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2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br />City of San Leandro 1388 Bancroft Avenue Project <br />November 2018 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />2.0-21 <br />Zoning <br />The site is zoned Professional Office District. This zoning allows multi-family residential uses at up to 24 dwelling units per acre and comparable regulations of RM-1800 multi-family residential district <br />(Zoning Code Section 2-696A). Buildings of up to 50 feet in height are allowed when approved <br />with a Conditional Use Permit1 (Zoning Code Section 2-536). <br />In a Planned Development (PD) application, the proposed density may exceed the maximum density currently permitted and would require rezoning. The project applicant is also requesting a <br />reduction in required parking and reduction in setback along the Estudillo Avenue frontage. To <br />facilitate these requests, the applicant proposes a rezoning for a PD overlay. A PD project is a form of Conditional Use Permit that is combined with aspects of Site Plan Review. Use of the PD process would offer the developer greater flexibility than otherwise allowed under the Zoning Code in <br />return for a coordinated development that, as noted in the Zoning Code, “provides superior urban <br />design in comparison with the development under the base district zoning regulations.” Planned Developments must be accompanied by a Planned Development Project Plan. The San Leandro <br />Planning Commission may only recommend approval of a rezoning for a Planned Development <br />that is consistent with the adopted General Plan Land Use Element and is compatible with <br />surrounding development, per Zoning Code Section 3-1008. <br />2.4 PROJECT APPROVALS <br />As the lead agency, the City of San Leandro has the ultimate authority for project approval or <br />denial. The project would require the following discretionary City approvals: <br />• Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) <br />• Rezoning to Planned Development (PD) and Planned Development Project Plan <br />• Demolition Permit <br />• Grading Permit <br />• Building Permit <br />• Occupancy Permit <br /> <br /> <br />1 A proposal to amend Article 6 of the San Leandro Zoning Code and reduce the building height limit in the Professional Office (P) Zoning District from 50 to 30 feet was not in effect at the time of <br />this project's submittal.