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Amdt6_RCA_031113 (2).doc Page 3 of 4 56 As currently defined in the Code, Limited Production and Processing is as 57 follows: 58 Limited production/processing: Light manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, 59 processing, packaging, research, development, or similar uses which are 60 predominately conducted indoors and which would not be disruptive of, or 61 incompatible with, other office, retail, or service uses that may be in the same 62 building or complex. Limited production/processing generally does not include 63 industrial processing from raw materials. 64 The analysis also concludes that adding a limited production and processing use, 65 as is currently in place, would not be impactful to the area, nor would such a use 66 create impacts elsewhere in the Regional Business District, since such uses cannot 67 just be placed or occupy any building and/or site, because of other standards and 68 requirements in place to limit impacts. Parking, for instance, is a requirement 69 controlled by the Code and typically limited by a property owner to each tenant in 70 a multi-tenant building so as to not impact or take-away for the other tenants. 71 Specifically, the types of existing and propos ed uses that Staff envisions are not 72 large factories, but rather small or modest sized facilities that utilize 3,000 to 73 6,000 sq. ft. of a multi-tenant building a nd include a warehousing and distribution 74 component with their typical manufacturing and office use. These type of 75 businesses have little impact on/in the Regional Business district and have been a 76 mainstay in the three areas described above. 77 There is also the non-conformity and the fact that property owners typically 78 oppose reinvestment in such properties since it is not necessarily deemed a wise 79 investment to position a property to remain non-conforming when the desires of 80 the City through the Comp Plan and Zoning Ordinance is to be a conforming use. 81 82 The Planning Division did discuss the t opic of rezoning this area, however 83 thought that the best solution was a text amendment since there would be a 84 meandering zoning line in order to capture all properties affected by the previous 85 changes. 86 The Planning Division’s analysis concludes that a text change is preferred over a 87 zoning map change, and that allowing such uses to be permitted within the 88 Regional Business District will not create a situation where the City encounters a 89 proliferation of such uses, but just the contrary. There are only certain areas 90 and/or buildings where such use makes sense and these areas are already being 91 occupied. Therefore, the Planning Division recommends that the use chart, Table 92 1005-1, be amended to include Limited Production and Processing as a permitted 93 use in the Regional Business District. 94 P LANNING C OMMISSION A CTION 95 At the duly noticed public hearing, one property owner spoke in favor of the 96 subject text amendment. Mr. Mark Rancone, Roseville Properties, indicated to 97 the Planning Commission that they have had such uses within the subject area 98 buildings for many years, and that having the cloud of non-conformity hanging 99