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2015-2023 San Leandro Housing Element Proposed Addendum * November 19, 2014 Page 2 <br />HCD Comment: P 5-21, confirm that transitional and supportive housing are allowed in all zones and <br />4 <br />are subject to the same standards as other uses of the same type in the same zone. Text implies that <br />they are not defined and may be treated as group homes, which are not allowed in all zones. <br />City Response: Page 5-21 (tracked change version) top paragraph is edited as follows <br />The San Leandro Zoning Code does not include explicit reference to transitional housing or <br />housing with supportive services. However, such uses would be allowed under the definition <br />of group housing and residential congregate care and could also be defined such that social <br />services were considered a permitted "accessory use" within a multi -family residential <br />project. San Leandro also allows small group homes in all residential zones, providing a <br />housing resource for persons with special needs. It also has allowed "safe houses" for <br />homeless women and children within single family residential areas. <br />A 2011 amendment to the ZoningCode (2-518(B)) stipulated that residential congregate care <br />must be considered "a residential use of property" permitted "in all residential districts and all <br />other zoning districts in which residential uses are permitted." The explicit purpose of this <br />amendment was to remove any "special requirements" which applied to housing with on-site <br />supportive services. Residential congregate care is defined as "non-medical residential living <br />accommodations" where the duration of stay is determined "by the individual residents' <br />participation in group or individual activities such as counseling, recovery planning, medical, <br />or therapeutic assistance." Transitional and supportive housing would be covered by this <br />definition, and is thus permitted in all residential zones without additional requirements. <br />Action 58.08-C of this Housing Element calls for a zoning amendment to explicitly add <br />definitions of traditional and supportive housing to the zoning code, and clarify that theme <br />subject to the same requirements as other residential uses of the same type in the same zone. <br />HCD Comment: Table 5-4 is entitled "Major Fees" which suggests that other fees are required, but are <br />5 <br />not listed. Please clarify. <br />City Response: The title of the table is edited as follows: <br />Table 5-4: N4ajer-Applicable Fees Associated with New Housing.... <br />HCD Comment: Clarify that there is sufficient (existing and/or planned) water and sewer capacity to <br />6 <br />meet the RHNA during the planning period. <br />City Response: The "Conclusions " section on P 5-45 (tracked change version) is edited as follows: <br />Conclusions: Infrastructure capacity does not pose a constraint to housing development in San <br />Leandro, although California's chronic water supply shortage remains a matter of great <br />concern. EBMUD has sufficient existing and planned capacity to meet water and sewer <br />demands through 2023, and its projections are consistent with the forecasts in this Housing <br />Element. The City will provide EBMUD with a copy of this Housing Element upon its <br />adoption. In most cases, the utility lines themselves have been designed to accommodate <br />expected future levels of population and employment growth.... <br />2015-2023 San Leandro Housing Element Proposed Addendum * November 19, 2014 Page 2 <br />