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MINUTES Page 5 City of San Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting~DECEMBER 15, 2003 Mayor Young expressed concern regarding the subjectivity in determining quality and how the City could deny a large-scale fast food use on the basis of the type of food it serves. Mayor Young asked Mr. Horn about parking issues. Mr. Horn noted fast food restaurants generally have a higher parking demand due to the volume of business and generate a fair amount of garbage. Mayor Young noted for the record that she likes m- and-Out Burger and Krispy Kreme but feels neither restaurant would locate to downtown San Leandro due to size and parking issues. Mr. Horn suggested Council may want to consider a hybrid proposal of prohibiting large-scale fast food restaurants along the East 14th Street corridor as it has the most visible storefronts in the downtown area. Large-scale fast food restaurants could be allowed, subj ect to a CUP, in the less visible interior portions of the downtown. Mr. Honl suggested another option could be to change the definition of snlall-scale fast food to 2,000 square feet. Mayor Young inquired whether the existing fast food restaurants have cleanup provisions in their CUPs. Mr. Horn stated the CUPs of fast food restaurants require litter pickup within a certain radius and require the restaurant to have trash collection servIce. While Councilnlenlber Santos acknowledged the concern that assessing quality is subjective, he noted businesses that have been denied a CUP would have recourse to appeal. Councilmember Badger reiterated his concern regarding the boundaries of the CD District. It was the consensus of the Council to have staff look into modifYing the CD Commercial Downtown District to extend south to Williams Street. Councilmenlber Badger inquired about the possibility of extending the nloratorium for an additional 180 days. Mr. Honl confirmed the moratorium could be extended for this alTIount of time. City Attorney Williams stated the Council would need to adopt an urgency ordinance extending the moratorium. Councilmember Grant expressed some confusion regarding the definition of a full- service versus a fast food restaurant. She suggested the Council also review these definitions. Mr. Horn noted this is an area with which all cities struggle. The City has tried to define restaurants by their characteristics, such as the amount of take-out business they do or the amount of disposable containers they use. Pizza parlors such as Sergio's and Round Table are defined as full-service restaurants because of the large amount of restaurant seating but the definition could be altered to consider them as fast food restaurants. Councilmember Badger suggested extending the moratorium for an additional SIX months, reviewing the juice bar issue and other definitions.