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Manufacturing/ Industrial Center are concentrated in the Manufacturing/ Industrial Center <br /> element. This element articulates the following overall goal for the Manufacturing/ Industrial <br /> Center: <br /> Goal 11.1 <br /> Support for existing industrial activities in the Manufacturing/ Industrial Center and <br /> development of new industrial activity in order to maximize the employment and economic <br /> benefits to the people of Tukwila and the region, while minimizing impacts on residential <br /> neighborhoods. <br /> Policies that support the primary goal include the following: <br /> Support New Development <br /> These policies are designed to take advantage of the development and improvement <br /> opportunities offered by the Manufacturing/ Industrial Center, and to realize its full revenue <br /> and employment potential. <br /> 11.1.1 Support the efforts of existing industries to expand and new industrial <br /> businesses to develop in the Manufacturing /Industrial Center by providing them with <br /> economic data, information on available development sites, help in understanding and <br /> getting through the permit processes, and other appropriate assistance. <br /> 11. 1.2 Assist landowners in remediating site problems caused by contaminated soil. <br /> Simplify Permit Processing <br /> These policies aim at reducing unpredictable permit conditions and permit review time. <br /> 11.1.3 Develop appropriate permit processes that minimize lengthy public review and <br /> simplify the development permit process, while providing meaningful opportunities <br /> for citizen input and protecting the environment. <br /> 11. 1.4 Tailor Manufacturing Industrial Center shoreline requirements to achieve <br /> consistency between Shoreline and MIC element goals and policies. <br /> Protect the Land Resource <br /> The land in the Manufacturing/ Industrial Center must be used effectively to allow it to <br /> generate its potential of high -wage jobs and public revenue. <br /> 11.1.5 Allow uses that are commonly associated with manufacturing and industry, <br /> including those directly supporting such activity, such as offices and laboratories, <br /> while limiting unrelated uses. <br /> 11.1.6 Develop and designate appropriate zoning, buffers, mitigation and access <br /> opportunities where manufacturing zoning directly abuts or impacts residential zoning <br /> so that MIC uses may operate without significant degradation of the residential <br /> environment. <br /> W: \Long Range Projects\MIC Study \Planning Commission \DraftMICBackgroundRpt.doc Page 6 of 14 <br />