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p' City of San Leandro N� Meeting Date: February 21, 2012 Staff Report File Number: 12 -033 Agenda Section: PUBLIC HEARINGS — CITY COUNCIL Agenda Number: 3.A. TO: City Council FROM: Chris Zapata City Manager BY: Luke Sims Community Development Director FINANCE REVIEW: Not Applicable TITLE: Staff Report for Consideration of Amendments to the City's Zoning Code Related to Large Family Day Care, Accessory Structures, Paving in Residential Front Yards in Residential Districts, and Fences in the Residential Single - Family View Preservation Overlay District RECOMMENDATIONS Staff recommends that the City Council take public testimony on the proposed amendments, consider the Planning Commission's comments and recommendations on the proposed amendments, and adopt the proposed Zoning Code Amendments. Staff also recommends that the City Council accept the Planning Commission's recommendation to direct staff to review whether existing regulations on Large Family Day Care conform to State law. TiT @120] 001] 011 WE Staff is proposing amendments to the Zoning Code related to Large Family Day Care, Accessory Structures, Paving in Residential Front Yards in Residential Districts, and Fences in the Residential Single - Family View Preservation Overlay District as part of its continuing updates to the Zoning Code. The proposed amendments make the following changes: • Require Administrative Review (instead of a Conditional Use Permit) for minor changes in the site parameters for establishing residential large family day care uses; • Clarify existing rules for accessory structures; • Limit impervious paving within front yards to fifty percent; and • Add text to the fence rules that would allow the Zoning Enforcement Official to determine whether view preservation issues are germane to proposed fence projects within the Bay -O -Vista neighborhood. City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 211512012