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PLN2007-00013 8 Faith Fellowship Worship Center February 19, 2008 • West San Leandro Business District. Build upon the locational strengths and transportation features of West San Leandro to support the area's continued development as a major industrial, technology, and office employment center. In accordance with the West San Leandro Plan, limit the encroachment of incompatible residential and retail uses in to the area, and promote additional development and redevelopment with manufacturing, technology, warehouse and distribution, office/flex, and similar uses. This proposal is inconsistent with this policy because an assembly use would inhibit existing and proposed industrial uses; uses which frequently utilize heavy trucks with around-the-clock operations. General Plan Policy 10.04 states the following: • Industrial Sanctuary. Protect the City's major industrial areas from encroachment by uses that are potentially incompatible with existing viable industrial activities, or which may inhibit the ability of industry to operate effectively. This inconsistency is self evident in that assembly uses introduce sensitive receptors in an industrial setting, thereby inhibiting the operation of industrial uses. General Plan Policy 13.01 states the following: • Decision -Making. Ensure that future land use and development decisions are in balance with the capacity of the City's transportation system. Each of these General Plan policies identifies the importance of a cohesive, functioning industrial district in the City of San Leandro and more particularly in the West San Leandro Business District in which the property is located. These policies also recognize the disruption that incompatible land uses could cause in the continued effectiveness of San Leandro's industrial base. Denial of the conditional use permit is consistent with limiting the encroachment of incompatible uses in the industrial area. Permits and/or Variances Granted Not applicable. Environmental Review If — and only if — the City Council denies the appeal and therefore the application, the matter is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines, Article 18, Statutory Exemptions, Section 15270, "Projects Which Are Disapproved." That guideline provides that CEQA does not apply to projects which a public agency rejects or disapproves. Staff advises, however, that should the City Council disagree with the staff and Board of Zoning Adjustment's recommendation and wish to consider approving the application, additional environmental impact analysis would first be required. The City Council would therefore need to direct staff to prepare an Initial Study, which would result in the preparation of either a Negative Declaration or an Environmental Impact Report. A vote by the City Council