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File Number: 20-046 <br />WHEREAS, the proposed Amendments are in response to State legislative mandates <br />and are necessary to bring the Zoning Code into compliance with State law; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed Amendments include a provision that is consistent with City <br />Council direction at its November 12, 2019 Work Session to conclude the City’s pilot program <br />limitations on Cannabis Product Manufacturing, which capped the number of facilities to five in <br />total, established under Ordinance 2017-014 on July 17, 2017; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed Amendments include non-substantive editing measures to <br />clean-up identified errors, typos, and inconsistencies; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed Amendments are consistent with the General Plan and other <br />adopted Specific Plans; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed Zoning Code amendments were determined to be <br />non-substantive and necessary to achieve consistency with the goals, policies, and actions in the <br />General Plan, other adopted plans and State law; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed Zoning Code Amendments have been determined to not be <br />subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because 1) the proposed <br />Amendments constitute non-substantive corrections and adjustments that will not result in a direct <br />or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment; 2) the proposed <br />Amendments are covered by the general rule that CEQA only applies to projects that have the <br />potential for causing a significant effect on the environment; and 3) any project that has the <br />potential to cause a significant effect on the environment will be evaluated through a separate <br />environmental review process in accordance with CEQA; and <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of San Leandro held a duly noticed Public Hearing <br />for consideration of the Zoning Code Amendments on January 16, 2020 and, after considering all <br />public comments and testimony received prior to and during the hearing, found them to be <br />consistent with the General Plan and recommended by a 5-0 decision that the City Council adopt <br />an Ordinance to amend and re-chapter the San Leandro Zoning Code; and <br />WHEREAS, the Community Development Department provided notice of this Ordinance <br />to amend the Zoning Code by publishing a public hearing notice in the East Bay Times’ Daily <br />Review newspaper on February 24, 2020; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council considered all public comments and testimony and the <br />recommendation of the Planning Commission in its deliberations; and <br />WHEREAS, the City’s General Plan, Zoning Code, Municipal Code and Administrative <br />Code are incorporated herein by reference, and are available for review at City Hall during normal <br />business hours. <br />NOW THEREFORE, the City of San Leandro City Council does ORDAIN as follows: <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/11/2020 <br />269