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City of San Leandro Community Development Department Planning Services Division Staff Report DATE: January 26, 2012 TO: Planning Commission BY: Kathleen Livermore, Senior Planner SUBJECT: Modification of Staff Recommendation regarding Amendments to the City's Zoning Code Related to Miscellaneous Changes to the IL, IG and 1P Zoning Districts related to Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION Staff is proposing modifications to Article 7 I Industrial Districts to respond to the Planning Commission request for a "nuanced" approach to regulating Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities in the industrial districts. To address the Commission's concern, staff proposes to add sections 2 -710 IL, (AU), 2 -712 IG (AU), and 2 -714 IP (AU) so that Commercial Recreation and Assembly Uses will be Conditionally Permitted in those Districts. Those districts will mirror the IL,, IG and IP Districts except that Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities will be not allowed in the IL,, IG and IP Districts and will be Conditionally Permitted in the IL, (AU), IG (AU) and IP (AU) Districts. There are 115 properties zoned either IL, (AU), IG (AU) or IP (AU) representing 129.13 acres. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission review the proposed Zoning Code amendments and provide a recommendation to the City Council. These recommendations will be added to the recommendations from the December 15, 2011 meeting and forwarded to the City Council for its February 21, 2012 meeting. BACKGROUND At the December 15, 2011 Planning Commission meeting, staff recommended the removal of Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities as Conditionally Permitted Uses in the IL,, IG and IP Districts. The Commission did not approve the recommendation. Commissioners then passed a motion (5 -2) that if the City Council chooses to pursue limitations on Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities in industrial districts, that staff should develop a "nuanced" approach to the limitations. The Commission did not specifically describe an alternative approach. As such, staff has developed the proposed language below that it believes represents a nuanced approach to those limitations based on the Commission's direction.