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File Number: 14-207 <br />Retail Sales. The retail sale of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification. <br />This classification includes, but is not limited to clothing stores, consignment stores, and <br />businesses retailing the following goods: toys, hobby supplies, handcrafted items, gift items, jewelry, <br />books, cameras, photographic supplies, music media records, videos, compact discs, laser discs, <br />cassettes, sporting goods (excluding uses where gun and ammunition sale are the primary use - see <br />Gun or Weapon Shop definition ), kitchen utensils, hardware, antiques and vintage clothing stores, <br />art supplies and services, musical instruments, supplies, and services, office supplies, and bicycles. <br />This use is currently allowed in all Commercial Districts. Staff proposes that Retail Services <br />should be allowed through an Administrative Review (AR) process in the IL, IG, IP, IL(AU), <br />IG(AU) and IP(AU) Districts where it is currently Not Permitted (-). <br />Retail Services <br />Staff recommends that the definition for Retail Services be changed in order to allow for tattoo <br />studios to be regulated as a personal service, where it currently is only allowed as a Tattoo <br />Parlor with a Conditional Use Permit in the SA-1, SA-3, and CC Districts. The Board of Zoning <br />Adjustments, after an in-depth discussion of this proposal and presentation of various options, <br />fully supported this proposal, per the attached Excerpt of the Board of Zoning Adjustments <br />Meeting Minutes of April 3, 2014. <br />Proposed amended definition: <br />Retail Services. Provision of services of a personal nature. This classification includes barber and <br />beauty shops, tattoo studios, seamstresses, tailors, shoe repair shops, dry cleaning businesses <br />(excluding large-scale plants), photocopying, and self-service laundries. Retail Services excludes <br />coin-operated self-service laundries and coin-operated dry cleaning businesses. <br />Staff proposes Retail Services should be allowed through an Administrative Review (AR) <br />process in the IL, IG, IL(AU) and IG(AU) Districts where it is currently Not Permitted (-). <br />Tobacconist/Cigarette Stores and Tobacco-related Products <br />The Zoning Code definition for Tobacconist /Cigarette Stores should be amended to include <br />“tobacco-related products” and a new definition proposed for Tobacco -related Products that <br />will explicitly list all products related to tobacco and nicotine use should be adopted. Staff <br />proposes that such uses should be allowed with a CUP, but only in the SA-1, SA-3, and CC <br />Districts. (Please note that tobacco and cigarette stores have additional locational <br />requirements to maintain a 1,500-foot separation from sensitive uses such as schools and <br />parks.) No changes are proposed to the corresponding zoning districts for <br />Tobacconist/Cigarette Stores. <br />This new definition will also clarify that an e-cigarettes store will be considered a <br />Tobacconist/Cigarette Store. <br />Definitions: <br />Tobacconist/Cigarette Stores. Businesses devoted primarily to the sale of tobacco -related and <br />Page 12 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/27/2014