1 1. Access <br />2 Permawood's plant lies east of the principal collector <br />3 street in the area, Geary Street. Site access from Geary <br />4 Street is to be provided by developing a connecting road across <br />5 the land immediately south of the proposed plant. This land <br />6 (Tax Lot 7100 and a portion of Tax Lot 7000) is owned by <br />7 Permawood but is zoned for residential use. <br />8 <br />At the city's hearings, <br />petitioner <br />objected to use <br />of <br />9 <br />residentially zoned land for <br />industrial <br />site access. <br />In <br />10 response, the city determined no zoning violation was presented <br />11 because site access did not constitute a "use" for zoning <br />12 purposes. Alternatively, the city concluded that if industrial <br />13 access was a use disallowed by residential zoning, the access <br />14 proposal was nevertheless authorized by virtue of the <br />15 historical use of the land by vehicles entering and leaving the <br />16 industrial enterprises in the area. The following finding <br />17 sets forth the city's position on the access issue: <br />18 "CONCLUSION: <br />19 "The design submitted by Permawood and approved by the <br />Hearings Board and Planning Commission provides for <br />20 the safest access onto Geary Street at the safest <br />point on Geary Street. The position taken by the <br />21 opponents would essentially eliminate Permawood's <br />access to the improved street. With the Hearings <br />22 Board having already restricted access onto Alco and <br />Chicago Streets at the request of the neighborhood to <br />23 only emergency vehicles, opponents' position would <br />mean City action eliminating any access to the <br />24 property. The City Council does not construe its own <br />code as requiring such a harsh and unrealistic <br />25 result. In particular, the Development Code does not <br />list access as permitted or prohibited use by zoning <br />26 district. The Code merely regulates the number, size, <br />Page 6 <br />