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City of San Leandro City Council Meeting Date: November 20, 2023 Agenda Number: 10.a. Agenda Section: PUBLIC HEARINGS File Number: 23-556 File Type: Staff Report Adopt a Resolution to Approve a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and approve Site Plan Review, a Conditional Use Permit, and an Administrative Exception (Height) to Allow the Construction and Operation of a New One-story, 47 Foot Tall, Approximately 52,269 Square Foot Warehouse Structure that Includes up to 5,000 Square feet of Office Space, Associated Site Improvements, and Landscaping on an Approximately 3.45-acre site at 14143-14273 Washington Street; and Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance for a Zoning Map Amendment to Rezone the Subject Site from Commercial Community with an Assembly Use Overlay (CC(AU)), to Industrial General (IG). Zoning District: Commercial Community with an Assembly Use Overlay (CC(AU)); Alameda County Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 77B-1222-3-3, 77B-1222-4-3, 77B-1222-5-3, 77B-1222-6-15, 77B-1222-6-17, 77B-1222-6-18, and 77B-1222-6-19; Richard Poolis (applicant); First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (property owner) PLN21-0031 COUNCIL PRIORITY ·Community & Business Development SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATIONS The applicant requests approval of a Zoning Map Amendment to rezone a 3.45-acre property at 14143-14273 Washington Avenue from Commercial Community with an Assembly Use Overlay (CC(AU)), to Industrial General (IG), to facilitate the construction of a 52,269 square foot speculative warehouse development. A "speculative" development is a development project that is undertaken without a commitment from a tenant. In conjunction with the rezoning request, the applicant is also requesting Site Plan Review to allow the development of the proposed warehouse structure, associated site improvements, and landscaping, an Administrative Exception (Height) to allow the warehouse structure to be up to 47 feet in height, and a Conditional Use Permit to authorize Warehouse - Storage Facilities, and Warehouse - Wholesale/Retail Distribution uses on site, which are conditionally permitted uses in the IG Zoning District. On November 2, 2023, the Planning Commission, by a vote of 4-2-1 (Boldt and Mendoza dissenting; Solis absent), recommended that the City Council: 1)Adopt a resolution to adopt an Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and approve PLN 21-0031, Site Plan Review, Conditional Use Permit, and an Administrative Exception (Height) for the construction and operation of a new warehouse development at 14143-14273 Washington Avenue, based on the recommended Findings of Fact and subject to the recommended Conditions of Approval; and 2)Introduce an ordinance to rezone the property from CC(AU) to IG. Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/21/2023