An Alternative Future for the North East Mission Industrial Zone

Concerns Regarding Potential of
Creating Existing Non-conforming
Uses
Throughout the workshop process, many participants
noted that they were disappointed that they
were not informed about the City’s process for the
entire Mission District. Participants also felt that
the industrial zoning proposed in the City’s
“Alternative B” is a blanket approach that does not
account for the portions of the NEMIZ that have
evolved into a mixed-use district.
In preparing for the workshop Community Design
+ Architecture obtained land use data for the
Mission from the City. As the team reviewed the
data it became clear that the data do not accurately
reflect existing land uses. The team went about
correcting and clarifying the major errors through
field research and MCEJJ member surveys. The
team’s spot correction of land use indicated that
over 40% of the NEMIZ parcels in the city data
are in error.
Using the corrected land use data and the City’s
Proposed “Alternative B” zoning CD+A produced
a map indicating the parcels that, if Alternative B
were adopted, would be considered non-conforming.
This mapping revealed that over 22% of the
parcels in the NEMIZ (approximately 31% of the
land area in the NEMIZ) could become non-conforming
if the zoning proposed in Alternative B
were implemented. Many of the groups were
strongly opposed to the number of non-conforming
uses that could include a variety of live/work,
business service, retail, and cultural uses throughout
the NEMIZ. Many groups indicated that nontoxic
PDR should be conditionally grandfathered
rather than unilaterally protected.
Mission Coalition for Economic Justice & Jobs
Workshop Summary
IV.5
An Alternative Future for the NEMIZ