An Alternative Future for the North East Mission Industrial Zone

Mission Coalition for Economic Justice & Jobs (MCEJJ)
was that such employee-intensive uses lead to a cyclical influx of new people in the neighborhood, straining
existing infrastructure and changing the character of the neighborhood. There was also concern voiced about
having other uses coming into the industrial zone like affordable housing, therefore they agreed that any new
industrial zone should not allow any new housing.
The group touched lightly on commercial uses wherein they favored smaller neighborhood-serving retail over
larger ‘big-box’ development. In general, they promoted a fine-grain mix of retail and housing throughout
the west and south portion of the NEMIZ. One area of intensification proposed by an arts advocate and
agreed upon by the group was to create a corridor of cultural and artistic uses along Florida Street, anchored
by institutions such as Theatre Artaud.
In conclusion, they wanted to preserve the mixed-use character of the NEMIZ, with the proportion of uses
reflecting the overall distribution of these uses over the city; support an appropriate level of housing
expansion; and create an industrial development zone for viable industries appropriate for the city’s
employment base, economic diversity and environment.
Planning Goals Worksheet
The text of goals listed from previous plans was confusing for most in the group. This led to extensive
discussion over the intent of each goal and the group eventually spent an hour and quarter going over the
goals and suggesting their own. They voted on the previous goals however, adding a lot of conditions to their
votes, thus effectively preventing any consensus over the goals in the final presentation. Of the goals listed, the
group felt that most were never realized.
The Existing Goals voted upon:
Previous
Planning Efforts
1994 NEMIZ
Zoning Proposal
Effort
1999 Interim
Industrial Protection
Zone (IPZ)
2001-2002 Mission
Rezoning Planning
Process
Appendix A.8
Goals (from these Planning
Efforts)
Knit NEMIZ into the fabric of the Mission
District and Surrounding Neighborhoods
Allowing existing non-conforming uses to
become conforming uses
Identify areas within NEMIZ for housing
an allowable use in those areas
Temporarily eliminate the threat to the
supply of industrially zoned land and
building space available for industrial
businesses
Provide adequate space and direction for
location of residential and live/work
development
Preserve diversity and vitality of the
NEMIZ, identifying areas best suited for
residential, commercial, and industrial
development
Maintain all existing PDR Businesses, but
do not expand into new areas
Create balance between traditional PDR
jobs and new businesses, but exclude
‘smokestack’ industries
Your Opinion Additional
Comments
Agree Disagree
7 1
6 2
8 0 Identify what kind of
housing and where
3 4
6 2 Disagreement with
inclusion of live/work
8 0 Should be mixed
together
6 1
Text not clear.
What kinds of PDR?
What are other
businesses?
No offices.
No micro-zonation