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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6i <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />201 <br />211 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />27 <br />M <br />Code and state law: <br />A. The proposed zone change is in conformity with the General Plan of <br />the City because a general plan amendment has been approved concurrently with the zone <br />change request. The general plan amendment changes the land use designation of the Subject <br />Property from "Business Park" to "Industrial Park." The proposed I -P (Light Industrial) <br />zoning designation is consistent and in conformity with the proposed amended general plan <br />designation. <br />B. There is a need in the community for more of the types of uses <br />permitted by the proposed zoning designation. The proposed I -P (Industrial Park) zoning <br />designation permits uses that are typical of industrial park land uses, including general <br />commercial, administrative and professional offices, low -intensity manufacturing, <br />warehousing, wholesaling and similar industrial park uses that are more compatible with <br />surrounding less intense uses. Moreover, the City of Colton General Plan notes that there is a <br />need in the community for labor intensive industrial uses of the type promoted by the <br />Industrial Park zoning designation "in order to increase employment access to Colton <br />facilities." (See Colton General Plan, p.2-25.) Designation of the Subject Property from B -P <br />to 1-i' wlll iacllltale anc, encourage enipiuyniem access u(.,cause 17lore lancl Will De Il aut. <br />available to generate such opportunities by broadening the range of allowable uses, as <br />permitted under the I -P designation, thus encouraging new development. <br />C. The proposed change of zone will not adversely affect the surrounding <br />area or the community in general. The Industrial Park zoning designation is intended to be a <br />buffer between more intense industrial uses and less intense land uses, including residential <br />uses. Moreover, the I -P zoning designation's development standards provides adequate <br />separation and height requirements to assure that proposed industrial park uses do not <br />-3- <br />