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File Number: 12-613 <br />impassable by placing the posts in the middle of the driveway. In addition, TF6 would <br />have an eight foot setback from the northerly side property line. <br />3.The new additional dwellings will have a minimum 10 foot separation from one another <br />instead of 20 feet that is required in the RO District (see Site Plan, Dimensioned Plan <br />Sheet A.2). Furthermore, additional dwelling TF 6 will have an eight foot setback from <br />the side property line where the minimum setback from the side property line is 10 feet <br />for an additional dwelling. <br />4.Buildings TF5 and TF6 would have a 13 foot setback from the rear property line where <br />25 feet is the minimum requirement from the rear property line in the RO District. This <br />exception to the setback is comparable to the setback of the 14-unit planned <br />development adjacent to the north. <br />5.All the buildings comply with the 30 foot maximum height requirement since the existing <br />homes are one-story and the proposed duplexes are 20 feet tall. However, there is an <br />additional height requirement in the RO District where the maximum height of the <br />building is 15 feet for the portions that are within 20 feet from the rear property line. <br />Thus, an exception is necessary for TF 5 and TF6, which exceeds 15 feet in height and <br />encroaches seven feet into the 20 foot setback. <br />6.In the RO District there is a daylight plane requirement not to encroach outside a <br />horizontal line 19 feet, 6 inches above the grade of each side setback line and slope <br />inwards at a 45 degree angle. TF6 is proposed to have an eight foot setback, thus this <br />one building would encroach two feet outside the building envelope. <br />7.The RO District requires the following for off -street parking spaces: a) Single-family <br />Dwellings: two covered spaces per unit; and b) Two-family Dwellings: 2 spaces, <br />including 1 covered space, per unit. The total required for this project is 32 spaces <br />including 20 covered spaces and 12 uncovered spaces; however required parking is <br />typically provided as independently accessible spaces and not in a tandem <br />arrangement. The proposal includes 44 spaces: 17 covered spaces, 17 uncovered <br />spaces in tandem to the covered spaces, and 10 guest/visitor spaces. <br />Although the proposed plan includes the seven previous listed exceptions to the RO District <br />requirements it appears to be a comprehensive and a reasonable development proposal. <br />Environmental Review <br />This project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per <br />CEQA Guideline Article 19, Categorical Exemption, Section 15332 In-fill Development <br />projects. Section 15332 provides that if a project is consistent with the general plan and the <br />zoning code, is located on a site with no more than five acres, and has no value for <br />endangered or rare or threatened species, and if approval of the project would not result in <br />any significant effects relating to traffic , noise, air or water quality, and if all required utilities <br />and public services can adequately serve the site, the residential project is categorically <br />exempt from CEQA. Furthermore, the rezoning is exempt from CEQA, per CEQA Guideline, <br />Section 15061(b)(3), where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the <br />rezoning in question may have a significant effect on the environment . <br />Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 1/30/2013