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City of San Leandro Community D~velopment Department Planning Services Division Staff Report DATE: June 7, 2007 TO: Board of Zoning Adjustments ' !)} W.';'/- i\/\~ ~ Kathleen Livermore, Interim Planning Mana~" PLN2007-00029; Appeal of the administrative decision of the Zoning Enforcement Official with regard to the determination that the proposed Grocery Outlet is a supermarket, not a neighborhood grocery store. Assessor's Parcel Number 77-540-9; Grocery Outlet, Inc. and Norcal AI, LLC (applicants and property owner); CD Commercial Downtown District. FROM: SUBJECT: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION The applicants are proposing that their appli:ation for a Grocery Outlet at 1550 E. 14th Street is a neighborhood grocery store and a permitted use in the CD Commercial Downtown District. The Planning Manager and then the Zoning Enforcement Official have both determined that the proposed Grocery Outlet would be considered a supermarket, which requires a Conditional Use Permit in the Commercial Downtown (CD) District. A Conditional Use Permit for this site, identified as an opportunity site in the Downtown Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy, would be subject to the existing moratorium related to discretionary action on any opportunity site. The moratorium extends until November 6, 2007, or finalization and implementation of the Downtown TOD Strategy, whichever comes first. Staff recommends that the Board of Zoning Adjustments deny the appeal (PLN2007-00029) and uphold the determination of the Zoning Enforcement Official that a Grocery Outlet is a supermarket not a neighborhood grocery store. If the Board of Zoning Adjustments denies the appeal, the appellant may appeal the decision of the Board of Zoning Adjustments to the City Council within 15 days. APPLICANTS' SUPPORTING STATEMENT The applicants assert that the proposed Grocery Outlet is a neighborhood grocery store at the old Albertsons site. They state that, due to its small size of25,000 square feet, with the current industry standard for supermarkets of 70,000 square feet, the Grocery Outlet store is more in keeping with the neighborhood grocery store. Please see the attached applicant material for their complete statement.