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The gates and fencing would be detrimental to convenient public access to the San Francisco Bay Trail and the City's Shoreline Recreation Area. Tract Map 6810 specifies a Public Access Easement (PAE) on Bayfront Drive from the Lewelling Boulevard circle to the western terminus of Bayfront Drive. This is to permit access to the Bay Trail west of the Heron Bay development. The intent of the PAE was to provide vehicle and pedestrian access on Bayfront to the Bay Trail. As stated in the City Engineer's Report and Conditions of Approval for Vesting Tentative Map Tract 6665 (an earlier Map to Tract 6810), a public access easement shall be provided over Bayfront Drive to allow for public pedestrian and vehicular ingress, egress and parking for access to the Shoreline Trail and the Interpretive Center. General Plan Policy 14.01 states that the City is to develop and maintain a Citywide bikeway system and General Plan Action 14.01-A, provides that the City is to maintain and implement a Citywide Bicycle Plan and update that Plan regularly. In September 2010, the City updated its Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The Regional and Adjacent Communities Bikeways Map, Figure 9 of the Master Plan, and Appendix B of the Plan, identifies Bayfront Drive as a proposed Class III Bicycle Route, which is defined as bike routes that are located on the roadway shared with motor vehicles. In its current condition, Bayfront Drive serves as a Class III bike route minus the signs or ground markings. The proposed gate and fence system would be in conflict and violate the Class III designation of the Master Plan. General Plan Policy 21.02 states that regular, systematic, maintenance of San Leandro's parks and recreational facilities to prevent deterioration, ensure public safety, and permit continued public use and enjoyment. General Plan Chapter 5 addresses Open Space, Parks and Conservation. The marshland adjacent to the west of the Heron Bay neighborhood is identified as a Conservation Area with the Bay Trail traversing through it (Figure 5-1). It also identifies the San Francisco Bay as the most important water resource in the region. It provides habitat for marine and terrestrial life, and offers great scenic and recreational value. As proposed, the gates and fences will appear to be barrier to potential pedestrians and bicyclists with the intention to access the Conservation Area and the San Francisco Bay. 3. That the proposed use will comply with the provisions of this code; including any specific condition required for the proposed use, in the district, in which it would be located. The Zoning Code provides that a Planned Development is a special zoning entitlement that is granted after individual review of the specific application which includes site planning, use of the property, architecture, landscaping, etc. The applicant and property owner propose to modify the approved Planned Development to allow for installation of vehicular and pedestrian access gates at the entry to Heron Bay which would result in the creation of a gated residential neighborhood. The request to modify the property development regulation shall be treated as a new application for the Planned Development approval. The previous approval was intended not to isolate the neighborhood from the immediate community. The proposed gates and fencing would be contrary to the approved PD. To gate a single-family residential neighborhood is not