Employment, Parks, Schools Ordinance (City)- Planning Commission Recommendation (3 of 4)

Rename zone to reflect purpose and intent of the zone to better reflects the intent of the revised use list. This relates to a changing economy where businesses often blur the lines between commercial and industrial, or combine several employment uses on a property. Add to the use list to increase employment opportunities. The Code amendments are intended to respond to new market realities in the Campus Employment areas by allowing a wider range of employment and support uses. For example, rather than limiting the types of office-based employment uses, the amendments allow all office development. The uses also allow a wider range of medical uses, such as doctor's offices, dentists, and clinics. In addition, some uses were deleted to better preserve the lands for the intended employment uses; these include churches and schools, although existing permit holders are allowed to remain and expand on their existing property. Adjust regulations that pose unnecessary barriers to employment opportunities. Several Special Use Limitations have proven difficult to use for both developers and for City staff. By revising or deleting these limitations, the code should make the Campus Employment areas more appealing to future development, resulting in increased employment density. The changes include: • deleting limitation 1; (which requires complicated and restrictive accounting of square footage for different uses), • deleting references to "business park" approval (which is difficult to administer across multiple ownerships and is replaced by explicit standards), and; • allowing more flexibility for accessory uses and support uses in the zone. Maintain the campus character while allowing additional flexibility. The code retains green space percentage requirements, adds large facility development standards, and allows outdoor storage with siting and screening standards. Improve residential compatibility/ transitions such as height limits, special height limits adjacent to residential areas, and landscape buffers to improve neighborhood livability in those residential areas adjacent to the Employment and Industrial zones. The following acres were rezoned or are now subject to the new E-1 standards. These estimates represent the number of acres that are impacted by the rezone, regardless of their disposition (e.g. vacant or developed). While these estimates are not meant to imply or expect that all of the acres will convert or develop with office use, the amount rezoned is significantly more than the deficit of 4,250 commercial jobs (Table 3) would require, therefore it is reasonable to assume that the office deficit will be accommodated by this E-1 and the E-2 zone changes discussed above. Table 2. Acres re-zoned to E-1 Campus Employment Zone Study Area Acres Previous Zoning* New Zoning Greenhill Technology Park 161 1-1 E-1 Willow Creek 224 1-1 E-1 Chad Drive 152 1-1 E-1 6.4 R-1 E-1 Total to E-1 543 Employment Land Supply Study I Draft February 2017 Part IV- Page 5