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File Number: 16-458 <br />Offices, Business and Professional are proposed to be added as permitted uses in the DA-4 <br />District rather than going through an Administrative Review (AR) process. This increases the <br />areas in which offices can be developed near the San Leandro BART station to respond to <br />market demands. <br />DA-5 Use Regulations <br />The Planning Commission and staff recommend eliminating Section 2-644 DA-5 Use <br />Regulations and renaming the deleted section as Reserved. This section of the Zoning Code <br />is proposed to be removed in its entirety, as the two parcels currently zoned DA-5 are <br />proposed to be rezoned to DA-6. Corresponding removal of any references to the DA-5 <br />zoning district will be made throughout the Code. This change helps simplify the zoning areas <br />in the immediate vicinity of the San Leandro BART station and does not significantly change <br />the development potential as both DA-5 and DA-6 have the same specification of no <br />maximum density required. <br />DA-6 Use Regulations <br />The Planning Commission and staff recommend adding Catering Services as a permitted use <br />rather than as a conditionally-permitted use. Entertainment Events are proposed to be added <br />as a Conditional Use in the DA-6 District where they were previously not allowed. Fast Food <br />Establishments, Small Scale will also be added as a conditionally-permitted use rather than as <br />an Administrative Review. These changes respond to expressed interest from the community <br />to provide more amenities such as a shared commercial kitchen or other smaller restaurant <br />and entertainment uses near the San Leandro BART station. In addition, Public Safety <br />Facilities are proposed to be allowed with a CUP, as such uses are allowed in other DA <br />districts. <br />Development Regulations in DA Districts for Setbacks and Height Transitions <br />Recommended amendments to the Development Regulations include a correction to corner <br />side yard setbacks to be consistent with the 2007 Downtown TOD Strategy, which reduced <br />front setbacks to zero (0) in order to provide an attractive street environment that encourages <br />pedestrian use. Specifically, changes to the corner side yard setbacks in Section 2-680 would <br />be revised from their current corner side yard setback of 10-15 feet (DA-1, DA-2, DA-3, DA-6) <br />or 10 feet (DA-4) to a zero (0) corner side yard setback. In Section 2-680.B.3, wording that <br />references a fifteen (15) foot side or rear yard setback adjoining any R District is proposed to <br />be removed and identified in updated daylight plane graphic examples at the same location. <br />In Section 2-680.F.3, the wording describing a 150-foot setback from the top of San Leandro <br />Creek is proposed for removal and reference to a “creek trail and open space” is proposed in <br />its place. This is recommended as the 150 foot setback is excessive. The proposed change <br />increases flexibility and is consistent with changes proposed to the Special Study areas in the <br />Downtown TOD Strategy, as discussed later in this report. <br />To clarify the daylight plane requirements that protect adjacent residential properties from the <br />massing and shadowing of adjacent new development, the graphics and associated wording <br />Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/13/2016