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Employee and Customer Parking and Circulation Plan: The driveway of a CFO may be used for off-street parking (required by Article 17) if it doesn’t obstruct a sidewalk or other public right - of-way (ROW). Planner Barros explained that this would essentially be a site plan that indicates locations of both employee and visitor onsite parking. Noise Control: The level of noise could be no more than 55 decibels (as measured along or beyond the property line). Traffic: CFOs could not create pedestrian or vehicular traffic detrimental to property in the vicinity or use delivery vans/trucks larger than 3/4 tons. Parking: A CFO cannot reduce or eliminate any required parking space, and off-street parking would be required for employees. This could be in a driveway, Planner Barros said, and would not require a covered spot. Vehicles: If used in conjunction with the CFO, no vehicles could be parked where they’re visible from a public street unless they’re standard passenger vehicles or trucks/vans smaller than 3/4 tons. Commissioner Leung asked what would happen if two families within 300 feet of each other both applied for business licenses for CFOs, had no conflicts and met all other requirements. Planner Barros said that would be specifically the type of situation some BZA Members wanted to address, noting that some BZA Members wanted more – rather than less – space between CFOs. She verified that the Administrative Exception process would be applied in that scenario. Commissioner Rennie asked what parts of San Leandro had lots too narrow to accommodate 32 feet of parking in front. Planner Barros said standard lots, particularly those built since the 1950s, are 50x100 feet wide. Most of the narrower lots are in the North Area, Estudillo Estates and the Broadmoor. She said that even some lots 40 feet wide might not have the 32 feet of parking space in front if they have 10-foot driveways. In response to a further question from Commissioner Rennie, she said 32 feet would accommodate two cars. Commissioner Rennie asked whether there’s concern that street parking would be scarce during the day in a residential neighborhood. Planner Barros explained that the rationale for the requirement is to avoid creating impacts on other neighbors. For instance, she said if a CFO does a good job of marketing a pie sale, maybe 10 customers could easily arrive in a short amount of time, and at least two spaces would be available for parking. Commissioner Rennie asked whether selling directly from the home is the typical model for a CFO. Planner Barros said there’s no typical model yet; the phenomenon is too new to have any data. In terms of the 300-foot spacing requirement, Commissioner Rennie asked about the potential CFO impact on a neighborhood in comparison to a Large Family Day Care operation, given that the law imposes a ceiling on a CFO’s annual revenue. Planner Barros said a Large Family Day Care can accommodate up to 14 children, yet it is not unlikely to have 14 children being delivered or picked up at about the same time. That was the reasoning behind requiring on-street parking and circulation plans for Large Family Day Care operations, she said, and the case with CFOs could be similar. She said certain CFOs could make such fabulous foods that people would be flocking to their homes. Some members of the BZA were concerned, she r eiterated, that closer spacing could have the effect of change neighborhoods that are zoned for residential use into mixed-use commercial areas. Commissioner Rennie requested clarification about the term “abutting” in the context of spacing requirements and notifications to abutting properties within 300 feet for Administrative Exceptions. He asked whether it meant a 300-foot radius that would even capture the block