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File Number: 14-207 <br />Administration within Articles 21, 22, 27 and 28. Finally, Article 18 Signs has been reviewed <br />and updated to provide clearer guidelines for signage. <br />This comprehensive set of changes were initially reviewed and commented upon at a January <br />2014 joint worksession with the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustments . After <br />making revisions in response to the input, staff presented the changes for comment to the <br />Board of Zoning Adjustments and then made a formal proposal to amend the code at a public <br />hearing with the Planning Commission in April 2014. <br />At the April 17, 2014 meeting, the Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend approval of <br />Resolution 2014-003PC, with four revisions to the staff proposal which have been <br />incorporated into the attached Ordinance. Staff recommends that the City Council take public <br />testimony on the proposed amendments and: <br />A.Adopt the findings that this item is exempt from CEQA under Section 15061(b)(3) of the <br />CEQA Guidelines. <br />B.Adopt the Ordinance amending the City of San Leandro Zoning Code Article 3 <br />Definitions; Article 5 Residential Districts; Article 6 Commercial and Professional <br />Districts; Article 7 Industrial Districts; Article 8 Open Space District; Article 9 Public and <br />Semipublic District; Article 16 Development Regulations; Article 17 Off-Street Parking <br />and Loading Spaces Regulations; Article 18 Signs; Article 21 Zoning Permits Required; <br />Article 22 Use Permits, Variances, and Parking Exceptions; Article 27 Amendments; <br />and Article 28 Appeals. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In order to make San Leandro’s industrial area a better place in which to work , the City seeks <br />to encourage the development of more amenities such as restaurants, certain types of retail <br />establishments, and other business-serving uses. <br />The proposed changes to the Zoning Code resulted from research into what other jurisdictions <br />are doing with their Zoning Codes, as well as discussion with staff from Community <br />Development, the City Attorney’s office, the Police Department and Public Works , <br />Environmental Services Section. <br />The full set of proposed Zoning Code changes can be found in the attached Ordinance, in <br />Exhibits A through M (proposed amended Zoning Code Articles 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 21, <br />22, 27, and 28.) Please note that the changes proposed to the Zoning Code text follow the <br />protocol for formal ordinances, i.e. underline and bolded text represents new text proposed to <br />the Zoning Code; strike-through text represents text to be eliminated. <br />Attached to this staff report is Exhibit A , Matrix of Use Classifications and Zoning Districts <br />which shows in red font the proposed use changes in a summary table under each respective <br />commercial and industrial zoning district. We’ve also included an Exhibit B , San Leandro <br />Zoning Map for referencing the location of the various zoning districts. <br />Analysis <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/27/2014