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File #:17-730,Version:1 to a maximum of 35 percent. To facilitate the development of affordable housing and implementation of the City’s Housing Element, Article 31 of the San Leandro Zoning Code and California Government Code Section 65915 provides a residential density bonus for housing for very low, low, and moderate income households. Parrott Street Apartments will be restricted to low and very low income households, which is defined in Article 31 as households whose income do not exceed 50% or 80% of the area median income. The proposed plan conforms to the DA-4 Downtown Area District requirements. The 2 to 5 foot varying front setbacks from the 12 foot San Leandro Boulevard sidewalk complies with the Urban Boulevard standard in the San Leandro TOD Strategy (page 112) where the residential building should have entrances and primary façades facing the boulevard; the setback area should be planted; and the setbacks contain porches, stoops and steps. The Parrott Street side street setback is 10 feet where zero setbacks are permitted (Z.C. Section 2-680). The side and rear yard setbacks are at one foot where zero setbacks are also permitted. The highest levels of the building’s roof lines would be the parapets ranging 58.5 to 60 feet. The proposed height is below or at the 60 feet maximum permitted in the DA-4 District (Z.C. Section 2- 682). The proposed 62 units on 20,021 square feet equal a density of 135 units per acre. The 62 units an acre complies with the 100 units per acre plus the 35 units per acre density bonus - 135 units maximum (Z.C. Section 6 ‐ 3104 A. and California Government Code Section 65915 for housing for very low, low, and moderate income households). In the DA-4 district, 100 percent site coverage is permitted and there is no maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for residential projects (Z.C. Sections 2-684 and 2-686). The proposal is approximately at 88 percent site coverage with about 2.8 FAR. Parking Requirement A reduced 0.5 parking spaces per unit is permitted for this development under the state’s affordable housing density bonus law (California Government Code Section 65915), which lowers the parking requirements for affordable housing developments located near transit stations. This reduced parking provision was established under AB 744 passed by the California State Legislature in 2015. State law recognizes that residents of affordable housing in transit ‐ rich areas are less likely to own cars and the provision helps incentivize affordable housing development through reduced parking requirements. The parking requirement for market-rate multi-family housing within 0.25 miles from BART in the DA- 4 zoning is 1.0 space per unit (Z.C. Section 4-1704). The Applicant’s Statement explains that, at other similar Eden Housing developments, the demand for parking is less than 1.0 space per unit, and has been found to be even lower in areas accessible to high quality public transit. Using comparable examples and after accounting for factors such as distance to transit, quality of transit, proximity to neighborhood services and amenities, and typical household size based on unit size, the applicant believes that 31 parking spaces at this project will meet the needs of its residents. In addition, Eden will be applying for financing from the state’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, which if awarded, will provide all households with free transit passes. The project will also provide 21 secured bicycle parking spaces. City of San Leandro Printed on 3/8/2018Page 5 of 10 powered by Legistar™30