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Staff Report for Proposed Amendments to the City of San Leandro Zoning Code Related to Increasing Flexibility in Industrial and Commercial Uses; Adding Community Gardens; Revising Regulations for Telecommunications, Hazardous Materials, Recycling, Signs, and Parking; Clarifying and Revising Planning Entitlement Processing; and Conducting General Text Updates in Zoning Code Article 3 Definitions; Article 5 Residential Districts; Article 6 Commercial and Professional Districts; Article 7 Industrial Districts; Article 8 Open Space District; Article 9 Public and Semipublic District; Article 16 Development Regulations; Article 17 Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations; Article 18 Signs; Article 21 Zoning Permits Required, Environmental Review, Fees and Deposits; Article 22 Use Permits, Variances, and Parking Exceptions; Article 27 Amendments; and Article 28 Appeals
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
As the City of San Leandro continues its efforts to transform its industrial core into a center for innovation for the 21st Century and beyond, a need has arisen to adjust the City's Zoning Code to keep up with changing technologies and the latest land-use trends. In 2013, City staff began an extensive internal review of the Zoning Code to modernize the code, streamline the review process for new development, and increase flexibility. Concurrently, the Next Generation Workplace District Study was adopted by the City Council in October 2013. Staff also examined ways to streamline permit processing for uses in certain commercial districts as well as update and clarify definitions and regulations for Telecommunications Facilities, Hazardous Materials, Recycling, Signs, and Parking.
To accomplish these goals, a series of changes are proposed to the Use Regulations within Article 6 Commercial and Professional Districts and Article 7 Industrial Districts as well as Article 5 Residential Districts, Article 8 Open Space District, and Article 9 Public and...
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