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File Number: 16-335 <br />A twenty percent density bonus is proposed for average unit size less than 750 square feet in <br />the DA-1, DA-3, DA-4, and DA-6 zoning districts. (Note that the DA-5 district is proposed to be <br />eliminated, as discussed below.) This density bonus recognizes the trend towards smaller <br />living spaces and that smaller units decrease the size of the building shell and impact of the <br />project. For example, a building could either contain 35 standard size units of approximately <br />1,100 square feet or 51 smaller size units of 750 square feet or less. <br />Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in DA Districts <br />FAR changes are being proposed to the Maximum FAR’s which were established as part of <br />the TOD Strategy for clarification and consistency purposes. Proposed changes to floor area <br />ratio (FAR) regulations in the DA districts include removal of the “Maximum Office 2.0” and <br />“Maximum Retail 2.0” FARs in the DA-1 District and replacing them with a “Non-Residential <br />3.5 FAR.” The increase in FAR for non-residential uses will allow for office buildings to be <br />built with greater height in the core of the downtown. <br />In the DA-2 District, the “Commercial FAR” is proposed to be replaced with a “Non-Residential <br />1.0” FAR, as “Non-Residential” is a more appropriate term that will encompasses the range of <br />retail, office and other non-residential uses. <br />In the DA-6 District, the Maximum Base FAR is proposed to be changed from “No Maximum <br />FAR” to “Maximum FAR 4.0, with FAR 5.0 allowed adjacent to the BART Station.” Associated <br />sections of the code that reference a “Maximum FAR Bonus” and bonus density, such as the <br />development regulations in Section 2-686, are also proposed to be changed to reflect these <br />changes. <br />DA-1 Use Regulations <br />Changes to DA-1 Use Regulations include adding more geographic specificity to the location <br />where Mixed-Use Residential is allowed in the DA-1 District to “north of Parrott Street”. Also <br />proposed is to remove the wording “With residential on upper floors only” in the mixed-use <br />residential regulations in Section 2-636. This reflects changes proposed to the Special Study <br />areas in the Downtown TOD areas, as discussed later in this report. <br />DA-2 Use Regulations <br />Fast Food Establishments, Small-Scale is proposed to be added as allowed with a Conditional <br />Use Permit (CUP) rather than its current status of Administrative Review (AR) and Furniture <br />Sales as an AR where it is currently allowed outright. This change will allow for greater <br />discretion over these uses in the periphery of the downtown. In addition, Public Safety <br />Facilities are proposed to be allowed with a CUP, as such uses are allowed in other DA <br />districts. <br />DA-4 Use Regulations <br />Offices, Business and Professional are proposed to be added as permitted uses in the DA-4 <br />District rather than going through an Administrative Review (AR) process. This increases the <br />areas in which offices can be developed near the San Leandro BART station, to respond to <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/28/2016