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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: September 19, 2016 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:16-458 PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />Agenda Number:4.C. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for an Ordinance to Amend the City of San Leandro Zoning <br />Code, and the City Zoning Map, and to Amend the Downtown <br />Transit-Oriented Development Special Policy Areas (“S” overlays) to Conform <br />with the City of San Leandro 2035 General Plan and 2007 Downtown Transit <br />Oriented Development Strategy <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />While the General Plan serves as the primary guiding policy document for the City, the Zoning <br />Code serves as the primary tool for the implementation of the General Plan. Both the General <br />Plan and the Zoning Code are required by law to be consistent with one another. In an effort <br />to bring the Zoning Code into conformance with the changes proposed in the 2035 General <br />Plan, staff developed a set of proposed revisions to various sections of the San Leandro <br />Zoning Code text and Zoning Map. These changes are part of the City’s ongoing efforts to <br />modernize the Zoning Code, create more flexibility to meet market demand while ensuring <br />compatibility with existing neighboring uses, and to bring zoning in certain areas of the City <br />into conformance with both the 2007 Downtown Transit Oriented Development Strategy and <br />the 2035 General Plan Update. <br />Public outreach efforts for the proposed Zoning Code and Zoning Map amendments included <br />a number of informational sessions held before various City stakeholders, including the San <br />Leandro Chamber of Commerce, industrial property owners, downtown area stakeholders, the <br />Downtown Association and the San Leandro Improvement Association (SLIA). Staff forwarded <br />letters to notify affected and adjacent property owners on May 23 and issued a press release <br />on June 8, which appeared in the San Leandro Times on June 9. Staff also maintained a <br />project website and posted informational boards and handouts in the Library and outside the <br />Permit Center at City Hall. Work sessions were held with the Planning Commission on June <br />16 and with the City Council on July 5 and July 25, 2016. The Planning Commission <br />recommended City Council adoption of the proposed Zoning Updates on August 25, 2016. <br />BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/13/2016