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File Number: 13-229 <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the staff report and approved the <br />findings that the proposed amendments to the Zoning Code are exempt from environmental <br />review under Sections 15061(b)(2) and (3) of the CEQA Guidelines as a minor amendment of <br />the Zoning Code to provide for Cottage Food Operations in a residential dwelling unit because <br />they will not have a significant effect on the environment and because future Cottage Food <br />Operations uses would be exempt from CEQA review under Section 15301(a), Existing <br />Facilities; and <br />WHEREAS, the final General Plan and the Zoning Code are incorporated herein by <br />reference, and are available for review at City Hall during normal business hours. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as <br />follows: <br />Section 1.Incorporation. The recitals above are true and correct and incorporated <br />herein by this reference. <br />SECTION 2.Findings for the Zoning Code Amendment. As required under state <br />law, the City Council finds as follows: <br />a.The amendments pertaining to Cottage Food Operations in Article 3, Section 1-304 <br />Definition; Article 5, Section 2-574 Administrative Exceptions ; Article 16, Section 4-1688 <br />Cottage Food Operations (new section); and Article 17, Section 4-1704 Off-Street Parking and <br />Loading Spaces Required are in general agreement with General Plan Policies 3.08, 8.02 and <br />12.03, as further explained in the staff report associated with this ordinance . <br />b.The proposed Zoning Code amendments are internally consistent with the City’s <br />Zoning Ordinance. The amendments meet the requirements and standards of the Zoning <br />Ordinance and the procedural requirements of Government Code section 65856 and 65867, <br />and Article 27, “Amendments,” as required by sections 5-2708 and 5-2712 of the Zoning Code <br />Section 3.Adoption of the Zoning Code Amendments. Based on the entirety of <br />the record, as described above, Article 3, Section 1-304, Article 5, Section 2-574 and Article <br />17, Section 4-1704 are hereby amended, and Article 5, Section 4-1688 is hereby added to the <br />Zoning Code as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated into this Ordinance by <br />this reference. <br />SECTION 4.SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, <br />sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, <br />is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall <br />not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining sections , subsections, subdivisions, <br />paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Ordinance, or its application to any other <br />person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of San Leandro hereby declares that it <br />would have adopted each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or <br />phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, <br />subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof is declared invalid or <br />unenforceable. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/29/2013