Ordinance 2937CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO.2937
New Series
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUCIPAL CODE BY AMENDING
SECTION 30-(DEFINITIONS); AMENDING SUBSECTION 30-
(COMBINING DISTRICTS); ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION 30-22 (T-THEATRE COMBINING DISTRICT); AN RECLASSIFYING
REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA TO
INCLUDE THE THEATRE COMBING DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAID by the City Council oftlle City of Alameda that:
Section 1.Subsection 30-2(b) of the Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended to
include the following additional definitions in the appropriate places in the alphabetical structure
ofthat Subsection:
Multiple screen theatre is a theatre designed for the exhibition of movies that contains
two or more auditoriums or separate rooms for the display of movies.
Theatre includes movie and live theatres and other structues designed for public
exhibitions but, as to movie theatres , does not include a multiple screen theatre.
Section 2 Subsection 30-2 of the Alameda Muncipal Code is hereby amended to
include the following additional combining district at the end of that subsection:
Theatre overlying combining.
Section 3 Section 30-4 of the Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended to add a
subsection 30-22 as follows:
Subsection 30-22 T , Theatre Combinig Distrct.
General. The following regulations shall apply in all distrcts which are
combined T Distrcts and uses ofland in such combined distrcts shall be subject
to the provisions of Section 30-4; provided, however, that wherever conflict in
regulations occurs, the regulations of ths subsection shall govern.
Uses Permitted. All uses permitted in the respective distrct with which the T
Distrct is combined.
Uses Requiring Use Permits. It is the intent ofthis paragraph that the following
uses shall be reviewed by the Plannng Board for the appropriateness in
specific location , or for such other factors as safety, congestion , noise , and similarconsiderations
Auditoria
Multiple-screen theaters
Theaters , both movie and live
Other places of public assembly,
All uses permitted pursuant to a Use Permit in the respective district with which
the T District is combined.
d. Special Parking Requirements. In addition to the findings in Section 30-21.3the Planning Board may authorize the issuance of a Use Permit only if the proposed
parking (i. is adequate to serve the use s peak parking demand as estimated by a study
satisfactory to the Planning and Building Director and (ii) complies with all other
applicable provisions of section 30-7 of this chapter.
e. Special Signage Requirements. Every use permitted under paragraph c. of
this subsection may include signs provided that individual standards shall beestablished for each project in conjunction with the approval required by paragraph c.
Requirements for similar uses discussed in this article shall serve as guidelines. All
signs , temporary and permanent , shall be approved by the Planning and Building
Director pursuant to a coordinated signing program for each project. The program
shall coordinate:
(i) Location , number, size and mode of display.
(ii) Colors , materials and illumination.
(Hi) Temporary signs: duration of use.
Section 4.Zoning Map Amendment. Section 116 of Ordinance 1277 , N.S. is hereby
amended by reclassifying and rezoning from C-C (Community Commercial) and C-
(Community Commercial - Planned Development) to C-(Community Commercial -Theater) aU the real property situated within the City of Alameda, County of Alameda, State ofCalifornia, as depicted on Exhibit "A" to this ordinance.
Section 5.The above amendment shall be known as and referenced to as
Reclassification and Rezoning Amendment No. 196 to Ordinance No. 1277 N.
Section 6.Severabilty. Should any provision of this Ordinance or its application to
any person or property be found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unenforceable , the remaining provisions hereof shall be enforceable according to their terms and
to that end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
Section 7.Construction. To the extent the provisions of the Alameda Municipal
Code as amended by this Ordinance are substantially the same as the previous provisions of that
Code , they shall be construed as continuations of those previous provisions and not as new
enactments.
Section 8.Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage.
Attest:
Lara Weisiger, City I rk
City of Alameda
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Exhibit A to City of Alameda Ordinance 2851
Rezoning of the Park Street Business District to C-
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Prar by Plang Deparent
Novembe 13, 200
, the undersigned , hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the
day of April , 2005 by the following vote to wit:
AYES:, Councilmembers Daysog, deHaan , Gilmore , Matarrese
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:None.
ABSTENTIONS:None.
IN WITNESS , WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affxedtheofficiaLseal of said City
this 6 day of April, 2005.
Lata Weisiger, Ci
City of Alameda