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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2016-012 ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING CODE ARTICLE 3, DEFINITIONS; ARTICLE 6, COMMERCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL DISTRICTS; ARTICLE 7, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS; ARTICLE 16, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; ARTICLE 18 SIGNS; ARTICLE 25 SITE PLAN REVIEW, AND THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ZONING MAP TO BRING THE SAN LEANDRO ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE 2035 GENERAL PLAN, AND GENERAL TEXT UPDATES WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro recently adopted the 2035 General Plan, which states that "the San Leandro General Plan aspires to update its zoning regulations and zoning map to ensure consistency with the updated General Plan Map and Land Use categories. Furthermore, to comply with State General Plan Guidelines, the City has updated its General Plan to ensure that it remains relevant and reflects local physical and demographic patterns"; and WHEREAS, the 2035 General Plan aspires to update the zoning regulations for the Downtown Area (DA) zones, and envisions changes around the City's BART stations, in its industrial districts, and along major arterials such as East 14th, recognizing existing patterns and accommodating a diverse mix of uses in the future, among other things; and WHEREAS, the 2035 General Plan would establish a new designation of Industrial Transition (IT) in the Land Use Chapter and Land Use Map, corresponding to "areas that historically have been industrial but have transitioned or may transition in the future to include a more diverse mix of uses, including general commercial activities"; and WHEREAS, the following 2035 General Plan goals and policies would be implemented with the creation of the IT Industrial Transition zoning district use and development regulations: Policy 3.11 Conversion of Non -Residential Land; Goal LU -7 Sustain dynamic innovation districts; Policy LU -7.2 Adaptive Re -Use; Policy LU -7.3 Zoning Flexibility; Action LU -7.3.A. Zoning Review; Policy LU -7.9 Business Amenities; Policy LU -7.12 Alvarado from Marina to Thornton; Policy LU -8.12 Marina Boulevard; Policy LU -10.1 Zoning; Policy LU -10.3 Buffering; Action LU -10.3.C. Warehouse Conversion; Policy ED -1.3 Industrial Land Use Efficiency; Policy ED -2.3 Development Review and Permitting; Policy ED -3.1 Innovation Ecosystem; Policy ED -3.2 Business Infrastructure; Policy ED -3.3 Leading Edge Economic Sectors; Policy ED -3.5 Sustainable Manufacturers; and Policy ED -4.7 Employee -Serving Retail; and WHEREAS, the 2035 General Plan includes the land use designations of Downtown Mixed -Use, which allows "a range of uses... (including) retail shops, services, offices, cultural activities, public and civic uses, and similar and compatible uses, including upper story residential uses" and "allowable residential densities ranging from 24 to 100 units per net acre"; and Transit -Oriented Mixed Use, which "provides for a mix of high-intensity land uses that