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SAN LEANDRO SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT DRAFT EIR <br />CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES <br />Local Regulations <br />San Leandro General Plan <br />The Open Space, Parks and Conservation Element of the 2002 San Leandro General Plan contains a <br />number of policies and actions are related to the conservation of important biological and wetland <br />resources, as shown in Table 4.3-1. <br />San Leandro Municipal Code <br />The San Leandro Municipal Code contains provisions related to the preservation or replacement of trees <br />on development sites, as addressed in Section 4-1906, Existing Trees on Development Sites, in Article 19, <br />Landscape Requirements of the Zoning Code. All trees with a trunk diameter equal or greater than <br />6 inches in diameter as measured 4% feet above existing grade. Regulated trees are to be identified on- <br />site plans, together with information on species, size and extent of drip line. The site plans are to indicate <br />which trees are proposed for removal, and a "limit of grading" line, where applicable. A tree report may <br />also be required, to be prepared by a certified arborist, providing additional information on tree health, <br />appearance, and suitability for preservation. Decision -makers may require that significant trees, based on <br />size, age, prominence and/or habitat value, and/or that replacement trees be provided as part of the final <br />landscape plan for the project. <br />The Municipal Code also contains provisions related to the protection of monarch butterflies at the <br />marina and golf courses. Section 4-1-1000, Interference with Monarch Butterflies Prohibited, of the <br />Municipal Code reads as follows: <br />It is declared to be unlawful for any persons to molest or interfere with, in any way, the peaceful <br />occupancy of the Monarch Butterflies during the entire time they remain within the San Leandro <br />Marina, Tony Lema Golf Course and Marina Golf Course of the City of San Leandro, in whatever spot <br />therein they may choose to stop, provided, however, that if said butterflies should at any time swarm <br />in, upon, or near the private dwelling house or other buildings of a citizen of the City of San Leandro in <br />such a way as to interfere with the occupancy and use of said dwelling or other buildings, that said <br />butterflies may be removed, if possible, to another location upon the application of said citizen to the <br />City Manager. <br />4.3.1.2 EXISTING CONDITIONS <br />Vegetation and Wildlife Habitat <br />The Project site has been extensively modified by past fill activity, and subsequent development with <br />marina, riprap, roadways, structures, landscaping and golf course improvements along the shoreline of <br />San Francisco Bay. Coastal saltmarsh, eel grass beds and other sensitive natural communities that most <br />likely once characterized the area have been eliminated by these past fill activities. Scattered individual <br />plants of the coastal salt marsh community have become established along the riprap slopes of the <br />shoreline in some locations, including pickleweed (Salicornia virginica), saltgrass (Distichlis spicata), marsh <br />gumplant (Grindelia stricta var. angustifolia), and alkali heath (Frankenia salina). <br />4.3-4 DECEMBER 2014 <br />