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hotels and motels, car dealerships, auto service and repair businesses, and construction suppliers. The General Commercial land use would also allow residential mixed-use retail uses, and/or hospital uses. Redevelopment Plan Amendment The entire 63 -acre project is located within the West San Leandro/MacArthur Redevelopment Project Area. The Redevelopment Plan is consistent with the existing San Leandro General Plan land use classifications. Since the project proposes to amend the General Plan to apply the General Commercial land use designation to the project site, amendments to the Redevelopment Plan will be needed to maintain consistency between the Redevelopment Plan and the amended General Plan. The Redevelopment Plan for The West San Leandro/MacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Area addresses potential updates to the General Plan and land use map. As provided in Chapter 3.36 of the Redevelopment Plan, the Redevelopment Plan is automatically amended when General Plan Amendments take place. Chapter 3.36.010 Conformity with the city's General Plan states the following: The land uses to be permitted with the project area shall conform to the city's general plan, as it currently exists or as it may from time to time be amended, and as implemented by city ordinances and other laws. Chapter 3.36.030 Designated land uses states the following: The permitted land uses illustrated in the land use map attached as Appendix D are drawn from the applicable provisions of the general plan of the city of San Leandro in effect at the time of the adoption of this plan, and shall be deemed to be automatically modified as the permitted land use(s) in the applicable general plan may be revised from time to time, in order to maintain conformance of the Plan with the general plan. Therefore, there is no need to amend the Redevelopment Plan. Staff Analysis Staff is supportive of the requested General Plan amendment to General Commercial for a number of reasons: 1) There are existing General Commercial designations at the intersection of Marina Boulevard and Merced Street, directly contiguous with the project site. The major retail development east of I-880 along Marina Boulevard is also designated General Commercial. Thus, the change in land use designation would not result in the introduction of a new land use type into the area. 2) Although the majority of the project site would be surrounded by Light Industrial and General Industrial land uses to the north and west, commercial land uses are generally compatible with industrial land uses. Commercial uses generally do not include sensitive receptors, and generally have similar operating hours, noise levels, and aesthetic qualities. Planning Commission Staff Report April 22, 2010 Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center and Mixed Use Retail Development Project Page 16 of 28