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File Number: 15-534 <br />Staff proposes adding clarifying language to Warehouse - Wholesale / Retail Distribution <br />Facilities in all industrial districts to require a conditional use permit if an existing building will <br />be expanded more than 10,000 square feet or if a new building is proposed to accommodate <br />the use. The proposed Code amendments serve to implement Strategy 3.1.1 of the 2013 Next <br />Generation Workplace District Study by boosting the attraction of value-added companies on <br />vacant industrial parcels and developing industrial properties to their fullest potential with land <br />uses that enhance the economic base of the City. <br />Smaller industrial buildings under 10,000 square feet in size tend to be desirable for reuse for <br />niche-type manufacturing businesses, such as metals and machining, instruments and <br />process controls, research and development, and food and beverage processing, and the City <br />wants to encourage these types of uses in the industrial districts. Existing or proposed uses <br />that continue a similar type of business would not be impacted by this Code amendment. <br />The 2013 Next Generation Workplace District Study suggested that given the current, large <br />square footages of low-density, low value-added uses in the industrial districts, even a small <br />shift in the percentage of that space to advanced manufacturing and related industrial uses - <br />particularly by building on the specializations still found in the districts - would increase the <br />quality as well as quantity of employment. Currently, there are over twenty, large vacant <br />parcels - parcels with more than 100,000 square feet of undeveloped space - that are <br />potentially vulnerable to development. These currently allowable warehouse and distribution <br />uses tend to have low employment density per square foot. The proposed Code amendments <br />will facilitate the move towards higher value-added uses in the industrial areas. <br />Article 8, Open Space District <br />As a result of changes to Article 16, Section 4-1686 (as discussed below), staff proposes <br />changing the wording in Article 8, Open Space District to reflect that the permitting process for <br />architecturally-integrated antennas and co-locations and modifications have been changed <br />from a Conditional Use Permit to an Administrative Review process in Section 2-806, and as <br />also shown in Table 1 of Article 16, Section 4-1686. <br />Article 16, Wireless Telecommunications Facilities <br />Staff has included language in Section 4-1686 to be consistent with recent changes in Federal <br />legislation regarding how wireless telecommunications facilities are required to be processed <br />and the timeframes under which they are required to be processed by local jurisdictions. For <br />example, according to the new federal regulations, certain types of co-locations or <br />modifications require that the City issue a building permit within sixty (60) days of an <br />application. These changes will bring the City’s ordinance in compliance with Section 6409(a) <br />of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 {47 U.S.C.A. §1455}. <br />Additionally, for clarification purposes, new definitions are proposed to be added for “base <br />station,” “eligible facilities request,” and “maintenance.” Existing definitions for “alternative <br />tower structure,” “substantial modification,” and “tower” are proposed to be amended to <br />respond to these legislative changes. Additionally, the permitting process for <br />architecturally-integrated antennas and co-locations and modifications have been changed <br />from a Conditional Use Permit to an Administrative Review process in the RO, RS, RD, DA-3, <br />DA-4 and OS Districts (Sections 2-504, 2-506, 2-508, 2-640, and 2-642) as shown in the <br />modifications to Table 1 of Article 16, Section 4-1686. <br />Supportive and Transitional Housing <br />Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/15/2015