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File Number: 11 -345 land use designations in the General Plan and the Project site will have sufficient capacity for public services required for the increase in density. In addition, the proposed amendments are consistent with the following policies of the General Plan: 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 rezone is internally consistent with the City's Zoning Ordinance since the rezone meets the requirements and standards of the Zoning Ordinance and the procedural requirements of Article 27 ( "Amendments ") c. The proposed rezone furthers and is reasonably related to the public health, safety, and welfare in that the Project will provide 66 additional housing units to the City's existing housing stock. Section 2 Adoption of the Zoning Map Amendment Based on the entirety of the record, as described above, the Property described as 2450 Washington Avenue, Assessor's Parcel Numbers 77D- 1410 -25 and 77- 556 -104 is hereby reclassified from its current designation on the Zoning Map of Professional with an Assembly Use overlay "P (AU)" to Residential Multi - Family with a Planned Development overlay "RM- 1800(PD)" and the City of San Leandro Official Zoning Map is hereby amended as shown on Exhibit A , attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, and filed in the office of the City Clerk on November 21, 2011. Section 3 Findings for the Development Agreement On the basis of the foregoing Recitals which are incorporated herein, the City of San Leandro General Plan, the Mitigated Negative Declaration, the Agenda Statement, and on the basis of the specific conclusions set forth below, the City Council finds and determines that: a. The Development Agreement is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses and programs specified and contained in the City's General Plan (as proposed for amendment) land use designation for the site as High Density Residential, the Project is also consistent with the fiscal policies of the General Plan with respect to the provision of City of San Leandro Page 3 Printed on 11/29/2011