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RD Residential Duplex District. To provide opportunities for two-family housing at appropriate locations. RM Residential Multi-Family District. To provide opportunities for multiple residential uses, including town houses, condominiums, multi-dwelling structures, or cluster housing with landscaped open space for residents’ use, and apartments. Single-family and duplex dwellings are permitted uses in these districts. Four (4) types of multi-family districts are established:  RM-3000 District, where the density is 14.5 dwellings per gross acre.  RM-2500 District, where the density is 17.5 dwellings per gross acre.  RM-2000 District, where the density is 22 dwellings per gross acre.  RM-1800 District, where the density is 24 dwellings per gross acre. The third map consist's of the proposed zoning code changes to the upper Estudillo area that you will be reviewing at a work session in July. The final document is a chart showing the proposed changes to the Downtown Area (DA) Zoning Districts proposed by staff. Here is my letter: We need to have a community conversation on the degree of development that should be permitted outside of San Leandro’s downtown. Specifically, should buildings appropriate for our downtown be built next to residential neighborhoods? For context, in 2007, after a multi-year process with extensive public input, the City Council adopted a Transit Oriented Development (“TOD”) Plan to "guide new development in downtown San Leandro for the next 20 to 30 years." The plan’s objective is to channel the majority of new residential growth to downtown San Leandro, within walking distance of BART, thereby lessening residents’ dependence on cars. The TOD Plan created a buffer of lower density professional, commercial and multi-unit housing between downtown San Leandro and the residential neighborhoods on the northeast side of the city. The buffer is reflected in the City's current zoning code.