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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST <br />City of San Leandro 1388 Bancroft Avenue Project <br />November 2018 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />3.0-53 <br />Avenue frontage. To facilitate these requests, the applicant proposes a rezoning to a Planned Development (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 <br />greater flexibility than otherwise allowed under the Zoning Code in return for a coordinated <br />development that, as noted in the Zoning Code, “provides superior urban design in comparison with the development under the base district zoning regulations” (San Leandro 2018). Planned Developments must be accompanied by a Planned Development Project <br />Plan. The Planning Commission may only recommend approval of a rezoning for a Planned <br />Development that is consistent with the adopted General Plan Land Use Element and is compatible with surrounding development, per Zoning Code Section 3-1008. Therefore, the <br />City review process would ensure that the project would not conflict with a policy adopted <br />for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect. <br />While the proposed project requires a rezoning, this action would facilitate an appropriate residential development in a transit priority area, in accordance with numerous General <br />Plan goals and policies. The impact would be considered less than significant. <br />c) No Impact. The project site is not in an area that is covered by a habitat conservation plan <br />or natural community conservation plan. There would be no impact.