Title
Provide Comments on Preliminary Zoning Sub-District Purpose Statements. The Planning Board will review and comment on proposed text for the sub district purpose statements for the draft Alameda Point Zoning Ordinance.
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CITY OF ALAMEDA
Memorandum
To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Alameda Point Zoning Sub-Committee
By: Andrew Thomas, City Planner
Date: October 14, 2013
Re: Provide Comments on Preliminary Zoning Sub-District Purpose Statements
BACKGROUND
Over the last several months, the Alameda Point Zoning Subcommittee has been working with staff to refine and improve the draft Zoning Ordinance for Alameda Point.
At this time, the Subcommittee would like to review the sub-district purpose statements with the Planning Board. The proposed purpose statements describe the purpose and intent of sub-districts shown on the draft zoning map (see Exhibit A.) If the Planning Board endorses the proposed purpose statements, the subcommittee and staff will be able to continue work on the Zoning Ordinance to ensure that the balance of the regulations are supportive and consistent with the purpose statements.
The current draft of the full ordinance is included in Exhibit B. Exhibit B is for information purposes only. Staff and the subcommittee are not requesting Board endorsement of the full ordinance at this time.
DISCUSSION
All zoning ordinances begin with a "purpose statement". The purpose statement is generally a short description of the intent and purpose of the regulations that are included in the zoning ordinance for the lands regulated by the ordinance. The statement generally describes the City's intent for the planning area to be regulated by the zone.
For example, the Community Commercial zoning district which is applied to the historic Park Street and Webster Street Commercial corridors includes the following purpose st...
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