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File Number: 25-193 Reasonable Accommodation Requests The City of San Leandro has an existing Reasonable Accommodation Request Policy for Zoning and Land Use (Administrative Code Chapter 5, Article 3) that provides a procedure for persons with disabilities seeking equal access to housing under the Federal Fair Housing Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act to request relief from the strict application of zoning laws and other land use regulations. A request for reasonable accommodation is intended to provide a person with a disability equal opportunity to housing of his/her choice. The City’s 2023-2031 Housing Element (Action 15.2) identified a need to modify the City’s Reasonable Accommodation Policy to better align with fair housing requirements and the State Attorney General’s 2022 guidance on reasonable accommodations (Attachment I). Proposed Administrative Code amendments would meet this objective by adjusting the criteria and procedures for granting a reasonable accommodation request to be independent of other land-use and zoning-based decisions. Tobacco Retailing On June 3, 2024, the City Council enacted a temporary Zoning Moratorium (Attachment J) to: 1) Prohibit the sale of tobacco related products or electronic-cigarette-related products in new locations; and 2) Prohibit the establishment of new Tobacconist/Cigarette stores (businesses devoted primarily to the sale of tobacco-related products or electronic-cigarette-related products). The original term of the Zoning Moratorium was 45-days but was later extended by the City Council (Attachment K) to a two-year term, expiring on June 3, 2026. The purpose of the Zoning Moratorium was to pause the establishment of new tobacco retailers in the City while providing staff with time to prepare amendments to outdated zoning regulations that contributed to enforcement challenges. Staff prepared Zoning Code amendments that would establish reasonable limitations on the sale of tobacco-related products and facilitate effective enforcement: ·Prohibiting tobacco retailing, except: o As accessory to the following uses: §Drugstore §Beer and Wine Store §Liquor Store §Supermarket (greater than 20,000 SF) o Premium Cigar Retailers ·Establishing the following limits for tobacco retailing as an accessory use: o No more than 10-percent of gross floor area may be utilized for the sale, marketing, display or storage of tobacco-related products and electronic-cigarette-related products. o No more than 10 total linear feet of display area may be utilized for the sale, marketing, display or storage of tobacco-related products and electronic-cigarette-related products. o No more than 25-percent of gross receipts may be derived from the sale of tobacco Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/4/2025