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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2005-025 (1223/2753/3075) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SAN LEANDRO ZONING CODE TO ADD ARTICLE 32 REGARDING CONVERSION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES TO INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP (CONDOMINIUM) UNITS RF.('TTAT,fi A. In 2002, the City of San Leandro adopted a new General Plan, which includes short-term and long-term goals and policies concerning business and industry. B. The General Plan states that the City is committed to "keeping its economy healthy, maintaining a competitive edge within the region, and staying attractive to established and emerging businesses". C. In 2005, the City Council was apprised of a proposed condominium conversion of an office complex, considered through a Parcel Map. The City Council requested that regulations be prepared that require further discretionary review to ensure greater oversight into the conversions of non-residential structures and complexes into individual ownership units, and staff prepared this Ordinance in response to that request. D. 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) That the conversion of larger multi-tenanted industrial or commercial properties into smaller ownership units is beneficial to encourage property improvements and to allow ownership opportunities for smaller businesses. (B) That it seeks to protect the welfare of existing tenants of such property and ensure that the overall property is maintained in optimum conditions in both appearance and in structural integrity.