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File Number: 11 -361 Policy 2.05: Alterations, Additions and Infill Ensure that alterations, additions and infill development are compatible with existing homes and maintain aesthetically pleasing neighborhoods. Policy 3.01: Mix of Unit Types Encourage a mix of residential development types in the City, including single - family homes on a variety of lot sizes, as well as townhomes, row houses, live -work units, planned unit developments and multi - family housing. Policy 3.04: Promotion of Infill Encourage infill development on vacant or underused sites within residential areas. Policy 13.04: Transit - Oriented Development Ensure that properties adjacent to City's BART stations and along heavily used public transit routes are developed in a way that maximizes the potential for transit use. Such development should be of particularly high quality, include open space and other amenities, and respect the scale and character of nearby neighborhoods. B. The proposed General Plan Land Use Map Amendment is in the public interest, will not be detrimental to public health, safety and welfare, and allows the General Plan (as so amended) to remain internally consistent. The Amendment therefore satisfies all findings required for General Map amendments, as provided in Section F of Chapter 1 of the General Plan. Section 3 Adoption of the General Plan Land Use Map Amendment The City Council does hereby approve the General Plan Land Use Map amendment to change the land use designations for the Project site from Office (OF) to High Density Residential (HDR), as further set forth in Exhibit A . Section 4 Findings for the Vesting Tentative Map As required under State law, the General Plan and the City Municipal Code, the City Council finds the following: A. The proposed subdivision map will be consistent with the General Plan Land Use Map (as amended), in that the tentative map provides for residential development in the form of attached residential development within a single -lot subdivision with common areas for all roadways, open space and site amenities (Recreation Building and Swimming Pool) in what has been designated in the General Plan (as amended) as High Density Residential. The General Plan designation allows for a residential project with density of up to 25 units per acre. This proposed layout of the residential development with a density of approximately 23 units per acre would be a compatible transitional use between the single - family uses to the north and the multi - family trailer homes to the east and south. The proposed plan carries out General Plan Policies 2.05, 3.01 and 3.04 which is to ensure infill development is compatible with existing residential development, to encourage a mix of residential development types in the City, including single - family homes on a variety of lot sizes, as well as townhomes, row houses, live -work units, planned unit developments and multi - family housing, and to encourage infill development on vacant or underused sites within residential areas, respectively. In addition, the proposal carries out General Plan Policy 13.04, which is to ensure that properties developed along public transit routes are developed in a way that maximizes the potential for transit use. City of San Leandro Page 3 Printed on 11/15/2011