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district limits accessory uses to 25% of the floor area, however the PUD ordinance allows the Council to increase this percentage through the PUD Declaration. This request was not included in the original Planned Unit Development application or Planning Commission public hearing and as such the applicant was directed to go back before the Planning Commission for consideration. This occurred on October 2°d In summary, staff was concerned about the increased percentage of accessory uses mainly due to the manufacturing/assembly component. The development goals for the Northwest Quadrant aim to eliminate the smoke stack type industrial uses and encourage primarily office uses or corporate campus types. Staff met several times with both the applicant and a representative of Transoma and ultimately determined their request would not have any negative impacts on the development goals of the Northwest Quadrant. After understanding the types of non-office uses Transoma engages in, staff agreed to support increasing the amount of accessory uses by 10% to 35% of the total floor area. This means that 35% of the floor area of the building can be used for light assembly, clean room manufacturing, and shipping/receiving areas. Staff feels that at 35% the use remains secondary to the primary uses, which are office-geared. For clarification as to what constitutes a principal use or accessory use, for determining the 65/35 spilt, staff provided the following language in the attached Resolution: Principal Use (office): offices, conference rooms, research & development spaces, laboratories, electronic data centers, testing area, information technology, and training areas. Accessory Use (non-office): light assembly, clean room manufacturing and shipping/receiving/stores. In closing, staff recommends approval of the applications, including the request to increase permitted accessory uses to 35% of the floor area of the building. Staff's recommendation to approve is subject to conditions, which are noted in the Resolution attached to this memo. It should also be noted that the applicant has provided updated floor plans (attached), which illustrate how Transoma plans to use the building. These plans suggest that the applicant is actually closer to 25% accessory uses (as defined above); however the applicant wanted the flexibility to accommodate future growth in requesting the increase to 35%. The following are attached for reference: A) Resolution, B) Updated Floor Plans, C) Sept. 11 Council Mcnio and Exhibits. Costs and Funding: Not Applicable 0'?' G?OV/L__ Janice Gundlach City Planner 0