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P25-0192, Industrial Zoning Text Amendments Planning Commission 11 of 14 shall be required through the manipulation of building mass, detailing of the building façade(s), and landscape planting to the satisfaction of the zoning administrator. f. For buildings over 40 feet in height that are adjacent to or within proximity to existing residential and/or other similar sensitive receptor uses, all levels beyond the second level on the sides of the building facing or adjacent to the existing residential and/or other similar sensitive receptor uses shall be setback from the wall planes of the lower levels to the satisfaction of the zoning administrator. As an alternative, should the Planning Commission find the proposed height thresholds are generally appropriate but may be unsuitable in certain contexts—and the proposed geographic boundaries do not fully address potential concerns—the Planning Commission could consider an additional restriction. Specifically, the Commission may elect to impose a supplemental standard stating no new IBB building may exceed 40 feet in height if it is located adjacent to an existing residential zone, existing residential development, or other sensitive receptor. For the purposes of this restriction, "adjacent" would be defined as sharing a property line or being separated only by a local or collector street (excluding arterials). • Off-Street Parking Facilities: Section 18.88.030 would be amended to read: Unless subject to more limited parking requirements established by State law or local policies and regulations with respect to sites within specified distance of major transit stops such as BART, manufacturing plants and other industrial uses, innovation-based businesses, warehouses, storage buildings, and storage facilities combined with commercial or industrial uses—one space for each employee on the maximum shift, or one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area. • Service Equipment: Equipment required for building services, such as transformers, emergency generators, gas meters, and similar components, would be carefully located to minimize visual impact from public open spaces and primary pedestrian and vehicular routes. Screening by means of structured elements or effective use of landscape materials to the extent feasible, when equipment exceeds three feet in height, would be required. • Emissions & Other Impacts: Section 18.48.060 currently prohibits any business with emissions dangerous to human or animal health. This section would be replaced with a general requirement that any industrial business with potentially dangerous emissions must be regulated in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) regulations. Criteria regarding odor, vibration, noise, and other similar potential negative impacts are already addressed in Chapter 18.48. Other Implementing Actions to Support IBBs Staff notes the proposed Zoning updates mentioned above will remove major regulatory barriers and facilitate the attraction of IBBs to Pleasanton. However, the scale of IBB development would continue to be severely limited by the General Plan’s existing FAR limits, which set a maximum FAR of 0.5 in Industrial Districts. Revision to the General Plan to modify the FAR limit is a more substantial policy discussion, and staff is proposing a two-step process Page 76 of 674