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A. Function. An area that provides an integrated and healthy transition between core industrial areas and neighboring regional and urban centers, residential areas, and mixed-use areas. These areas contain a mix of affordable, small-scale places for light industry, makers, brewing and distilling, creative arts, and industry supporting ancillary retail, office, or research activity. This area also provides limited opportunities for workforce housing that supports industrial uses. The area functions as a place for residents and workers from nearby urban centers or regional centers to patronize and experience unique local industrial businesses. B. Locational criteria. Urban Industrial zone designation is most appropriate in areas generally characterized by all of the following: 1. Areas at the transition between core industrial areas in Maritime Manufacturing and Logistics zones and non-industrially zoned areas, urban centers, or regional centers. 2. Areas generally within designated Manufacturing/Industrial Centers (MICs), although UI zones could be located in limited instances outside of MICs. 3. Areas characterized by small parcel sizes and a variety of small existing industrial and nonindustrial structures. (Ord. 127375 , § 23, 2025; Ord. 126862 , § 5, 2023.)