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File Number: 18-626 <br />municipalities from solely office zoning districts to mixed use districts. However, public feedback <br />in favor of retaining the P-zone caused it to remain. <br /> <br />The 2016 Zoning Code updates enabled the development of multi-family and mixed-use <br />residential land uses in the P zoning district with an approved conditional use permit. At the time, <br />the Zoning Code’s Commercial and Professional development standards were not updated to <br />accommodate multi-family and mixed-use residential development criteria. Instead, a provision in <br />Section 2-696.A, “Additional Property Development Regulations for Residential Development,” <br />was inserted to direct residential projects in commercial and professional districts to apply the <br />multi-family development standards of residential zoning districts. This cross-referencing <br />established a conflict for the P zoning district because residential development under RM-1800 <br />has a 50 foot height limit, while commercial development in the P-zoning has a 30 foot height <br />limit. <br /> <br />Following concerns from residents regarding the conflicting 30 and 50 foot height limits between <br />commercial and residential projects in the Professional Office (P) zoning district, the City Council <br />requested staff provide Zoning Code amendment options for consideration (see attached <br />February 5, 2018 staff report). During the February 5, 2018 City Council meeting, staff <br />recommended that the City Council may consider (1) a more comprehensive Zoning Code <br />update, including implementation of the recently adopted Bay Fair TOD Plan or (2) targeted code <br />amendments. The City Council directed staff to proceed with a targeted update of the Zoning <br />Code and established a budget for an outside consultant to assist with the effort. Staff noted that <br />the more comprehensive Zoning Code update including the Bay Fair TOD zoning implementation <br />would return at a later date after completion of the targeted update. <br />DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL <br /> <br />Development regulations that pertain to Commercial and Professional zones in the City of San <br />Leandro are in Article 6, Division 2 of the Zoning Code. Following direction from the City Council, <br />staff and the consultant team began work on clarifying and consolidating this code section. The <br />proposed changes are primarily organizational and generally do not modify existing development <br />standards. The proposed changes fall into the following categories: <br /> <br />1. Corrections of Obvious Errors or Redundancies <br />2. Updates for Language, Style, and Formatting Consistency <br />3. Streamlined and Clarified Standards <br />4. Minor Changes to Existing Standards <br /> <br />Corrections of Obvious Errors or Redundancies <br /> <br />Changes included converting all footnotes into standard style, adding “n.a.”, “varies”, or a <br />numerical range in tables where appropriate, and consolidating redundant rows in several tables <br />(2-684 Lot Coverage, 2-688 Minimum Site Landscaping, 2-694 Open Space for Multi-Family <br />Residential and Mixed-Use Residential Development). The term “varies” is necessary for limited <br />situations where the underlying standards are based on specific plan criteria or different General <br />Plan land use categories. This provision is necessary because some zoning districts exist within <br />different General Plan land use designations and because the Downtown TOD Specific Plan <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/11/2018