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City Of San Leandro Community Development Department Planning and Housing Services Staff Report DATE: January 10, 2002 TO: Planning Commission FROM: Hanson Hom, Development Services Director BY: Elizabeth Greene, Planner H SUBJECT: PLN2001-00046; rezone from P Professional Office District to PHD Professional High Density Office District to allow future consideration of a mixed -use development and condominium on the property on 555 Estudillo Avenue; Assessor's Parcel Numbers 77- 525-13; N. R. Wais (Applicant and Property Owner); P Professional Office District. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION Mr. Wais, the applicant, is requesting to change the zoning of this property from P Professional Office District to PHD Professional High Density Office District. This change would allow him to pursue future development of the site with a mixed -use development, a use which is prohibited in the P District but conditionally permitted in the PHD District. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission forward the item to the City Council with a recommendation for approval. APPPLICANT'S SUPPORTING STATEMENT See attached. RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDING AREA The subject property is a vacant parcel located on Estudillo Avenue, midblock between Bancroft Avenue and Santa Maria Street. The properties on either side are zoned P; the adjacent property to the west is developed with an office building occupied by the Lighthouse Independent Study Center, a section of the San Leandro Unified School District. The property on the east is also zoned P and is developed with a single-family home. The property immediately across the street is zoned RM-1800 and is developed with an apartment building; to the east of the apartment building the zoning changes to P; it consists of single-family dwellings converted to office uses. The area south of the subject property is zoned RS Residential Single -Family and is developed accordingly.