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Draft Excerpt of February 22, 2007 Planning Commission Meeting Page 2 of6 the joint work session, Planning Department staff went back to work on the overlay issue using several General Plan policies as a framework. They sought areas: . Suitable for conversion to non-industrial uses (namely those located adjacent to existing housing, or in areas lacking the amenities to meet the needs of modem industry). . Outside the "Industrial Sanctuary,"which was created to protect major industrial areas from encroachment by potentially incompatible uses. . Separated from sensitive uses (i.e., with adequate and safe separation between schools, residences and public facilities and areas where hazardous materials may be present). . That build upon transportation features of West San Leandro. . That would help ensure future land use development decisions that are in balance with the transportation system's capacity. Staff also examined applicable Zoning Code policies, including physical development in accordance with the policies of the General Plan that: . Preserve the character and quality of each of the distinct districts (residential, commercial, industrial). . Promote the economic stability of existing land uses in the city. . Protecting existing land uses from intrusion by inharmonious or harmful uses. Within that general framework, staff developed several criteria for Assembly Use overlay sites. Appropriate sites would: . Abut or lie within a quarter mile of arterial street (as identified in the Circulation Element of the General Plan) to ensure adequacy of street system. . Contain at least two contiguous acres (not each individual property, but the aggregate), to accommodate large Assembly Uses. They would not be located: . Along major a commercial corridor (such as East 14th Street and the Auto Mall portion of Marina Boulevard - between San Leandro Boulevard and Merced Street). . Within certain General Plan "focus areas," which for the most part are covered by the General Plan or long-range planning studies, special overlay districts or are in redevelopment areas with guidance for future development already in place (including downtown, Bayfair, Marina and South-of-Marina (SOMAR), or West San Leandro. . In a regional-serving retail area, such as Greenhouse Marketplace, the "old" Target site at Hesperian and Lewelling, Bayfair, Westgate and other shopping areas. . Within the Downtown Transportation-Oriented Development (TOD) study area, a half- mile circle radiating from Davis and East 14th Streets. . On sites considered public land, zoned Public Service (PS), Open Space (OS), or Commercial Recreation (CR); owned by an Exempt Public Agency, or leased/owned by a public utility (these areas represent properties and uses that are unlikely to change. Moving roughly north to south, the potential overlay areas meeting those criteria include a total of 197 properties encompassing a total of 211 acres: . Along MacArthur Boulevardjust north of the Evergreen site.