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improvements; rather, it proposes regulatory changes to encourage future development within the Strategy Area and identifies implementation measures to create that vision. The TOD Strategy Area is substantially developed; however, the Strategy identifies 39 opportunity sites, representing approximately 88 acres, where development could occur over the next 25 or so years (to 2030). An adjustment of an additional 15 percent was used to establish potential maximum development in the Strategy Area of 3,431 residential units, 718,240 square feet of office development and 120,870 square feet of retail development by 2030. Fifteen percent of this development activity is expected to occur by 2015 and 90 percent of development is expected to occur by 2030. The City's existing General Plan, with a horizon year of 2015, anticipated 590 residential units, 781,200 square feet of office development, and 195,300 square feet of retail development. The TOD Strategy "Project" is therefore the amount of potential development for the TOD Strategy Area above and beyond what was envisioned in the General Plan and examined in the General Plan EIR; namely construction of 2,841 residential units. The Existing Conditions Report identified a household car ownership rate of 1.2 cars per household in the 2000 Census. The Strategy recommends parking requirements of 1 space for residential units in properties immediately adjacent to BART, 1.5 spaces for residential units in the remainder of the study area, no parking for commercial development less than 5,000 square feet, and 2 spaces per ] ,000 square feet of commercial development 5,000 square feet or greater. These parking requirements are significantly below existing parking requirements in the study area and are seen as catalysts for development. The TOD Strategy identifies 9 Traffic Strategies and 20 Parking Strategies to implement the vision for the downtown. The TOD Strategy includes eight strategies for mixed-income and workforce housing. These strategies include provisions related to displacement, compliance with Redevelopment Law, compliance with San Leandro's 15 percent inclusionary housing requirement, flexibility in pooling or transferring inclusionary units within the Strategy Area, to name a few. The San Leandro Downtown Transit-Oriented Development Strategy Area is quite unique, with a downtown district served by both AC Transit and BART all located within the Yz mile Strategy Area. Emphasizing new residential development in this area will allow San Leandro to accomplish a variety of goals, including: 1) preserving the City's industrial base by encouraging residential developers to focus on the Strategy area, 2) improving public health by providing new residential development in a walkable downtown, close to transit and downtown amenities, 3) increased retail development (increased residential density will attract new retailers to downtown San Leandro), 4) improved traffic conditions by decreasing parking requirements and locating residences close to transit and downtown, 5) improved air quality with decreased traffic, 6) responsible growth with respect to Climate Control issues, and 7) meeting State RCD requirements for San Leandro's share of housing growth.