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multi-level parking structure. The project provides in -fill housing on property that is within walking distance to downtown retail services, AC Transit and BART transit stops, and nearby office building including the SLTC buildings. The development expresses strong and attractive contemporary architecture, with bold forms and durable, high quality materials that, together with the rest of the San Leandro Tech Campus (SLTC), achieves the vision in the TOD Strategy for downtown San Leandro as a desirable place to live and work. The proposed project also provides needed new housing supply in the City and helps the City to meet its State Regional Housing Needs Allocation Housing goals, particularly under its Housing Element. The north will be developed with the SLTC and the south is existing industrial uses. These existing conditions have no adjacent development or persons residing adjacent to the site that would be affected by the multi -story development and related site improvements. 3. That the proposed use will comply with the provisions of this code; including any specific condition required for the proposed use, in the district, in which it would be located. The Planned Development provides a mechanism for reviewing and considering that the development project is designed to be compatible with the application of careful and imaginative architectural treatment. The review allows the City to ensure orderly and thorough planning that will result in high—quality urban design. The appropriate conditions of approval will ensure the proposed use will comply with the code. 4. That the proposed use will not create adverse impacts on traffic or create demands exceeding the capacity of public services and facilities, which cannot be mitigated. Adequate on-site parking will be provided for the mixed-use residential building containing 13,000 square feet of speculative office space and 197 apartment units. In the DA District, the commercial office parking requirement is two spaces per 1,000 square feet (26 spaces required) and multi -family residential adjacent to BART is one space per unit (197 spaces required). The total required is 223 spaces. The proposed project would have 229 spaces to satisfy the requirement. This includes 81 parking spaces in the ground floor parking garage in the mixed- use building and 144 spaces in the adjacent Phase II garage parking structure on Parrott Street, accessible both from grade and from the pedestrian bridge on Level 2 linking the two structures. There would be 26 spaces available on the ground floor and 118 spaces in the Phase II parking structure Levels 3 and 4. The Traffic Study (Study) prepared by Kimley Horn, dated February 23, 2017, identified several significant impacts and recommended corresponding mitigation measures. First, the Study identified an impact at the intersection of Thornton Street and San Leandro Boulevard. A recommended condition of approval is that the Developer construct a traffic signal at the intersection of Thornton Street and San Leandro Boulevard, as recommended in the Study. The new signal must be interconnected with the nearby signals along San Leandro Boulevard. In addition, the Study identified an impact at the intersection of Parrott Street and San Leandro Boulevard. A recommended condition of approval is that the Developer re -stripe eastbound Parrott Street to have an eastbound left turn lane and a shared eastbound through and right turn lane, as recommended in the traffic study. This will require the roadway be widened to accommodate the third traffic lane for fire equipment to make the southbound right tum movement from San Leandro Boulevard, and will require modifications to the existing traffic signal. Moreover, the recommended condition requires the Developer to re -stripe westbound Recommended Findings of Fact July 17, 2017 PLN16-0067 Page 5 of 8