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-wr CITY OF SAN LEANDRO MEMORANDUM DATE: September 22, 2008 TO: Keitb Cooke, Principal Engineer Kyle Lei, Associate Engineer FROM: Elmer Penaranda, Senior Project Development Specialist SUBJECT: City Planner's Report on Parcel Map 9804 and Condominium Plan for 1855 Hays and 320 Castro Street; L. Faria (property owner); Al Pascual and Associates (civil engineer). INTRODUCTION Pursuant to Title VII, of Chapter 1 of the San Leandro Municipal Code, please accept this as the City Planner's Report on Parcel Map 9804 and Condominium Plans for 1855 Hays and 320 Castro Streets. BACKGROUND The corner property at Hays and Castro Streets was recently developed, last year, with atwo- story duplex. The development was entitled by the Board of Zoning Adjustments per a Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan Review in June 2005 (PLN2005-00027). A use permit was required due to the substandard width of the property and a site plan review (design review) was required due to the two-story design and being atwo-unit proposal. The northerly half of the duplex includes three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a bonus room on the second floor and a den on the ground floor. Its living area totals 2,377 square feet including 960 square feet on the ground floor and 1,417 square feet on the second floor. The southerly half of the duplex has three bedrooms, two and one-half bathrooms, and a game room on the second floor and a family room on the ground floor. Its living area totals 2,008 square feet including 718 square feet on the ground floor and 1,290 square feet on the second floor. Each unit has an attached two-car garage with a floor area of 508 square feet. On September 18, 2008 the applicant received approval from the Board of Zoning Adjustments for a conditional use permit (PLN2008-00027) to convert the duplex into a condominium for ownership or for sale as two individual units. DETAILS OF PROPOSAL Parcel Map 9804 is a single lot subdivision. As shown on the accompanying Condominium Plan the single lot will contain two units, which may be owned and/or sold individually. The Plan also shows the yard areas for each of the two units and the air space the buildings would occupy on top of the single lot.