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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: October 3, 2016 <br />Ordinance <br />Agenda Section:File Number:16-460 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.J. <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 Ordinance 2007-021 (to Create Special Review <br />Criteria for Certain Properties within the Downtown Transit-Oriented <br />Development Study Area Generally within ½ Mile Radius of the Intersection of <br />East 14th Street and Davis Streets) to Remove Special Project Areas SP-1, <br />Downtown South Gateway and SP- 8 BART/Westlake Properties; and to <br />Modify the Special Review Criteria for SP-2, Washington Plaza Shopping <br />Center and San Leandro Plaza; SP-3, Town Hall Square and Vicinity; and <br />SP-5, North Alvarado Sites. <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 wording pertaining to the “S” <br />Overlay Zones in the Downtown TOD Areas identified as SP-1, Downtown South Gateway, <br />SP-2, Washington Plaza Shopping Center and San Leandro Plaza Special Policies, SP-3, <br />Town Hall Square and Vicinity Special Policies, …SP-5, North Alvarado Sites Special Policies <br />and SP-8, BART/Westlake Properties Special Policies to encourage development of <br />additional City gateway features and undertake public improvements”; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on September 17, 2007, the City Council adopted Ordinance 2007-021, to <br />implement the Downtown TOD Strategy. The ordinance adopted Special Review Criteria for <br />eight specified areas subject to the S-Overlay for Special Project Areas. Ordinance 2007-021 <br />is incorporated herein by reference; and <br />WHEREAS, the following goals and policies in the new General Plan are implemented <br />with the amendments to the Special Review Criteria for the “S” Overlay Zones: Goal LU-6 <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/27/2016