Ordinance 2954CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE No. 2954
New Series
RECLASSIFYING AND REZONING APPROXIMATELY 4.8 ACRES
OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2241 AND 2243 CLEMENT AVENUE
FROM M-, GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (MANUFACTURING) DISTRICT
TO R-2/PD , NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL/PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS , City of Alameda presently contains real property at 2241
and 2243 Clement Avenue which is zoned as industrial; and
WHEREAS , the City seeks to amend the zoning of the subject property
to allow medium density residential use, consistent with the General Plan
designation as a housing opportunity site; and
WHEREAS , such rezoning would bring the property into conformance
with existing uses in the General Plan; and
WHEREAS , rezoning of the parcels would further the desire of the City
to achieve affordable housing goals consistent with the General Plan; and
WHEREAS , the present legal and regulatory climate is stable but could
become uncertain or unpredictable should state or federal laws become
effective regarding land use through the state initiative process; and
WHEREAS , without immediate effectiveness the rezoning could be
subject to legal uncertainty pending potential changes in state law through the
initiative process regaroing local zoning control; and
WHEREAS , pursuant to City Charter Sec. 3-12, an ordinance may
become effective on less than thirty days from and after the date of its final
passage where it is enacted in the event of a great emergency or necessity
passed by four votes of Council and containing a statement of the emergency
or necessity; and
WHEREAS , the City Council expressly finds and declares that this
ordinance is necessary to achieve General Plan consistency and, preserve
certainty of land use regulation of 2241 and 2243 Clement Avenue.
NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of
Alameda , by four-fifths vote that:
Section 1 . The City Council finds and determines the foregoing recitals
to be true and correct and hereby makes them a part of this Ordinance.
Section 2,Section 11-116 of Ordinance No. 1277 , N.S. is hereby
amended by reclassifying approximately 4.acres from M-, General
Industrial (Manufacturing) District to R-Neighborhood Residential/PD
Planned Development , being all the real property situated within the City of
Alameda , County of Alameda, State of California , located 300 feet south of
the Oakland-Alameda Estuary, north of Clement Street , west of Oak Street
and, generally east of the intersection of Elm Street as shown on Exhibit
Section 3 . The R2/PD zoning furthers the goals of the General Plan
and Housing Element forwhich environmentaldocuments were approved. No
further environmental review under CEQA is required.
Section 4 . The above amendment shall be known as and referenced to
as Reclassification and Rezoning Amendment No. 200 to Ordinance No.
1277 , N.
Section 5 . This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect the day
following the November 1 , 2006 , regular meeting of City Council.
Attest:
Lara Weisiger , City Cle k
City of Alameda
EXHIBIT A
I, 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 special
meeting assembled on the 1 st day of November, 2006 by the following vote to wit:
AYES:Councilmembers, Daysog, deHaan , Gilmore , Matarrese , and
Mayor Johnson-
NOES:None.
ABSENT:None.
ABSTENTIONS:None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 2 day of November , 2006.
Lara Weisiger, City Cler
City of Alameda