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City of San Leandro Community Development Department Planning Services Division Staff Report DATE: March 6, 2008 TO: Board of Zoning Adjustments FROM: Elmer Penaranda, Planner II SUBJECT: Matter of PLN2008-00003; Site Plan Review and Conditional Use Permit; to construct a 1,525 square-foot addition to the rear of the 896 square-foot existing single-family home at 78 Williams Street to create a duplex. The proposed two- family home would include two covered parking spaces and two surface parking spaces. Site Plan Review is required as this proposal creates a new second-story living unit. The conditional use permit is required as the lot is 40 feet wide where 50 feet is the minimum lot width in the DA-3 Downtown Area District and as two-family residences are also conditionally permitted in the DA District. Assessor's Parcel Number 77-549-11; D. and S. Christian (applicant and property owner); DA-3 Downtown Area 3 District. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION The property owner proposes to develop the subject property with an additional dwelling unit thereby creating a duplex. The property is located on the north side of Williams Street, west of East 14th Street and east of Washington Avenue. The parcel is developed with asingle-story single-family home. The home comprises approximately 896 square feet and includes two bedrooms and one bathroom. Due to the substandard width of the subject property (40 feet, where 50 feet is standard), a conditional use permit is required to develop the lot with an additional unit creating a duplex on the property. Furthermore, the two-story addition and the additional dwelling unit are subject to site plan review (design review). Staff recommends that the Board of Zoning Adjustments make the attached Findings of Fact and approve PLN2008-00003 subject to the Recommended Conditions of Approval. APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING STATEMENT See attached. SURROUNDING AREA AND BACKGROUND The subject property encompasses 5,200 square feet (40 feet x 130 feet) in area. There are many parcels in the area that are between 30 to 40 feet wide and approximately 130 feet deep. Most of these lots are developed with single-family homes and a few are developed with duplexes. Some however, are developed with apartment buildings due to the former RM Residential Multi- Family Zoning designation. The surrounding area is now zoned DA-3 Downtown Area District. The property immediately behind (north) is a four-story 29-unit apartment complex built in 1969.