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EXCERPT OF THE DRAFT MINUTES FOR PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING, JANUARY 26, 2012 Item 8A: Miscellaneous Modification of staff recommendation regarding amendments to the City's Zoning Code related to miscellaneous changes to the IL, IG and IP Zoning Districts related to Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities. (Livermore) Senior Planner Livermore stated that at its meeting of December 15, 2011, the Planning Commission objected to portions of the staff proposal that would have: 1) Excluded Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities as Conditionally Permitted Uses in Industrial Districts IG, IL and IP, and 2) Added Assembly Use as a Conditionally Permitted Use in Commercial District DA -5. Therefore, she noted, staff has revised the earlier proposal to leave the DA -5 District out of the group of Commercial Districts for which staff had proposed adding Assembly Use as a Conditionally Permitted Use while adding, Assembly Uses as Conditionally Permitted Uses in NA -2 and SA -2 Districts and Cultural Institutions to DA -3 as a Conditionally Permitted Use for City Council consideration. As for revisions to the proposals regarding the Industrial Districts, Senior Planner Livermore, referring to a PowerPoint slide, noted that the proposal she presented at the December 15, 2011 meeting would have removed Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities as Conditionally Permitted Uses in Industrial Districts IG, IL and IP. In pursuing the Planning Commission's request for a more nuanced approach to this issue, she noted that staff examined zoning designations already on the map [i.e., IL (AU), IG (AU) and IP (AU), and added proposed language to those designations that explicitly spells out which uses would be 1) permitted, 2) conditionally permitted, 3) subject to administrative review, and 4) temporary uses subject to administrative review. As a result of this change, she concluded that Commercial Recreation, Entertainment Activities and Assembly Uses are among the Conditionally Permitted Uses listed in the revised language for the IL,(AU), IG(AU) and IP(AU). These uses would not be allowed in the Industrial Districts without the AU designation she noted. Senior Planner Livermore explained that the revised proposal would continue to preserve the integrity of the City's industrial areas for industrial uses, while conditionally permitting those Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities — and Assembly Uses — in the AU Zoning District that are both appropriate and compatible. Referring to a map showing San Leandro's Industrial Districts, Senior Planner Livermore indicated that the AU Zoning Districts contain a total of 115 properties representing 12931 acres. In response to a question from Commissioner Rennie, Senior Planner Livermore said that many of these properties are along the Washington Avenue and San Leandro Boulevard corridors. Senior Planner Livermore also explained that because the revised proposal is less restrictive than what staff proposed at the December 15, 2011 Planning Commission meeting, this item was not noticed as a public hearing, but rather put on the agenda for this special meeting. Furthermore, no additional environmental review is required because the changes represent less impact than the original proposal she noted.