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APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING STATEMENT See attached. BACKGROUND Faith Fellowship Church (FFC) recently purchased the property at 14600 Catalina (formerly occupied by MDL). On May 18, 2006, staff received an application from FFC requesting a Zoning Code amendment to conditionally permit Assembly uses in Industrial Limited (IL) zones, and to rezone their property from Industrial Professional (IP) to IL (thus setting up the possibility for review of a use permit for an assembly use at the 14600 Catalina site). Currently, the Zoning Code conditionally permits Religious Assembly uses in R districts, and Faith Fellowship's current location at 577 Manor is zoned RS (PD), Residential Single-Family, Planned Development Overlay District. A joint worksession with the Board of Zoning Adjustments and Planning Commission was held on October 19. Based upon policy and criteria set forth in the General Plan, staff presented two options for consideration: 1) Amend the Zoning Code to allow Assembly Uses as conditionally permitted in the IL zone; and 2) Apply an Assembly Use Overlay to identified areas. The direction given by the Board and Commission was for staff to move forward with consideration of Option 2. Subsequent to the joint work session, this option was presented to several advisory committees, including the West San LeandroIMacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Area Advisory Committee, the Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, and the Joint Redevelopment Area Advisory Committee. At the December 7, 2006 Board of Zoning Adjustments meeting, the refined proposal for an Assembly Use Overlay was presented to the Board for comment. On February 22,2007 the Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed Zoning Code and Map amendments. On March 19, the City Council approved Zoning Code and Map amendments related to formation of an Assembly Use Overlay, and rezoned 196 properties (in commercial and industrial districts) that met the Overlay criteria with the Assembly Use (-AU) overlay. These changed will become effective May 1. At the time of the February Planning Commission meeting, staff recommended to the applicant that once the Zoning Code and Map amendments were approved by Council, that they revise their application, to ask to be included in the newly created Assembly Use Overlay. ST AFF ANALYSIS Assembly Use Overlay In evaluating the policy issue of expanding the locations where assembly uses could locate in the City, staff notes that analyzing this matter raises larger General Plan policy issues. Staff looked at the following overriding General Plan Policies for guidance: ~ "The areas most suitable for conversion to non-industrial uses are those located adjacent to existing housing, or in areas which lack the amenities to meet the needs of modem Planning Commission Staff Report PLN2007-00049 Faith Fellowship Church-Assembly Use Rezone April 12, 2007 Page 2 of7