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Minutes - San Leandro City.Council Meeting - January 4, 1993 Page - 14 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Audrey Albers, 2037 Marina Court, said she is opposed to the re-zoning. She said the statement that owner occupancy is better and the City would have more control is misleading and untrue. She said there are many owner-occupied units that are in bad condition and many rental units that are in good condition. She said there is no assurance that the owners would live on the site. She said the 0 District already has many regulations about what can and cannot be built. She said there is a need for rental units in the area. She said these small , undersized, over-built, separately owned properties are not good, and this will establish a precedent. She said the next Application could be for four or five units . She said this is spot zoning, and the City has tried to avoid spot zoning. She said this project is in conflict with the No- Change designation of Mulford Gardens in the General Plan. In response to the questions from the City Council , Mrs. Albers said she wants to see one ownership on one lot and is opposed to condominium conversions in the 0 District. She said she is not opposed to three people owning one lot and is not in favor of eliminating the second units but does not like to see three separate ownerships. Council Member Myers pointed out that there would be no physical changes at all on the property. He asked what would preclude, for example, himself and his son from buying such a property. Mrs. Albers pointed out, in such a case the three people would own the property and units together. In the case of this Application, they would be three, separate owners, and that would be a different situation. Council Member Corbett pointed out that the CC&R's will require maintenance conditions that could be enforced. Mrs. Albers said the CC&R's have been violated in the Mulford Gardens area, and nothing has been done. City Manager Mike Oliver said if Mrs. Albers knew of specific locations he would like her to tell the City where those are so that they could be followed up on. Council Member Kerr said he does not agree with PUC's and PUD's. He said he feels this is a way for the City to bend the laws to suit itself. He asked Mrs. Albers why she felt this project would downgrade the community. Mrs. Albers said it depends on the person, not whether • he owns or rents a property. She said she recognizes property is expensive but feels this is a bad precedent. She said she wants to maintain the quality of Mulford Gardens and is concerned that this will spread to other units. Council Member Faria asked questions about the procedure involved. He asked why these actions would be taken now and why this was not strictly a condominium conversion.