Ordinance 3057CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE No. 3057
New Series
AMENDING SECTIONS 30 -4.9A OF THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATED TO THE C -C, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Alameda:
Findings.
In enacting this Section, the City Council finds as follows:
1. The amendments maintain the integrity of the General Plan. The
proposed zoning text amendments are necessary to ensure that
appropriate uses can be permitted or conditionally permitted within the
main street commercial areas of Alameda. The proposed amendments
support the vital mixed use, pedestrian oriented shopping districts that
are envisioned in the General Plan.
2. The amendments will support the general welfare of the community. The
proposed zoning text amendment will not negatively affect the general
welfare of the community. The amendments provide equal opportunities
for different types of uses in both the Webster Street and Park Street
shopping districts.
3. The amendments are equitable. The proposed zoning amendment is
equitable in that it provides comparable development standards for both
the Webster Street and Park Street shopping districts.
SECTION 1. Section 30 -4.9A subsection g. Development Regulations of the
Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (underlined text
is new text to be added; strike -out text is current text to be deleted):
5. Side Yard: No yard e - •• - •• - •• e - . - -- , however where
any side lot line abuts a residential district there shall be a minimum
side yard of five (5') feet.
6. Rear Yard: None, however, where the rear lot line abuts a residential
district there shall be a minimum rear yard of five (5') feet. where the
structurc and ground Icvcl is maintaincd.
7. Yards for Gasoline Service Stations pumping stations and automobile
service facilities. (In addition to the yard requirements prescribed for the
zoning districts):
(a) A setback of ten (10') feet shall be maintained from property lines
that abut the rear yard of a lot located in a residential district or a
lot in residential use.
(b) A setback of fifteen (15') feet shall be maintained from property
lines that abut the side yard of a lot located in a residential
district or in residential use.
Section 2. Severability Clause. It is the declared intent of the City Council of
Alameda that if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or provision
of this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not be so construed as to
render invalid or unconstitutional the remaining provision of this ordinance.
Section 3. This ordinance and the rules, regulations, provisions, requirements,
orders, and matters established and adopted hereby shall take effect and be in
full force and effect from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the
date of its final passage.
Section 4. CEQA. The proposed amendments are categorically exempt from
CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15305 Minor Alterations in Land
Use Limitations. The proposed amendments amend the review process for
Design Review and do not increase the intensity or density of use that would be
permitted on property in Alameda.
Attest:
L,Lt/rei
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
and regularly adopted and passed by Council of the City of Alameda in regular
meeting assembled on the 16th day of October, 2012, by the following vote to
wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, and
Mayor Gilmore — 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Tam - 1.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 17th day of October, 2012.
Lara Weisiger, City CI
City of Alameda