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DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REVIEW <br /> Manufacturing Industrial Center -Light (MIC /L) and Manufacturing Industrial Center <br /> Heavy (MIC /H) zoning and development standards implement the <br /> Manufacturing /Industrial Center Comprehensive Plan designation that provides a major <br /> employment area for manufacturing and industrial uses, and other activities that <br /> support those uses. The uses and standards are meant to enhance the redevelopment of <br /> the Duwamish Corridor. <br /> MIC /L is distinguished by distributive light manufacturing, while MIC /H is focused on <br /> heavy or bulk manufacturing and industrial uses, in addition to distributive and light <br /> manufacturing /industrial uses. <br /> Determining what constitutes a 21S century industrial business is challenging. Many <br /> "industrial" businesses are no longer the polluting, noisy type of business that many <br /> people believe them to be. A goal of Tukwila's zoning for the MIC is to provide enough <br /> flexibility to allow for innovation in industry and to attract new businesses, enable <br /> existing businesses to operate and grow successfully, and to maintain sufficiently strict <br /> regulations to keep incompatible uses out of the industrial area. <br /> With the intent of evaluating whether the allowed uses in the MIC support its goals, <br /> staff reviewed portions of Tukwila Municipal Code Chapter 18, including: <br /> 1) TMC Chapter 18.36 Manufacturing/ Industrial Center Light; <br /> 2)TMC Chapter 18.38 Manufacturing/ Industrial Center Heavy, and <br /> 3) portions of Chapter 18.50 Supplemental Development Standards, including <br /> 18.50.045 Height Regulations Around Major Airports and 18.50.100 MIC /L and MIC /H <br /> Site Lighting Standards. <br /> Summary <br /> Staff review of Chapter 18.50.045 and 18.50.100 determined that these sections do not <br /> require revision. Review of TMC Chapter 18.36 (MIC /L) and Chapter 18.38 (MIC /H) <br /> found the following: <br /> 1. Some permitted uses do not directly support industrial development and are <br /> more property considered as conditional uses that serve the immediate area. <br /> These include such uses as beauty and barbershop, financial services, medical <br /> services, and certain recreational services. <br /> 2. Manufacturing and processing uses can be clarified by adding wording about their <br /> expected impacts. <br /> 3. The status of office as either permitted or conditional use depending on size and <br /> circumstance is appropriate. Given office's characteristics and the potential for <br /> impacts, new office development should have administrative design review. <br /> 4. Recognizing the need for trained employees, any educational uses in the MIC <br /> should have a vocational focus and be associated with an established aviation, <br /> manufacturing or industrial use. <br /> 5. Extended stay hotels /motels are incompatible with the noise, light and traffic <br /> found in industrial areas. They should not be allowed. <br /> W: \Long Range Projects \MIC Study\ Issues &Opps \MIC Logo \Issues &OppsReport.doc Page 17 <br />