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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: October 5, 2015 <br />Ordinance <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-535 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.E. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:ORDINANCE Amending the San Leandro Zoning Code Related to <br />Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Uses; Brewpubs; Consignment <br />Stores; Day Care Facilities; Parking; Wireless Telecommunications Facilities; <br />Supportive and Transitional Housing; Warehouse/Storage Facilities; and <br />General Text Updates in Zoning Code Articles 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, and 17, to <br />Streamline, Update, and Bring the City’s Zoning Code into State and Federal <br />Compliance <br />WHEREAS, the City’s relevant governing bodies review and make revisions to the Zoning <br />Code to update it in response to recent changes in State and Federal legislation and to <br />continue the ongoing effort to modernize the code and increase its flexibility; and <br />WHEREAS, the City proposes amendments to the Zoning Code to include new <br />definitions, to revise existing definitions, to modify certain discretionary review processes, to <br />implement the recently adopted Housing Element Update; to implement changes in federal <br />legislation regarding wireless telecommunications facilities and processing timeframes, and <br />other minor amendments, as shown in attached Exhibits A-G containing proposed <br />amendments to Zoning Code Articles 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, and 17, respectively; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed Zoning Code amendments are exempt from environmental <br />review under Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines which is the general exemption for <br />projects where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in <br />question may have a significant effect on the environment, and thus that the activity is not <br />subject to CEQA. The categorical exemption in Section 15305, Minor Alteration in Land Use <br />Limitations also applies; and <br />WHEREAS, on August 6, 2015, the Board of Zoning Adjustments met, reviewed, and <br />commented on the proposed amendments and provided its comments to the Planning <br />Commission; and <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/29/2015