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File Number: 15-414 Overlay District upon finding that the Planned Development Concept Plan is consistent with the adopted Land Use Element of the General Plan and other applicable policies of the General Plan and is compatible with surroundina development. The Zoning Map provides a precise guide for physical development of the City, including the Shoreline area. California Law requires the City's zoning be consistent with the General Plan and further the General Plan's goals. Table 4.9-1 of the Draft EIR reviewed the Project for consistency with the General Plan goals and policies and identified no inconsistencies with the General Plan, as proposed. The proposed rezoning includes a change to the 40 acre land mass around the harbor from CR Commercial Recreation District to CC(PD) Commercial Community, Planned Development Overlay District. The CC District provides for commercial centers containing a wide variety of commercial establishments, including banking and financial establishments and businesses selling apparel, and specialty items and generally having a citywide market area. Facilities, such as entertainment, eating -and -drinking establishments, and hotels are permitted, subject to certain limitations to avoid adverse effects on adjacent uses. In addition, the CC District permits multi -family residential development. The PD Overlay provides the developer and the City a review process by the Planning Commission and City Council for future specific and detailed plans (i.e., architectural design and site planning, engineering) containing various components, features and improvements for the proposed Shoreline development. According to Section 3-1000 of the Zoning Code, the PD overlay also serves to establish a procedure for the development of larger parcels of land in order to reduce or eliminate the rigidity, delays, and inequities that otherwise would result from application of zoning standards and procedures designed primarily for small parcels. It would ensure orderly and thorough planning and review that will result in high-quality urban design. It encourages variety and avoids monotony in large developments by allowing greater freedom in selecting the means to provide access, light, open space, and amenities. It provides a mechanism for considering mixes of uses that can be made compatible by application of careful and imaginative treatment of interrelationships of activities. Given the intended mixed-use development and the shoreline location, the PD overlay provides a valuable tool for tailoring detailed project design to meet General Plan goals and polices for the Shoreline, to implement the above purposes, and to implement adopted EIR mitigation measures. Adoption of the PD zoning would be based on the Concept Plan in attached Exhibit A. If the PD zoning is adopted, the Project would submit future applications for site plan review, a tentative map, and a Planned Development Project, which will identify proposed development standards based on design level rather than concept plans. Future Planned Development Project applications are subject to review by the Planning Commission and approval by the City Council. The proposed rezoning also includes a change to the five acres area along the north-eastern edge of Monarch Bay Drive and the seven acre interior of the nine -hole golf course, from CR Commercial Recreation District to RM-2000(PD) Residential Multi -Family, Planned Development Overlay District. The RM -2000 District provides for opportunities for multiple residential uses, including town houses, condominiums, multi -dwelling structures, or cluster housing with landscaped open space for residents' use, and apartments. Single-family dwellings are also permitted uses in this district. RM -2000 District is where the density can be City of San Leandro Page 6 Printed on 7114/2015