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PLN19-0443 - General Plan Text Amendment - Harbor Bay Business Park - Applicant: Joe Ernst on behalf of srmErnst Development Partners. Public hearing to consider recommending the City Council approve a General Plan Text Amendment to clarify the allowable Floor Area Ratios (FAR) at Harbor Bay Business Park. This amendment would make consistent the Land Use Element text and the existing business park Planned Development zoning regulations by clarifying that a 0.5 FAR limit only applies to the portion of the Harbor Bay Business Park located between the lagoon and the bay, between the intersections of Mecartney Road and Adelphian Way to the north, and North Loop Road and Harbor Bay Parkway to the south. The clarification results in an internally consistent Land Use Element and aligns the Business Park land use classification with existing entitlements, as well as the City's past practice and historical interpretation.
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Allen Tai, City Planner
BACKGROUND
In 2018, Exelixis, a rapidly-growing life science company that develops cancer treatments relocated to Alameda after calling South San Francisco its headquarters for 20 years. The company of over 500 employees currently leases four of six office/lab buildings at The Waterfront campus in the Harbor Bay Business Park.
Exelixis plans expand to a vacant lot adjacent to its campus at 1951 Harbor Bay Parkway. The company anticipates construction of a new 220,000-square-foot office building to accommodate approximately 900 new employees. A separate Lot Line Adjustment application is currently pending to reconfigure the property lines for the future development site, but there are no applications on file for entitlements on the new building.
On September 5, 2019, the applicant filed a General Plan Text Amendment application (Exhibit 1) to clarify the floor area ratio (FAR) requirements for Harbor Bay Business Park in the Land Use Element. The ...
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