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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - August 17, 1992 Page - 16 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) B. Matter of PD-92-04 GDP/PDP; Planned Unit Development, General and Precise Development Plans; to Construct Eight (8) Detached, Single- Family Homes with Access from a Common Driveway; 2271-2275 Marina Boulevard; Assessor's Parcel Number 79A-567-2 and 3; Cliff Berg, Owner; Frank Fernandez and Pellegrini Construction, Applicant and Developer; R-3 (Multiple Residential ) District. This being the time and place for the Public Hearing on the above matter, Elmer Penaranda, Associate Planner, said the matter before the City Council was a Combined General Development and Precise Development Plan which would allow the developer to begin work this year. He said the existing property consisted of 13,000 square feet and the Zoning Code would allow 21 units. He said the developer was proposing eight, single-family homes, one unit per 4,000 square feet. He showed the Site Plan and said the proposal consisted of two rows of four homes with a common, interior driveway. Each home would be two stories with 2,000 square feet. He said, at the Planning Commission Meeting, the question had been raised regarding what aspects of the project deviated from the Zoning Code. He said the size of the lots would be less than 5,000 square feet but noted the development conforms to the R-3 requirements as far as side-yard and rear-yard set backs . He said the front-yard set back in the R-3 zone is 20 feet, and the front-yard set back would encroach by 5 feet. He said the Planning Commission and staff felt the reduction from 21 to 8 units offset the deviations from the Zoning Code, and the Planning Commission recommended approval . Council Member Faria said he felt every residential project that came before the City Council lately requested lots under 5,000 square feet. He asked, if the Code requires it, why the City is not requiring it. He said he felt the City was not obtaining real , single-family-home lots. Mr. Penaranda said, under a Planned Unit Development process, aspects such as size of the lot are negotiable. He said in this case there are adequate set backs to provide for ventilation, availability of air, etc. Mr. Emslie said staff recognizes the reduction of density is a benefit. He said the overall matter of lots under 5,000 square feet was a policy issue the City Council might want to consider in the future. Council Member Kerr asked what percentage of the lot would be covered by building. Mr. Penaranda said it would be less than 50%. He said the lots vary from 15-16 feet deep to 12-1/2 feet deep. He said the side yards are 6 feet and the front yards are 20 feet to the back of the sidewalk. He said there would be at least a 400-square-foot unbuilt piece of yard in each parcel , and it would meet the open space requirements. The Hearing was then opened to the public.