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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: October 3, 2016 <br />Ordinance <br />Agenda Section:File Number:16-459 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.I. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris ZapataCity Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:ORDINANCE Amending Zoning Code Article 3, Definitions; Article 6, <br />Commercial and Professional Districts; Article 7, Industrial Districts; Article 16, <br />Development Regulations; Article 18 Signs; Article 25 Site Plan Review, and <br />the City of San Leandro Zoning Map to Bring the San Leandro Zoning Code <br />and Zoning Map into Conformance with the 2035 General Plan, and General <br />Text Updates <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro recently adopted the 2035 General Plan, which <br />states that “the San Leandro General Plan aspires to update its zoning regulations and zoning <br />map to ensure consistency with the updated General Plan Map and Land Use categories. <br />Furthermore, to comply with State General Plan Guidelines, the City has updated its General <br />Plan to ensure that it remains relevant and reflects local physical and demographic patterns”; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the 2035 General Plan aspires to update the zoning regulations for the <br />Downtown Area (DA) zones, and envisions changes around the City’s BART stations, in its <br />industrial districts, and along major arterials such as East 14th, recognizing existing patterns <br />and accommodating a diverse mix of uses in the future, among other things; and <br />WHEREAS, the 2035 General Plan would establish a new designation of Industrial <br />Transition (IT) in the Land Use Chapter and Land Use Map, corresponding to “areas that <br />historically have been industrial but have transitioned or may transition in the future to include <br />a more diverse mix of uses, including general commercial activities”; and <br />WHEREAS, the following 2035 General Plan goals and policies would be implemented <br />with the creation of the IT Industrial Transition zoning district use and development <br />regulations: Policy 3.11 Conversion of Non-Residential Land; Goal LU-7 Sustain dynamic <br />innovation districts; Policy LU-7.2 Adaptive Re-Use; Policy LU-7.3 Zoning Flexibility; Action <br />LU-7.3.A. Zoning Review; Policy LU-7.9 Business Amenities; Policy LU-7.12 Alvarado from <br />Marina to Thornton; Policy LU-8.12 Marina Boulevard; Policy LU-10.1 Zoning; Policy LU-10.3 <br />Buffering; Action LU-10.3.C. Warehouse Conversion; Policy ED-1.3 Industrial Land Use <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/27/2016