zoning is one that is very permissive, and citywide there s been an effort to change that to the p.d.r. zonings, which are tailored to today s needs for industrial areas. as you can see, most of the bayview industrial areas have already been zoned pdr-2, and there was a desire to leave the rezoning along bayshore boulevard from when this economic development framework is in place. so the current proposal for rezoning really ties into the desire for a home improvement sustainable district. and very simply, what the proposal is is to extend the p.d.r. 2, which is the core production distribution and repair area, over to the parcels, all the way to highway 101, and then adjust that with a new special use district. the new special use district has some specifically tailored provisions to support the economic development action plan. let me just go over just some of the highlights. first of all, the biggest highlight is that retail will be allowed here. p.d.r. 2 does not allow d
i m on the planning department staff. last thursday the planning commission recommended approval of the bayshore boulevard project unanimously. that was as an amendment to the [inaudible] the legislation covered planning code, map and i ll briefly go over the map first. [inaudible] a few industrial parcels down there. you ll talk about them first. this is a total of eight parcels that are currently zoned c.m., which is heavy commercial. that s one of the older commercial and industrial zoning districts that the planning department is trying to phase out citywide. it s very permissive. these parcels are zoned heavy commercial and industrial protection zone, which takes away the possibility of housing and offices there. and what we re suggesting here is very simple rezoning. again, this is from c.m. heavy commercial. to pdr-1g. the zoning already prohibits housing and restricts office, so the industrial protections on overlay is not necessary anymore. and we ve done a lot of
desire for a home improvement sustainable district. and very simply, what the proposal is is to extend the p.d.r. 2, which is the core production distribution and repair area, over to the parcels, all the way to highway 101, and then adjust that with a new special use district. the new special use district has some specifically tailored provisions to support the economic development action plan. let me just go over just some of the highlights. first of all, the biggest highlight is that retail will be allowed here. p.d.r. 2 does not allow does restrict retail and here we re going to lift most of those restrictions on retail. there will still be conditional use authorizations for very large retail. we ll also introduce and that s over 50,000 square feet. sorry. the formula retail, anything over 10,000 square feet, will need to get conditional use authorization. it will also have to abide with local employment agreements that are part of the redevelopment agencies procedure
there s been an effort to change that to the p.d.r. zonings, which are tailored to today s needs for industrial areas. as you can see, most of the bayview industrial areas have already been zoned pdr-2, and there was a desire to leave the rezoning along bayshore boulevard from when this economic development framework is in place. so the current proposal for rezoning really ties into the desire for a home improvement sustainable district. and very simply, what the proposal is is to extend the p.d.r. 2, which is the core production distribution and repair area, over to the parcels, all the way to highway 101, and then adjust that with a new special use district. the new special use district has some specifically tailored provisions to support the economic development action plan. let me just go over just some of the highlights. first of all, the biggest highlight is that retail will be allowed here. p.d.r. 2 does not allow does restrict retail and here we re going to lift mos
protection zone, which takes away the possibility of housing and offices there. and what we re suggesting here is very simple rezoning. again, this is from c.m. heavy commercial. to pdr-1g. the zoning already prohibits housing and restricts office, so the industrial protections on overlay is not necessary anymore. and we ve done a lot of outreach here to make sure that the existing thriving businesses there can proceed with their plans, etc. and we re really thinking of this just as a cleanup. the larger portion so going back to bayshore boulevard itself, currently it s zoned m-1, which is light industrial. and, again, the yellow line here is this industrial protection zone, which is an overlay. again, the light industrial m-1 zoning is one that is very permissive, and citywide there s been an effort to change that to the p.d.r. zonings, which are tailored to today s needs for industrial areas. as you can see, most of the bayview industrial areas have already been zoned pdr