03-20-2021, 10:02 AM
(03-20-2021, 12:27 AM)nms Wrote: I think using the term "Employment Lands" allows for the City to look ahead on the horizon to plan for future employment uses. In particular, it is useful if they see a current land use that is "employment land' proposed to become "non-employment land". The City has to be a mix of both for a healthy City. For instance, the Seagram Lofts are no longer employment land though there are a handful of live-work units on site. If someone were to propose a new Seagram-sized distillery, they would be hard pressed to find a spot in the City. Manufacturing is also a challenge, particularly since there are some high-tech manufacturing processes that don't mix well with other land or building uses (consider additive manufacturing aka 3D printing).
I’m confused by what you say about additive manufacturing. How is it incompatible with other uses? As far as I can see you can put a 3D printer in a corner of an office; or move the desk workers out and have a whole row of printers; or convert an entire office building into a factory. It’s not like a steel mill or something which produces lots of noise and pollution that isn’t appropriate in a residential neighbourhood.