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Critical details need to be addressed - such as the inaccurate and subjective classification of"noxious" <br /> businesses. There are devastating consequences in the regulations for labeling a business as "noxious"—as the <br /> City has already done without justification to many businesses. These regulations would deny continued use of <br /> a clean business property for a small box of hoses or a pail of machine lubricant - while not requiring the same <br /> of a"noxious" gas station property with many thousands of gallons of hazardous fuel. That is simply not <br /> equitable or fair. <br /> We need a balanced approach that targets"bad actor"businesses. You know who they are -they degrade both <br /> business and residential neighborhoods. <br /> The City should focus on: <br /> Addressing the primary nuisance and "noxious" businesses -- 90% of the businesses do not cause any <br /> problems for the City or neighborhoods—yet they are being lumped in with the problem causing operators. <br /> Clarification of regulations --This re-zoning is every bit as significant to this area as the re-zoning is in the <br /> ongoing General Plan Update --but it has not received equivalent outreach, community input, and <br /> collaboration. <br /> At the Train Station meeting and at the Planning Commission -- residents recommended that the M-1 zone <br /> remain and that the M-2 zone designation be eliminated. <br /> Consider removing the M-2 overlay -- allowing the M-1 Light Industrial to remain - and converting current <br /> M-2 properties to M-1 ... as was done in the County of Los Angeles "Green" rezoning. <br /> Thank you, <br /> Mike Tardif <br /> z <br />