Title
Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of Resolution Amending the General Plan Business Park Classification to Clarify the Allowable Floor Area Ratio (FAR) at Harbor Bay Business Park, as Recommended by the City Planning Board. (Planning and Building 481005)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The proposed General Plan Text Amendment would clarify a long-standing inconsistency in the Land Use Element regarding the maximum allowable floor area ratio (FAR) for new buildings in a portion of the Harbor Bay Business Park with frontage on the San Francisco Bay. The floor area ratio describes the relationship of the building size as measured by floor area to the size of the lot. Specifically the floor area ratio is determined by dividing the gross floor area of the building by the total area of the lot. The recommended amendment establishes consistency between the Land Use Element text, the Land Use Element Land Use Designations, and the existing business park Planned Development zoning regulations by clarifying that a 0.5 FAR limit only applies to waterfront properties at the Harbor Bay Business Park located between the lagoon and the Bay.
The Planning Board unanimously recommended the amendment on September 23, 2019. Staff is recommending approval of the amendment.
BACKGROUND
The Harbor Bay Industrial Park Development Plan, approved by Planning Board Resolution No. 1203 in 1981, and amended by Planning Board Resolution No. 1533 in 1985, establishes the development standards for the Harbor Bay Business Park. Planned Development No. PD-81-2, as amended in 1985 by PDA-85-4, established a "special" maximum FAR of 0.5 for the portion of the business park fronting Bay Edge Road located between the lagoon and the Bay. This portion of Bay Edge Road is now the portion of Harbor Bay Parkway immediately located along the Bay frontage. PD-81-2 and PDA-85-4 contain the following language:
46. Special criteria for the area bet...
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