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9 City of San Leandro Community Development Department Planning Services Division Staff Report DATE: June 22, 2006 Planning Commission Elmer Penaranda, Planner II ~ SUBJECT: Continued Matter PLN2005-00141; Rezone from RM1800 Residential Multi- Family District to RM2500(PD) Residential Multi-Family, Planned Development Overlay District; Planned Development and Vesting Tentative Tract Map to construct a subdivision consisting of six, detached, three-story, single-family residences. Each unit would comprise approximately 1,455 square feet of living area, which includes three bedrooms and three baths. Each unit would have an attached two-car garage. 1537 Hays Street; Alameda County Assessor's Parcel Numbers 75-12-7; D. Langon, Langon Homes (applicant and property owner). Continued from the June 8, 2006 Planning Commission Meeting). TO: FROM: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION This matter was continued from the June 8, 2006 Planning Commission meeting. After the public hearing was closed and after the Commission's discussion the motion to recommend approval of the rezoning, the planed development and the vesting tentative map to the City Council ended in a tie, three votes for and three votes against the motion. When a motion does not pass or fail, and there is no action on the motion in the following 15 days, the motion is automatically denied administratively. Instead of this outcome, the Commission asked the applicant if he would be willing to mitigate some of the design concerns addressed in the discussion and come back to the Planning Commission with revised plans. Mr. Langon, the applicant, replied affinnatively and stated that the architect would prepare different drawings to resolve some of the concerns. Thus, the Commission approved the motion to continue the matter to the Commission's June 22,2006 meeting. Ms.Pollart, the Planning Commission Secretary, announced that since the matter was continued to a date certain, no one, including the applicant or the members of the public would receive a notification by mail of the continued hearing. The Commission's motion in effect was the notification of the hearing. Since the continuance, the applicant has revised the two front units facing Hays Street to include a stronger fayade, including larger windows and a shed roof that runs the length of the elevation. In addition, more detailed drawings were prepared for the proposed arbor over the entry driveway. A detailed landscape plan has been prepared. The additional massing/view study taking into account the Garden Terrace Condominiums and the proposed residential project were not completed at the time this report. The applicant, however, will be prepared to show the new massing/view study to the Planning Commission and general public at the Commission's meeting.