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contrary to the approved PD. To gate a single-family residential neighborhood is not <br />supported by policies in San Leandro. The proposal would establish an undesirable <br />precedent in the City's efforts to planning residential neighborhoods, and specifically <br />single-family neighborhoods in the City which are typically not gated. In addition, <br />although the proposed pedestrian gate would remain unlocked at all times for bicyclists <br />and pedestrians, the design and placement of the gates and fencing spanning across <br />Bayfront Drive would appear as an impediment to free access to the City's Conservation <br />Area that the Bay Trail traverses and the San Francisco Bay. Moreover, the proposed gate <br />spanning Bayfront Drive would obstruct what is identified as a proposed Class III bike <br />path, which already serves as a Class III bicycle lane, minus the posted signs or ground <br />markings. <br />4. That the proposed use will not create adverse impacts on traffic or create demands <br />exceeding the capacity of public services and facilities, which cannot be mitigated. <br />The proposed vehicle gates and fences on Bayfront Drive will be for residents only. Ingress <br />for visitors in vehicles will only be permitted at the Anchorage Drive vehicle gates. Visitor <br />traffic including guests, delivery services, regular maintenance workers and utility workers, <br />may create traffic impacts on Anchorage Drive and the east -west streets that it feeds, such <br />as Charter Way, Mariner Way, Oceanside Way, etc. All of the visitor traffic to the 178 <br />motor court units and the residences on the west side of the neighborhood would be <br />required to travel on Anchorage Drive and one of the east -west streets, to their northern or <br />western destination in the neighborhood. The current open design allows ingress from <br />Bayfront Drive and Anchorage Drive and does not concentrate ingress vehicle traffic to <br />Anchorage Drive and the east -west streets. In addition, the proposed design requires <br />bicyclists and pedestrians to use the narrow sidewalk to access the pedestrian gate. This <br />results in hazardous situations for both pedestrians and bicyclists to share the narrow <br />sidewalk in order to get through the pedestrian gate. <br />5. The Planned Development Project Plan will provide superior urban design in <br />comparison with the development under the base district zoning regulations. <br />The proposed planned development modification, to construct gates and fences to the entry <br />of the Heron Bay neighborhood, would not provide superior urban design in comparison <br />with development under the Residential base district. The approved Planned Development, <br />PD -91-3, was approved as an open and non -gated neighborhood. The approval was <br />intended not to isolate the neighborhood from the immediate community. The proposed <br />gates and fencing would be contrary to approved PD and gate a single-family residential <br />neighborhood which is not typical in the City. The proposal would establish an undesirable <br />precedent in the City's efforts to plan residential neighborhoods, and specifically single- <br />family neighborhoods in the City which are typically not gated. <br />Although the gates and fences are designed with an attempt to make them attractive with <br />the tubular metal design which allows light and visibility through it, the proposal detracts <br />and diminishes the look of the Heron Bay entrance which is currently unobstructed at <br />Bayfront Drive, Anchorage Drive and the open space at the northern edge of the <br />