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San Leandro Planning Commission Excerpt of the Draft Minutes for the Meeting of April 12, 2007 I Item 6: Public Hearings I (a) Matter of PLN2006-00104; Planned Development, Zoning Map Amendment and Tentative Map; to rezone the properties at 311-335 MacArthur BoulevardlHerma Court from CC Commercial Community and RS Residential Single-Family Districts to CC (PD) and RS (PD), respectively. The project is a proposed residential development with 23 three-story townhouses at the comer of MacArthur Boulevard and Herma Court. Proposed amenities include a private roadway, an internal park area, attached one- and two-car garages, and 6 guest parking spaces on the site. The site is zoned CC Commercial Community District and RS Residential Single-Family. Assessor's Parcel Numbers 76-311-1-1, 76-311-1-3, 76-311-3, 76-311-4, and 76- 311-5; 331-335 MacArthur BoulevardlHerma Court; David Ruffin (applicant); Reed Settlemier (property owner). [Barros] The project to construct 23 townhomes on a site that is less than five acres is categorically exempt from the California environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines article 19, Categorical Exemption, Section 15332. Furthermore, the rezoning is exempt from CEQA, per CEQA Guideline, Section 15061 (b) (3), where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the rezoning in question may have a significant effect on the environment. Acting ChairNice Chair Reed recused himself from the hearing, so Commissioner Dlugosh assumed the role of Acting Chair for this item. Planner Sally Barros explained that the staff report includes two Tentative Vesting Maps for this Planned Development (PD), because the applicant was attempting to arrange a lot-swap with one of the adjacent property owners on Herma Court. One of the maps ("Proposed") assumes completion of the lot-swap; the other, the "Alternate Site Plan," does not. Although Planner Barros included both maps for purposes of comparison, she emphasized that because no agreement on a lot -swap has been reached, the City Attorney advised that the Planning Commission could act only on the Alternate Site Plan at tonight's hearing. If the swap proves successful, the applicant must return to the Commission. She explained that Zoning Code Article 10 provides for the PD process, which gives developers additional leeway and opportunity for creativity in how large sites (10,000 square feet minimum) are assembled and used. It thus encourages comprehensive site planning and design in developments that would otherwise necessitate variances. This MacArthur BoulevardlHerma Court PD proposed development consists of five different parcels comprising approximately one acre. It also includes slightly more than 1,000 square feet that would be vacated by the City and incorporated into the site. She noted that some driveways will be abandoned and diagonal spaces will be added to the MacArthur Boulevard frontage to increase street parking in the area. There is a narrow lot on the site, 25xll0 feet, that fronts on Herma Court and is proposed as open space for the project in the Alternate Site Plan.