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~ Promote the economic stability of existing land uses that are consistent with the development policies of the General Plan and protect them from intrusions by inharmonious or harmful land uses; Article 7 - Industrial District indicates the following specific purposes: . Provide appropriately located areas consistent with the General Plan for a broad range of manufacturing, distribution and storage, and service areas; ~ Strengthen the City's economic base, and provide employment opportunities close to home for residents of the City and surrounding communities; . Provide a suitable environment for various types of industrial uses, and protect them from the adverse impacts of inharmonious uses; Based on General Plan policies such as those noted above, area specific policies and plans, and Zoning Code purposes, the following criteria were developed for evaluating appropriate locations for assembly uses, with the express objective of expanding the opportunities for assembly uses beyond the residential zoning districts: . Site is not located along a major commercial corridor (identified as E. 14th Street and Marina Boulevard between San Leandro Boulevard and Merced Street); . Site is not located within the following General Plan Focus Areas: Downtown, Bayfair, Marina Blvd/SOMAR, or West San Leandro (each of these Focus Areas is governed by one or more of the following, which governs future development - special study/guidelines, special overlay district, or location within a redevelopment area); . Site is not located in a regional-serving retail area (identified as Greenhouse Marketplace, Westgate, Marina Square, and 'old' Target site); . Site is not located inside the Yz-mile study area identified for the Downtown Transit- Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy; . Site abuts or is within ~ mile of an arterial street (as identified in the Circulation Element of the General Plan); . Site is not located in a Residential Zone (Assembly uses are already conditionally permitted in residential zones, so would not produce new areas for assembly uses to locate if considered); . Site is not considered public land, and is not zoned Public Service (PS), Open Space (OS), or Commercial Recreation (CR); property is not owned by an Exempt Public Agency, or leased/owned by a public utility (these areas represent properties and uses that are unlikely to change); Planning Connnission Staff Report Assembly Use Overlay District February 22, 2007 Page 4 of6