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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - September 5, 1995 Page - 7 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Council Member Myers noted the full Agenda packet is provided to the President of Associated Homeowners. Mr. Emslie further discussed the definition of Group Residential and said this action would not make it a permitted use by right but would enable the Zoning Enforcement Official to review every proposal for Group Residential in the P District. In response to Council questions, he said requirements such as a trial period, followed by review, could be applied to these uses. Al Rosenga, 534 Parrott Street, said San Leandro has gotten along without this use in the professional district for many years, and it is not needed now. He said there has not been enough review of the matter. He said it was deliberately left out of the Zoning Code. He said outside forces are coming in to try to do something when there are a lot of other areas where this can be done. He said the P District needs to be professional . He said there is nothing that says someone can't take over the top floor of a professional building and put in a group home. Council Member Loeffler noted there were no objections before the Planning Commission from homeowners' groups. Mr. Rosenga said they probably weren't notified. The City Council and staff discussed the ways in which notification of Planning Commission and City Council Hearings and Agendas is provided. Council Member Loeffler said it was his understanding this modification to the Code is a correction to try to include the San Leandro Shelter. Mr. Emslie said the Shelter is trying to create a "safe house" and is looking in the P District, and staff felt it was more appropriate than in residential duplex and residential single family districts. He said the P District does not intrude into a neighborhood. Mr. Rosenga said no changes should be made in the P District until a thorough study has been made of the whole process. He said this change has been triggered by one application, so it is spot zoning. He said zoning changes which can be large and applied to many structures need more study. Council Member Loeffler said the Planning Commission minutes show a lot of forethought, and he is concerned about holding up the applicant in this process. Elaine DeColigny, San Leandro Shelter for Women and Children, said this gives them greater flexibility in responding to women in the community. She said the amendment to the Code should be made on principle, regardless of this particular application. She said the P District makes sense for Group Residential as well as a safe house for victims of domestic violence. She said her agency has worked with the City to produce a high quality program for citizens with and without homes.