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(b) Recent earthquake activities, including the 1989 Loma Prieta and the 1994 <br />Northridge earthquakes, have indicated the lack of adequate design and <br />detailing as a contributing factor to damages that reduced the protection of <br />the life-safety of building occupants. <br />(c) The underlying soils are subj ect to liquefaction and amplification of seismic <br />energy. This increases the likelihood of seismic disturbances of substantial <br />magnitude occurring and causing consequent damage. Such damage is often <br />accompanied by structural fire. The City contains a large percentage of <br />existing structures constructed more than forty years ago. <br />(d) The travel time to a fire or other emergency within San Leandro may be <br />impeded by the following conditions: <br />(1) Three major railway lines, the elevated BART line, three major <br />freeways and a natural creek, divide the City into numerous sections, <br />and equipment responding to emergencies face potential delays and <br />obstruction of access in crossing these barriers <br />(2) San Leandro lies in the path of two major water reservoirs which, <br />upon failure, would inundate a large portion of the City, further <br />delaying the response to a fire or other emergency. <br />(3) A growing community of single-family and multi-family dwellings <br />presently exists on the easterly side of Highway 580, which is itself a <br />potential physical barrier impeding response to a fire or other <br />emergency. <br />(4) The two maj ornorth-south emergency response routes aside from the <br />freeways are dependent upon bridges spanning San Leandro Creek. <br />Failure of these bridges would isolate a heavily populated section of <br />the City north of the creek. <br />H. The City Council hereby takes official notice of the General Plan (and all elements thereof) of <br />the City of San Leandro, all documents on file with the City relating to the Alquist-Priolo Act <br />Special Studies Zone, and the findings and recommendations ofthe Board of Appeals in this matter. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows: <br />Section 1. Section 3-3-100 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby amended to <br />read as follows: <br />2 <br />