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City of San Leandro Community Development Department Planning and Housing Division FINDINGS OF FACT FOR APPROVAL OF PLN2001-00046 555 Estudillo Avenue; Assessor's Parcel Number 77-225-13 N. R. Wais (Applicant and Property Owner) 1. The proposed rezone must be in general agreement with the adopted General Plan of the City. The General Plan designates the subject property as a "Trend Change" area (1989 General Plan Map). The General Plan explains that trend change areas are "areas in which land use patterns are changing and the economic and social factors at work are not always clear and predictable." The 1989 General Plan specifically calls out "Areas near the Downtown Core", where changes from low -density to high -density residential are evident, as well as shifts from residential to office and other commercial uses. Zoning changes in this area, according to the Plan, must be carefully evaluated in terms of street capacity and circulation issues. The uses permitted by the P District and the PHD District are virtually identical; the main difference between the two districts are in those uses which are conditionally permitted. Therefore, any use which is not already permitted by the P District will be subject to the City's discretionary review process, which will ensure that the new development will be compatible with the existing area. 2. The uses permitted by the proposed zoning district must be compatible -,ith existing and proposed uses in the general neighborhood. The uses permitted by the PHD District are the same uses permitted in the P District, except that retail uses in the PHD District are limited to beauty and barber shops, and shoeshine and shoe repair businesses. The PHD District will allow for a variety of housing uses to be conditionally considered, whereas the P District prohibits them. Given the location of this parcel, with single-family homes abutting it on two sides, a residential use could be more compatible with the surrounding land uses than a commercial use. 3. The property subject to the rezone will be served by streets, utilities and other public facilities of sufficient capacity to properly serve it without overloading and without detriment to other areas presently zoned in contemplation of full use and availability of such facilities. This 7,000 square -foot parcel is the only vacant parcel on the block; it is surrounded by lots which have been developed for decades with residential and commercial structures. The subject property is served by streets, utilities and other public facilities of sufficient capacity to properly serve it without detriment to the surrounding area. G:\DS\BETH\REPORTS\Zoningchange\PLN2001-00046.FINDINGS 81