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Subject: Large-Scale Combined Retail and Grocery Sales
From: Community and Economic Development Agency
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending the Oakland Planning Code to define "Large-Scale Combined Retail and Grocery Sales Commercial Activities"; and to prohibit this activity type in all zones (TITLE CHANGE)
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RE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OAKLAND PLANNING CODE TO
DEFINE "LARGE-SCALE COMBINED RETAIL AND GROCERY SALES
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES" AND PLACE ZONING CONTROLS ON THIS
ACTIVITY TYPE IN CERTAIN COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING AND
SPECIAL ZONES
SUMMARY
The proposed zoning text amendment would establish a new land use category called "Large-
Scale Combined Retail and Grocery Sales Commercial Activities," which describes retail stores
over 100,000 square feet that devote more than 10% of their sales floor area to non-taxable
merchandise, but excludes wholesale clubs or other establishments selling primarily bulk
merchandise and charging membership dues. The proposed regulations would prohibit "Large-
Scale Combined Retail and Grocery Sales Commercial Activities" in the C-5, C- IO, C-25, C-27,
C-28, C-31, C-52, C-60, M-10, S-1, S-3, and S-15 zones and require a conditional use permit for
such activities in the C-20, C-30, C-35, C-36, C-40, C-45, C-51, C-55, M-20, M-30, M-40, S-2,
S-16, and S-19 zones. The proposed amendment responds to concerns about the potential for
such stores to generate high negative impacts on transportation mode split, traffic congestion and
associated air pollution, and on the viability of neighborhood commercial districts. Staff
recommends that the Oakland City Council approve the attached ordinance and text amendment.
The proposed text amendment will be brought before the City Planning Commission on
September 17, 2003, and any recommendations received from the Planning Commission will be
forwarded to the City Council as a supplement to this agenda r...
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