2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
scenarios.
The
determination
as
to
the
appropriateness
of
specific
land
uses
within
the
Baylands
rests
with
the
City
of
Brisbane,
and
will
be
determined
as
part
of
the
City’s
planning
review,
as
discussed
4.
In
addition,
all
permitted
uses
in
any
specific
plan
approved
by
the
City
within
the
Baylands
will
be
required
to
be
consistent
with
the
provisions
of
the
Brisbane
General
Plan,
which
restricts
the
range
of
industrial
uses
and
the
types
of
uses
permitted
within
the
Baylands
that
might
use
or
generate
large
quantities
of
hazardous
materials.
The
auto
body
uses
and
businesses
along
Industrial
Way
are
existing
uses,
not
part
of
proposed
development
within
the
Baylands,
and
are
proposed
to
be
removed
from
the
Project
Site
.
Th
e
“uses”
referenced
on
page
4.G-
88
are
those
identified
in
the
Draft
EIR’s
Project
Description
as
permitted
land
uses
within
the
Baylands.
On
page
4.G-88,
the
Draft
EIR
states,
“‘wet’
lab
functions,
on
the
other
hand,
could
involve
a
broad
spectrum
of
activities
involving
hazardous
materials,
which
would
be
used
in
controlled
indoor
environments.
The
types
and
volumes
of
hazardous
materials
that
would
be
used
in
wet
laboratories
are
difficult
to
predict
because
the
specific
businesses
that
would
move
to
the
Project
Site
are
not
known,
and
because
hazardous
materials
use
is
subject
to
continuous
change
as
technologies
evolve
and
as
businesses
change.
It
is,
however,
reasonably
foreseeable
that
hazardous
materials
would
be
used
routinely.”
Thus,
the
Draft
EIR
takes
a
conservative,
worst
case
approach,
as
is
appropriate
under
CEQA.
Draft
EIR
Chapter
3,
Project
Description
,
provides
a
detailed
description
of
what
uses
are
proposed
to
be
permitted
within
the
Baylands
under
each
development
scenario.
The
City
retains
authority
to
determine
those
specific
uses
that
would
and
would
not
be
appropriate
within
the
Baylands.
In
addition,
all
permitted
uses
in
any
specific
plan
approved
by
the
City
within
the
Baylands
will
be
required
to
be
consistent
with
the
provisions
of
the
Brisbane
General
Plan,
which
restricts
the
range
of
industrial
uses
and
the
types
of
uses
permitted
within
the
Baylands
that
might
use
or
generate
large
quantities
of
hazardous
materials.
None
of
the
project
components
described
in
Chapter
3,
Project
Description
,
proposes
any
modification
to
the
City’s
existing
limits
on
industrial
development
within
the
Baylands.
Thus
the
existing
prohibitions
cited
in
this
comment
against
“c
ertain
types
of
hazardous
materials
users
and
infectious
disease
handling”
would
be
unaffected
by
proposed
Baylands
development,
and
would
be
applied
by
the
City
to
all
new
development
within
the
Baylands.
Uses
that
are
prohibited
by
the
Brisbane
General
Plan
or
City
ordinance
would
be
prohibited
within
the
Baylands
unless
these
regulations
are
otherwise
amended.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.1-75
May
2015