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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 28, 2008 Agenda No. 08-I6 Page 2 oJll ~ Item 4: Correspondence ~ Secretary Livermore noted she has received correspondence on Public Hearing Item 6b, on the Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the proposed Kaiser-ICI development, one from Ron Musgrove of Applied Fusion, and another from Peter Schantz. These will go to the consultant to consider in the preparation of the Environmental Impact Report. Additional letters from agencies and other interested parties may come before the NOP period ends on September 10. Item 5: Oral Communications None. ~ Item 6: Public Hearing ~ a). Matter of Modifying the San Leandro Zoning Code relative to Part IL o Amending Article 7, Sections 2-704, 2-706, 2-708 and 2-742 regarding Recycling Facilities, Animal Boarding and Government Offices in Industrial Districts. o Amending Article 6, Sections 2-630, 2-636, 2-638, 2-640, 2-642, 2-644, 2-646, and 2-698 regarding zoning standards in the DA Zones. o Amending Article 17, Sections 4-1702 and 4-1704 regarding miscellaneous parking requirements. o Amending Article 25, Section 5-2506 regarding the Site Plan Review Process. The proposed ordinance for the adoption of Zoning Code amendments related to development regulations is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15061 (b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines. This is because the proposed ordinances have no potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. These ordinances do not in themselves allow the construction of any projects, and therefore have no potential for causing either direct or ultimate physical changes in the environment. Senior Planner Philip Millenbah explained that the proposed Zoning Code amendments, designed primarily to clarify and refine language in several sections of the code in order to improve the property development regulations of the city, address issues in four general categories: o Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy "cleanup" and follow-up items. The primary change is a new section allowing lots smaller than 20,000 square feet to have the same residential density as lots exceeding 20,000 square feet. For example, the DA-4 zone currently allows larger lots to have 60 dwelling units per acre while smaller lots are permitted only 24. With the proposed change, a smaller lot also can have higher density if the applicant provides a certain number of additional amenities through a conditional use permit. A new Section 2-69$ in Article 6 would provide the applicant a menu of design choices from which to choose in providing such amenities - e.g., more open space, community use areas such as swimming pools and exercise facilities, use of solar energy in the building design, bicycle lockers, storage rooms, public art, etc.). Because many parcels near the BART