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City Planning Department

Environmental Justice Incompatible Uses Study

Projected Completion: 2026

Contingent upon funding. 

residential area next to shipyard

This study will evaluate the environmental and economic effects of potential requirements to discontinue previously-conforming incompatible uses that operate on residentially-zoned properties in Environmental Justice Communities within specified distances of various sensitive receptors, such as homes, schools and hospitals.

Strategic Plan Priority Areas of Focus

This initiative focuses on the following priority areas of the Strategic Plan:

Create Homes for All of Us

Identifies opportunities to provide incentives for new home development where previously-conforming incompatible uses may otherwise continue to persist. 


Protect & Enrich Every Neighborhood

Provides options to allow for the discontinuation of incompatible land uses that can adversely affect the quality of life for people that live in Environmental Justice Communities.