Targeted are two regulations, one limiting the amount of floor space that can be built in proportion to lot size, and the other limiting impervious surfaces - identified in the county's general plan as roofs, sidewalks and paved parking lots.
"This has caused huge, huge ramifications in our business parks," Supervisor Helen Baumann said.Greg Fuz, development services director, on Nov. 8 outlined short-and long-term fixes for what factions typically at odds over growth and traffic issues agree are unwarranted obstacles to economic development. ...
The floor-area ratio restricts floor space for commercial, industrial and research and development uses to about 25 percent of the total size of the parcel being developed. Along with limiting impervious surfaces to about 50 percent of the parcel, the restrictions discourage construction of such facilities in the county, developers say.
