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File Number: 12-613 <br />2.An Ordinance to rezone the property from RO Residential Outer District to RO(PD) <br />Residential Outer, Planned Development Overlay District. <br />3.The Planned Development for 16 residential units which keeps four existing <br />single-family homes and construction of six new two-story duplexes subject to the <br />recommended findings and revised recommended conditions of approval. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The subject property, comprising four parcels totaling 56,000 square feet (see Vicinity Map), <br />would be combined into one parcel containing a total of 10 residential buildings that includes <br />four existing single-family residences and six new duplexes (16 units total). The existing <br />single-story, single-family homes are in good condition and would remain at their existing <br />locations (see attached Site Plan). A centrally located driveway via Aurora Drive would serve <br />as access to the residential units that flank it, except for SF1 which is already served by <br />another curb-cut on Aurora Drive . The central driveway would access the attached garages to <br />the residences, and the uncovered driveway spaces in front of the garages and the <br />guest/visitor spaces. <br />The proposal has 44 off-street parking spaces that include 16 garage spaces, 16 <br />apron/driveway spaces in tandem along the central driveway, 10 guest/visitor spaces, one <br />carport space and one space in tandem in the Aurora Drive driveway . <br />The six proposed duplexes are two-story. Each unit has a living area of 1,280 square feet <br />(see attached Floor Plans). The ground floor comprising 690 square feet would include a <br />living room, dining room, kitchen, one-half bathroom, and a stacked washer and dryer closet. <br />The second floor would comprise 590 square feet and include three bedrooms and two <br />bathrooms. Not included in the living area is the attached one-car garage having a floor area <br />of 246 square feet. The proposed plans include additional storage space as recommended by <br />the Planning Commission. Such space will be provided overhead in the duplex’s garage <br />spaces. <br />The existing homes are post-war construction that has stucco exterior walls and composition <br />shingle roofs. The proposed duplex elevations are designed similarly with stucco walls, <br />trimmed windows and low-pitched roofs with composition shingle. In addition, the proposed <br />elevations include covered front porches, Craftsman-style front doors, decorative lamps/light <br />fixtures, bracketed and trimmed gables, and exposed rafter tails. The garages are appointed <br />with decorative sectional roll-ups and a trellis element above. The front elevations of the <br />duplexes facing the central driveway have the second floors tiered back to lessen the bulk and <br />mass of the elevations. <br />In September 2012, the Planning Commission conducted a work session to review the initial <br />proposal. The Planning Commission made recommendations related to enhancing the <br />exterior design by adding windows to the new building’s end elevations and varying the <br />exterior paint colors of each building from one another. It also recommended providing <br />additional storage space within the new units. These recommendations were implemented in <br />the present design. <br />At the December 20, 2012 Planning Commission public hearing, the proposed plans were <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 1/30/2013