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EXCERPT OF THE MINUTES FOR PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER 15, 2011 Item 7: Public Hearing A. Consideration of Amendments to the City's Zoning Code Related to Miscellaneous Changes to the NA -2, SA -2, DA -3, DA -5, IL, IG and IP Zoning Districts related to Assembly Uses, Commercial Recreation, Cultural Institutions and Entertainment Activities. (Livermore) Senior Planner Livermore presented her staff report via a PowerPoint presentation and explained the staff recommendations as follows: • Add Assembly Uses in Commercial Districts NA -2, SA -2 and DA -5 as Conditionally Permitted Uses; • Add Cultural Institutions in Commercial District DA -3 as a Conditionally Permitted Use; • Remove Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities as Conditionally Permitted Uses from the following Industrial Districts: IG, IL and IP. Senior Planner Livermore said the City has conducted several in -depth studies of Commercial Districts. As for the stretch of East 14th Street devoted to commercial use, residents have indicated areas they felt should be reserved for vital, vibrant retail activity as well as residential and mixed -use development. Because Assembly Uses are conditionally permitted in residential areas, she said, staff also recommends allowing such uses in commercial districts with residential components such as NA -2 (East 14th Street from Georgia Way to the Oakland border), SA -2 (East 14th Street from Sybil Avenue to 136th Avenue) and DA -5 (on Alvarado and Martinez Streets between West Estudillo Avenue and West Juana Avenue). In terms of the Industrial Districts, she noted, the 1992 -2002 General Plan update represented input from a 52- member advisory committee. The committee recommended goals designed to retain a strong industrial base, including attracting high -tech companies and facilitating adaptive reuse of older industrial buildings. The committee specifically recommended protecting the City's industrial sanctuary from encroachment by potentially incompatible uses. From a planning perspective, she continued, other communities have taken different approaches to job retention and creation for various reasons. Fremont, for example, encompasses some 91 square miles and has 4,136 acres designated for industrial uses, while San Leandro's 15 square miles contain only 1,800 acres for industrial uses. In recommending the removal of Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities from the list of conditionally permitted uses in San Leandro's Industrial Districts, she said, staff is attempting to retain the industrial and employment base that those districts represent. At this time, she said, there's no record of either Commercial Recreation or Entertainment Activities operating in the Industrial Districts. Senior Planner Livermore pointed out, too, that a number of Commercial Districts either allow or conditionally permit both Commercial Recreation and Entertainment Activities: CC, CC(AU), CR, NA -1, NA -2, SA -1, SA -3 and DA -1. In addition, Commercial Recreation is either allowed or conditionally permitted in the CRM District, while Entertainment Activities are also permitted or conditionally permitted in CN, CN(AU), SA -2, DA -2 and DA -5.