An Alternative Future for the North East Mission Industrial Zone

An Alternative Future for the NEMIZ
Mission Coalition for Economic Justice & Jobs
Reuse of army barracks for PDR in Bayshore
Core PDR uses feature local impacts such as fumes that
make them incompatible with other uses (in this case residential)
V.2 Policy & Planning Recommendations
cific to the existing use patterns, parcel sizes, existing
building stock, and truck access characteristics
of the NEMIZ. It may be necessary to create definitions
that are specific to each of the five Eastern
Neighborhoods relating to their specific characteristics.
The goal is to create definitions that can link use
definitions to the activities and impacts of PDR
that affect compatibility with other uses and to
expand the definition of PDR to include a broader
group of businesses that are involved in production,
distribution, and repair, rather than just light
or heavy industrial uses. Another issue that can be
addressed during the EIR process, is the problem
of how activity-specific definitions are difficult to
administer and enforce, because specific use definitions
can quickly become outdated as business
practices change. The following definition of
‘intensity’ PDR use begins to build this groundwork
by creating PDR use zones that focus on the
intensity of activity, and environmental and other
performance standards.
B. Consider Setting
Environmental and Other
Performance Standards
The City should investigate developing a set of
environmental and performance standards that
can be applied to PDR businesses and all types of
development in IPZs.
Environmental standards would measure such
activities as traffic, parking, noise, fumes, vibration,
hours of operation, and other effects on environmental
conditions in the surrounding area and
quality of life impacts. Land uses and businesses
could be evaluated and categorized according to
these standards, regardless of the business or activity
or industry. The PDR Use Zones that are recommended
here (Core, Medium, and Light)
would then have environmental and other performance
standards linked to them. Core uses
should be kept separate from residential and other
‘impact sensitive’ land uses. Medium uses have
more moderate impacts and can be in mixed-use
zones, while light uses have minimal impacts and
can mix with residential uses .