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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: February 21, 2012 <br />Ordinance <br />File Number: 12 -057 Agenda Section: PUBLIC HEARINGS — CITY <br />COUNCIL <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Luke Sims <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW: Not Applicable <br />TITLE: PASS TO PRINT: An Ordinance Amending Provisions of the San Leandro <br />Zoning Code Relating to Miscellaneous Changes to the NA -2, SA -2, DA -3, IL, <br />IG, IP and Creation of IL (AU), IG (AU), and IP (AU) Zoning Districts Related <br />to Assembly Uses, Commercial Recreation, Cultural Institutions and <br />Entertainment Activities <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro solicited and received extensive community input <br />related to evaluating various commercial districts along East 14th Street to identify and <br />distinguish between core retail activity and areas that could include residential uses. These <br />efforts include the North Area Plan (early 1990's), the East 14th Street South Area <br />Development Strategy (2002- 2004), and the Downtown Transit - Oriented Development <br />Strategy (2005- 2007); and <br />WHEREAS, Assembly Uses are Conditionally Permitted uses in Residential Districts <br />and some, but not all, Commercial Districts. Commercial Districts which conditionally permit <br />residential uses may also consider Assembly Uses; and <br />WHEREAS, the 1999 -2002 General Plan Update represented an extensive community <br />engagement process with a 52- member General Plan Advisory Committee advising the <br />Planning Commission and City Council on the General Plan Update. As part of the process, <br />the core values of the industrial districts as a major industrial, technology and office <br />employment center were established; and <br />WHEREAS, General Plan Goal 7: Industrial and Office Districts states: Continue to <br />develop a strong and healthy industrial and office employment base in the community, Policy <br />7.03 of the General Plan states: TECH - SECTOR RECRUITMENT: Attract and retain <br />technology (`high tech') companies by improving technology infrastructure, targeting such <br />companies through marketing, supporting incubator and start up firms, and maintaining <br />development regulations which facilitate the adaptive reuse of older industrial buildings; and <br />Policy 10.4 states: INDUSTRIAL SANCTUARY: Protect the City's major industrial areas from <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 211512012 <br />