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City of San Leandro Community Development Department Planning Services Division Staff Report DATE: December 13, 2007 TO: Planning Commission FROM: Elmer Penaranda, Planner II SUBJECT: Continued Matter PLN2006-00059; Use Permit for Condominium Conversion; Planned Development Modification; Vesting Tentative Map. The proposed use permit is for the conversion of the Woodside Apartments, 235 Haas Avenue, a 96- unit apartment complex, to condominium ownership. As part of the condominium conversion process the property owner is proposing to redesign the front parking lot to increase the current off-street parking supply, thereby reducing the front landscaped setback and requiring a modification to the planned development. Vesting Tentative Map Tract No. 7767 is proposed to create the subdivision for condominium ownership. Assessor's Parcel Number 76-437-7-1; K. Oesterreich, Davidon Investors (applicant and property owner); RM-1800 (PD) Residential Multiple-Family District, Planned Development Overlay District. (Continued from the November 8, 2007 Planning Commission Meeting.) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION This matter was continued from the November 8, 2007 Planning Commission meeting at the request of the applicant. The purpose was to allow additional time to thoroughly review the recommended conditions of approval with City staff. As a result the attached Recommended Conditions of Approval have been revised to include clarity and specificity, to the .agreement of staff and the applicant. The Planning Commission Staff Report, dated November 8, 2007 is attached with the same discussion and recommendation. The applicant proposes to convert the existing Woodside Apartments into condominiums for ownership as individual units. In 1985, the City Council approved a planned development for two four-story apartment buildings comprising 96-units at 235 Haas Avenue. The proposed condominium conversion is consistent with General Plan policies related to condominium development and affordable housing. The applicant would provide various site improvements including the increased parking supply with redesign, new landscaped enhancements along the Haas Avenue frontage, new laundry facilities, and interior improvements such as new appliances, fixtures, and paint. The project would provide 14 inclusionary units to satisfy the City's 15 percent affordable housing requirement. The use of the site as condominiums would promote property ownership in San Leandro and should remain as a compatible use to the surrounding development.