23.34.096

The Industrial Commercial (IC) zone is intended to promote development of businesses which incorporate a mix of industrial and commercial activities, including light manufacturing and research and development, while accommodating a wide range of other employment activities. In reviewing a proposal to rezone an area to Industrial Commercial (IC), the following criteria shall be considered: A. Areas with amenities such as shoreline views, proximity to downtown, or access to public open spaces that could provide an attraction for new businesses, particularly new technology-oriented and research and development activities which might otherwise be likely to seek locations outside the City; B. Areas in close proximity to major institutions capable of providing support for new technology-oriented and research and development businesses; C. Former industrial areas which are undergoing a transition to predominantly commercial or mixed commercial and industrial activity, but where transportation and/or other infrastructure capacities are constrained and can only accommodate modest growth without major improvements; D. Areas where there is an existing concentration of technology-oriented and research and development uses which may be subject to displacement by commercial development; E. Areas which are underutilized and, through substantial redevelopment, could provide the type of campus-like environment attractive for new technology-oriented industrial and commercial development; and F. Industrial areas that are located outside of the Ballard Interbay Northend Manufacturing and Industrial Center (BINMIC) and the Greater Duwamish Manufacturing Industrial Center (MIC). (Ord. 126862 , § 2, 2023; Ord. 113658, § 2, 1987.)