
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment I), adopting an Addendum to the adopted 2007 Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), and approving the Tentative Parcel Map application; and introduces the attached ordinance (Attachment II), approving the Zone Change Application to construct four office/light industrial buildings.
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SUMMARY
The proposed Zone Change is requested to allow for the construction of flexible industrial use space that is not allowed by the existing Business Park zoning district designation. This change is consistent with the Economic Development Division's Industrial Technology and Innovation Corridor Baseline Profile, which was presented to the Council Economic Development Committee on March 3, City Council on March 17, and the Planning Commission on April 9. The study recommends that the City attract and expand advanced industries by supporting land use policies that encourage redevelopment and development of new "Class A" industrial spaces. The study states, "Supporting increases in the supply of new facilities will help mitigate two barriers of entry into Hayward's industrial corridor: 1) the lack of modern buildings and spaces and 2) the time and materials associated w...
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