Item 28 - Public Hearing - ZOA No. 20204-01 South Coast Technology Center

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Policy UD-1.1: Design Quality: Ensure all developments feature high quality design, materials, finishes, and construction. Policy UD-1.5: Attractive Public Spaces. Encourage community interaction through the development and enhancement of plazas, open space, people places, and pedestrian connections with the public realm. The project is consistent with these General Plan Urban Design Element goals and policies as the goal for the site would be to develop with high -quality industrial buildings that would feature high -quality materials and finishes that would improve the physical character of the area. Additionally, the proposed passive park would create a space for community interaction and encourage community interaction and pedestrian connection to the public realm. Economic Prosperity (EP) Element Goal EP-1: Job Creation and Retention: Foster a dynamic local economy that provides and creates employment opportunities for all residents in the city. Policy EP-1.1: Protect Industrial: Protect industrial uses that provide quality job opportunities, including middle -income jobs; provide for secondary employment and supporting uses; and maintain areas where smaller emerging industrial uses can locate in a multitenant setting. Policy EP-1.2: Attract Business: Promote new and retain existing job -producing businesses that provide living -wage employment opportunities. The project is consistent with these General Plan Economic Prosperity Element goals and policies, as the request would allow the ownership to transition from a land use that is not attracting businesses or jobs to one that would, thereby benefiting the city's economic prosperity. Furthermore, the request would reintroduce industrial land uses to a site previously rezoned to accommodate only office or commercial uses, which would support industrial land uses Citywide that would provide for employment opportunity. Ordinance No. NS-XXXX Page 22 of 22