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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - December 6, 1993 Page - 13 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) E. Ruby Franson, 558 Joaquin Avenue, owner of one of the single-family homes, requested that the City Council leave the property on Joaquin RS. She said the area is over-developed, and there are problems with noise, pollution, and traffic. Even six units will decrease the value of the surrounding area. She said she is representing the street between Bancroft and Santa Maria on north side to stay RS. She asked that Council leave it RS and make the property owner go through the process so the neighborhood can give input. F. Sandra Nielsen, 2100 Lewelling Boulevard, one of the owners of Sandev Mobile Home Park. She submitted a letter from her attorney and a map of the density in the area. She said the proposed zoning would mean a 35% decrease in the current density. She said they are willing to go with the RM 1800, 24-units-per-acre zoning. She said this would be a perfect place for condominiums. Staff agreed with the recommendation to zone it RM 1800 and said it would have to go back to the Planning Commission. G. Rod Krug, 1655 View Drive, property owner of 800 Peralta, said it is now zoned I-2; the proposed zoning is I-P. He said he and other property owners didn't pay much attention to the notice because they thought there was just a change in number, not the zoning. He rents the property to small businesses such as a machine shop, furniture manufacturer, etc. He said he didn't know about the 10- year limit on industrial property. If the neighbors knew about it they would be concerned. He was concerned his tenants would not conform to I-P and, if they moved out, it would lower what he could rent his property for. He said he would like to go back to the Planning Commission and have the neighborhood notified. Steve Emslie said this is in the Peralta Area. He said Council could refer it back to the Planning Commission. He recommended that the City Council take this out of the zoning map and leave it undesignated for a short period of time until staff could meet with Mr. Krug on the site and understand the uses and ways to retain maximum flexibility. H. Luboc Dodecky, 271 Begier Avenue, said rezoning to RS will decrease his property value. He bought it as a duplex and would like to keep it. Mr. Weisbrod said staff thought there would be more than just a duplex; Mr. Dodecky said there are only two units and they are connected. Council Member Myers noted there are two other duplexes on the street that are going to be zoned RD Residential Duplex. Staff recommended that they look at it and go back through the Planning Commission to zone it RD Residential Duplex. Mr. Emslie said the Council could change the whole street or just this lot because it was noticed both ways. He said this lot was not zoned RD because it was not evident from the street that it was a duplex; if staff had seen it was a duplex, they would have zoned it RD.