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Garry Avenue Business Park at 1700, 1720, and 1740 E. Garry Avenue October 10, 2022 Page 4 2 8 7 1 Standards Required by SAMC Provided Screening Minimum 8-foot high wall required where loading activities occur Complies; 10-foot high wall proposed at south property line to screen loading docks from Alton Avenue right-of- way Floor Area Ratio (FAR)Maximum 3.0 Complies; 0.43 Proposed As shown in Table 2 above, the proposed project meets the development standards of the proposed M1 zoning district designation for which a change in land use classification from Professional to Manufacturing is being sought. Additionally, the project and site plan have been designed to minimize impacts onto surrounding properties by placing the building’s loading docks to face south toward the vacant Alton Avenue right-of-way to minimize noise and aesthetic impacts onto adjacent developed properties. The site plan, as designed, would continue to meet development standard of the M-1 zone if Caltrans builds the Alton Avenue bridge over the SR-55 Freeway by providing a solid screen wall with 10-foot wide landscape buffer along the freeway, which will allow for mature trees, shrubs, and groundcover to be maintained long-term along the westerly (freeway- adjacent) property line. Lastly, the project site is in an area identified by the General Plan for industrial uses, pursuant to the Industrial/FLEX land use designation. Vehicles and trucks entering and departing from the project site will not travel through any neighborhoods containing sensitive land uses, such as residences, schools, or parks. The new General Plan also designates surrounding properties Industrial/FLEX, and Garry Avenue and Pullman Street provide direct access to the SR-55 Freeway by way of the Dyer Road interchange, a driving distance of half a mile (0.50 miles). Amendment Application The subject site is zoned Professional (P). The development standards pertaining to the Professional zoning district would render the project unfeasible, as warehousing and distribution uses are prohibited by the P zoning district. Approval of an amendment application to change the zoning district to Light Industrial (M1) is required for the project. The General Plan identifies on Table LU-A-1 that the Interim Development Standard for the FLEX-3 area is M1. The project has been designed to conform to all applicable standards of the M1 zoning district. Although warehousing uses are permitted by-right in the M1 zoning district, distribution uses require approval of a conditional use permit (CUP) by the Planning Commission. The zoning district designation of M1 enables the applicant to submit the required CUP application for consideration by the Planning Commission to permit or conditionally permit the proposed distribution use. 10/10/2022 Planning Commission 2 – 4