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File Number: 15-534 <br />Staff proposes to add a new section under “All Districts” in Article 16 (Section 4-1656) to <br />address development regulations for supportive and transitional housing in compliance with <br />State law. This Code amendment would remove any special requirement which applies to <br />supportive and transitional housing and would specify that they are subject to the same <br />requirements as other residential uses of the same type in the same zone in order to be <br />consistent with the City’s 2015 - 2023 Housing Element Update of the General Plan and State <br />law. Senate Bill (SB) 745 changed the entitlement process that local jurisdictions can apply to <br />housing types such as supportive and transitional housing to ensure that they are treated the <br />same as other residential housing types. <br />Proposed Amendments to Article 17, Parking <br />In Section 4-1702.K of Article 17, staff has eliminated reference to “Davis, Carpentier and <br />Thornton Streets” in the TOD Strategy Parking Requirements, since the term “adjacent” has <br />now been clarified to mean “within ¼ mile” of the BART Station to allow for a broader <br />interpretation. Staff proposes to add parking standards to Section 4-1704 for “Supportive <br />Housing” and “Transitional Housing” to comply with State law. Additionally, staff is clarifying <br />the term “adjacent” in the DA Districts to mean “within ¼ mile,” due to the need for more <br />specific criteria for proposed development projects. Parking standards for the SA and DA <br />Districts have been grouped together in the parking table for ease of interpretation. <br />Guest parking ratios have been added into the existing parking ratios for Residential, Mixed <br />Use and Multi-Family use classifications for ease in interpretation. In addition, the Planning <br />Commission at its August 20th meeting considered a staff clarification regarding proposed <br />changes to guest parking regulations for 3 units or less because staff determined that they <br />were inconsistent with existing guest parking requirements. Consequently, staff noted the <br />proposed changes were not needed and would be deleted. <br />The parking ratio for “Vehicle / Equipment Repair” has been changed to “1 space per 400 <br />square feet” to be consistent with similar, automotive uses in the Industrial areas. Wording <br />has also been added to Section 4-1708 to encourage shared parking in mixed-use districts. <br />With these proposed changes, it is believed that Action 59.02 in the 2015 - 2023 Housing <br />Element Update of the General Plan will be implemented. <br />Proposed General Text Updates <br />Part of the proposed amendments will include several, minor text clean-up items that staff <br />identified, as shown below. <br />1.Article 3, Definitions: “Warehousing - Storage Facilities” and “Warehousing - <br />Wholesale / Retail Distribution Facilities” are proposed to be changed to <br />“Warehousinge - Storage Facilities” and “Warehous inge - Wholesale / Retail <br />Distribution Facilities” for language consistency. <br />2.Article 6, Commercial and Professional Districts, Section 612 B.2: A remnant land use <br />classification exists called “Warehouse - Storage and Shipping Facilities” which will be <br />amended to “Warehouse - Storage Facilities” for consistency throughout the Code. <br />3. Article 6, Commercial and Professional Districts, Section 2-686 staff will remove <br />duplicate wording for the Maximum Retail FAR, as shown on Page 53. <br />Minor corrections, such as typos have also been included as part of this effort. <br />Page 6 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/15/2015