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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: June 2, 2014 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:14-207 PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />Agenda Number:4.A. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Proposed Amendments to the City of San Leandro Zoning <br />Code Related to Increasing Flexibility in Industrial and Commercial Uses; <br />Adding Community Gardens; Revising Regulations for Telecommunications , <br />Hazardous Materials, Recycling, Signs, and Parking; Clarifying and Revising <br />Planning Entitlement Processing; and Conducting General Text Updates in <br />Zoning Code Article 3 Definitions; Article 5 Residential Districts; Article 6 <br />Commercial and Professional Districts; Article 7 Industrial Districts; Article 8 <br />Open Space District; Article 9 Public and Semipublic District; Article 16 <br />Development Regulations; Article 17 Off-Street Parking and Loading <br />Regulations; Article 18 Signs; Article 21 Zoning Permits Required, <br />Environmental Review, Fees and Deposits; Article 22 Use Permits, Variances, <br />and Parking Exceptions; Article 27 Amendments; and Article 28 Appeals <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />As the City of San Leandro continues its efforts to transform its industrial core into a center for <br />innovation for the 21st Century and beyond, a need has arisen to adjust the City’s Zoning <br />Code to keep up with changing technologies and the latest land-use trends. In 2013, City staff <br />began an extensive internal review of the Zoning Code to modernize the code, streamline the <br />review process for new development, and increase flexibility. Concurrently, the Next <br />Generation Workplace District Study was adopted by the City Council in October 2013. Staff <br />also examined ways to streamline permit processing for uses in certain commercial districts <br />as well as update and clarify definitions and regulations for Telecommunications Facilities , <br />Hazardous Materials, Recycling, Signs, and Parking. <br />To accomplish these goals , a series of changes are proposed to the Use Regulations within <br />Article 6 Commercial and Professional Districts and Article 7 Industrial Districts as well as <br />Article 5 Residential Districts, Article 8 Open Space District, and Article 9 Public and <br />Semi-Public District. Other proposed changes in Article 16 include adding regulations for <br />Community Gardens; updating the City’s parking requirements in Article 17 Off-Street Parking <br />and Loading Regulations; and planning entitlement processing in Zoning Code Part V - <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/27/2014