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File Number: 16-556 <br />Drive. <br />The proposal recognizes approved Tract Map 6810 for the project site which showsthe <br />Bayfront Drive with a Public Access Easement (PAE) over the Bayfront Drive roadway and <br />sidewalk from the Lewelling Boulevard circle to the western terminus of Bayfront Drive. The <br />Public Access Easement which provides access to the bay trail is a condition of the tentative <br />map and a Bay Conservation and Development Commission requirement.The intent of the <br />PAE was for access on Bayfront Drive to the San Francisco Bay Trail west of Heron Bay. It <br />would provide security without prominent fencing and gate construction, which the General <br />Plan provides a policy to discourage the development of gated communities or the gating of <br />already-developed subdivisions (General Plan Policy 2.10). In addition, the San Francisco Bay <br />Conservation Development Commission (BCDC) had stated concern that the gates, <br />previously proposed, would restrict public access to the Bay Trail. <br />Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the proposal to construct a kiosk <br />for an attendant near the entrance to the Heron Bay development and, to reconfigure <br />Anchorage Drive to egress only and to construct and install two license plate readers/cameras <br />subject to the attached Recommended Findings of Fact for Approval and Recommended <br />Conditions of Approval. <br />APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING STATEMENT <br />See attached. <br />RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDING AREA <br />Surrounding the subject property are various open space, wetlands, the San Leandro <br />Shoreline Area and the San Francisco Bay Trail to the west and north; Southern Pacific <br />Railroad right-of-way along the east and the Mission Bay Mobile Home Park, Sandev Mobile <br />Home Park, and Washington Manor neighborhood beyond the railroad line; and San Lorenzo <br />Creek and San Leandro and San Lorenzo industrial neighborhood to the south. The existing <br />zoning includes OS Open Space District to the west and north, various R Residential Districts <br />to the east, and the industrial-zoned properties to the south. <br />BACKGROUND <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. Part of the San Francisco Bay <br />Trail in San Leandro extends from the from San Lorenzo Creek to Marina Park, which runs <br />through the restored marsh next to Heron Bay, follows along the edge of the Bay, crosses a <br />flood control channel to Marina Park, and continues north to Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline. <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 approved PD. Thus, the request to <br />modify the property development regulation shall be treated as a new application for the <br />Planned Development approval. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/13/2016