QUESTION
What is the Department of City Planning's stance on requiring ground floor manufacturing and industrial uses in mixed-use commercial and manufacturing buildings to help incentivize industrial businesses?
2:20:04
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The Department of City Planning is open to discussing requiring ground floor manufacturing and industrial uses in mixed-use buildings to support industrial businesses as the zoning update process proceeds.
- Council Member Restler expresses concern that not enough is being done to support industrial businesses in transition districts
- Restler believes it's important to require manufacturing on the ground floor of mixed commercial-industrial buildings to provide an entry point for industrial businesses
- Dan Garodnick from the Department of City Planning says they are open to discussing this requirement as the process moves forward
Lincoln Restler
2:20:04
I wanna see a strength in core industrial districts further.
2:20:07
I'm concerned that we're not doing enough on the transition districts.
2:20:10
And so in particular, it's really hard for me to understand how we could have buildings that are mixed commercial industrial, mixed commercial manufacturing uses and not require manufacturing on the ground floor.
2:20:24
When we know that our industrial manufacturing businesses need that entry point.
2:20:29
Is that something that you all would consider requiring kind of ground floor manufacturing industrial uses to help ensure that the incentives will actually work.
Dan Garodnick
2:20:39
Thank you, council member.
2:20:40
It's something that we're we're open to talk to to you all about as this process proceeds.
Lincoln Restler
2:20:45
Great.