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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2012-010 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A ZONING MAP AND TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PLANNED DISTRICT AND THE APPROVAL OF A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR A 27,644 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL PROJECT LOCATED AT 1550 EAST 14TH STREET WHEREAS, Innisfree Ventures II, LLC (the "Applicant ") submitted several applications for the approval of two single -story retail buildings (the "Project ") at 1550 East 14th Street (the "Project Site "). The Applicant requested to rezone the subject property to a Planned District zoning designation, and for the approval of a Planned Development Permit (PLN2011- 00039); and WHEREAS, the Project has a total site area of 75,442 sq. ft. (1.73 acres) and consists of two single -story retail buildings, one of which would be a single tenant specialty grocery with 13,869 sq. ft. of retail area, and the other a multi -tenant retail building with a total of 13,795 sq. ft. of building area; and WHEREAS, the Property is currently owned by the City of San Leandro (the "City"), acting as Successor Agency, and is used as a temporary parking lot while the downtown garage is being reconstructed. It was previously graded and developed with an Albertson's grocery store, constructed prior to 1960, and an associated asphalt parking lot; and WHEREAS, the Project Site has a General Plan designation of Downtown Mixed Use, which will remain the same; and WHEREAS, the Project Site is currently zoned Downtown Area 1 (DA -1 (S)) with an S Overlay designation. The "S" Overlay designation was added by the City with the adoption of the City's Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy and serves as a way to implement certain specific policy areas in the TOD area. The Project Site is bounded by commercial businesses along East 14th Street and office buildings along the rear; and WHEREAS, on April 19, 2012 the Planning Commission recommended that the Project Site be rezoned from Downtown Area 1 with an S overlay (DA -1(S)) to Planned District (PD), as shown in Exhibits A and B. incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, the Project also requires a Planned Development Project Approval, pursuant to 3 -1012 of the Zoning Code and satisfies all the requisite findings as further explained in the staff report; and WHEREAS, the Project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to Sections 21083 and 21084 of the Public Resources Code and Section 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines, which exempts infill development projects meeting specific criteria; and