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File Number: 16-676 <br />Project Proposal <br />Project Setting <br />Surrounding the subject property are various land uses including open space, wetlands, the <br />City of San Leandro Shoreline Area and the San Francisco Bay Trail to the west and north; <br />Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way along the east and the Mission Bay Mobile Home Park, <br />Sandev Mobile Home Park, and Washington Manor neighborhood beyond the railroad line; <br />and San Lorenzo Creek and San Leandro and San Lorenzo industrial neighborhood to the <br />south. <br />Prior Entitlements <br />Per Planned Development PD-91-3 and various subdivision maps, Heron Bay was <br />constructed as an open and non-gated neighborhood at the west terminus of Lewelling <br />Boulevard. The neighborhood comprises 629 residential units (451 detached single-family <br />units and 178 motor court units) on approximately 70 acres. The remaining 400-plus acres are <br />restored marshland between the new housing and the Bay. Portions of the San Francisco Bay <br />Trail in San Leandro extend from San Lorenzo Creek to Marina Park, which runs through this <br />restored marsh next to Heron Bay. The Bay Trail follows a path along the edge of the Bay, <br />crossing a flood control channel next to Marina Park, and continuing north to the Oyster Bay <br />Regional Shoreline. Access to the Public Shoreline was established with the original <br />entitlement. <br />The proposal to construct a kiosk for an attendant and reconfiguring Anchorage Drive to <br />egress only is considered a major modification to the originally approved Planned <br />Development. Thus, the request to modify the property development regulations was <br />processed as a new application for Planned Development approval, which requires City <br />Council approval. <br />The Applicants propose to construct a new entry kiosk for an attendant near the Lewelling <br />Boulevard entry circle of the Heron Bay residential development. The kiosk comprises a floor <br />area of 183 square feet, including a restroom and small storage closet. <br />The purpose of the kiosk for an attendant is to discourage crime in the subdivision. Following <br />the denial of the gates in 2014, the Association hired a firm for staffed presence during select <br />day and night time hours to monitor vehicles coming into the community. The Association <br />states that the presence of an attendant monitoring vehicles has had a positive impact on <br />reduced criminal activity within the neighborhood since February 2015. <br />Kiosk <br />The kiosk would be situated on the Heron Bay Park property north of the Bayfront Drive <br />sidewalk (see Exhibit A - Site Plan and Exhibit B - Enlarged Partial Site Plan and Floor Plan). <br />It would have a setback of five feet from the covered canopy to the Bayfront Drive property <br />line and three feet from the covered canopy to the Lewelling Boulevard right-of way line <br />(property line). To accommodate the building, one tree from the Lewelling Boulevard circle <br />parkway strip and at least two of the existing poplar trees on the park property would be <br />removed as well as approximately 15 lineal feet of the box hedge along the park frontage. <br />The kiosk comprises a floor area of 183 square feet which includes the attendant’s desk/office <br />space, a rest room and small storage closet. The kiosk has heights ranging from 10 feet, four <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/13/2016