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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 19, 2007 TO: John Jermanis, City Manager FROM: Hanson Hom,.Community Development Directo BY: Debbie Pollart, Planning Manager SUBJECT PROJECTIPROJECT DESCRIPTION: MATTER OF ORDINANCE AMENDING SAN LEANDRO ZONING CODE AS FOLLOWS RELATING TO ASSEMBLY USES: ARTICLE 3, DELETING DEFINITIONS FOR 'CLUBS & LODGES' AND 'RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY' AND ADDING A NEW DEFINITION FOR 'ASSEMBLY USES'; ARTICLE 5, AMENDING SECTIONS 2.504, 2-506, 2-508, AND 2.510 FOR CONSISTENCY WITH NEW DEFINITIONS; ARTICLE 13, ADDING NEW SECTIONS 3-1320 THROUGH 3-1330; ARTICLE 17, AMENDING SECTION 4-1704; AND MATTER OF AMENDING SAN LEANDRO ZONING MAP TO INCLUDE 197 PROPERTIES WITH AN ASSEMBLY USE (-AU) OVERLAY DISTRICT DESIGNATION, WHICH WOULD ALLOW ASSEMBLY USES TO BE CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED ON THESE PROPERTIES. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION In response to an application by a church to re-Iocate to a non-residential district, staff analyzed the possibility of allowing assembly uses (defined as 'clubs & lodges' and 'religious assembly') on appropriate non-residential sites, and expanding the land use options within the City for assembly uses. In addition, supplementary Zoning Code amendments, begun in 2003 for consistency with the federal government's Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIP A), are being proposed. These proposed amendments relate to the definition for assembly uses and the allowable zoning districts for these uses. Recommendation: The Board of Zoning Adjustments, the Planning Commission and staff recommend that the City Council hold a public hearing and adopt the Negative Declaration; adopt the proposed Zoning Code amendments to Articles 3, 5, 13, and 17; and the Zoning Map amendments for the 197 identified properties. BACKGROUND An existing church in San Leandro recently purchased the property at 14600 Catalina (formerly occupied by MDL). On May 18,2006, staff received an application from the church requesting a Zoning Code amendment to conditionally permit Assembly uses in Industrial Limited (IL) zones, and to rezone their property from Industrial Professional (IP) to IL (thus setting up the possibility for review of a use permit for an assembly use at the 14600 Catalina site).