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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2006-001 (3075) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 30, SECTIONS 6-3002, 6-3004, 6-3006 AND 6- 3014 OF THE SAN LEANDRO ZONING CODE REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING REGULATIONS TO CONVERSION OF EXISTING RENTAL PROJECTS TO FOR SALE PROJECTS RECITALS A. In December 2004, the City of San Leandro amended the Zoning Code by adopting Article 30, Inclusionary Housing. The purpose of the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance is to encourage the development and availability of housing affordable to a broad range of households with varying income levels within the City, to increase the supply of affordable housing units in San Leandro, and to generally require that residential developers construct affordable housing units within their projects. B. In October 2005, the City Council Business Development Committee supported proposing Zoning Code amendments to expand the application of the ordinance to include condominium conversions, noting that the update would be consistent with City goals and policies encouraging the development of housing for all income levels. C. This Ordinance does not itself approve or allow the construction of any project and, therefore, has no potential for resulting in physical change in the environment, directly or ultimately. Therefore, adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21065 based on the finding that this Ordinance is not a "project" within the meaning of Section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Findings The City Council of the City of San Leandro does hereby find as follows: (A) The Zoning Code encourages the development and availability of housing affordable to a broad range of households with varying income levels within the City as mandated by State Law. However, condominium conversions, another source of ownership housing, is not currently included under the definition of residential development. The current ability of a residential development to be converted from all market-rate rental to market-rate for sale units is not consistent with the goals and policies related to the purposes of the General Plan to create affordable housing opportunities.