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ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW DRAFT Vacant Residentially -Zoned Land There are 28.9 acres of vacant, uncommitted, residentially -zoned land in the City, with the capacity for 245 housing units. This total includes 40 sites, ranging from 0.11 to 3.7 acres. Table 4-2 provides a summary of the characteristics of these sites. A complete list is included in Appendix A. The list includes 14 high density sites, 3 medium density sites, and 23 low density sites (11 of which are vacant infill lots with the potential for one house each). These sites have the potential for 143 multi -family units, 19 duplex units, and 83 single family homes. Two of the sites (one single family and one multi -family), with a combined potential of 41 units, are located within the Joint City -County Redevelopment Area. The others are outside Redevelopment Area boundaries. All of the sites in this category could conceivably be developed within the next three years. They are well -served by roads and infrastructure. The multi -family sites are all flat and unconstrained. All but four of the single family sites are flat and unconstrained.5 Vacant Commercially Zoned Land Where Housing is Conditionally Permitted The San Leandro General Plan designates several older commercial districts as opportunity areas for new housing. These areas are designated as "Mixed Use" on the General Plan Land Use Map and include the East 14'h Street Corridor, Washington Avenue between Downtown and San Leandro Boulevard, and parts of MacArthur Boulevard. Most of these areas are zoned Community Commercial (CC). Multi -family housing is a conditionally permitted use in this zone. The inventory identified 21 housing opportunity sites in this category (see Table 4-2). The sites total 13.6 acres and have an estimated potential of 329 units. Nineteen of the sites are located within redevelopment project areas. Fourteen of the sites are located on East 140' Street, three are located on MacArthur Boulevard, two are located on Washington Avenue, and two are in the Downtown area. Several of the sites are being advertised for sale at this time. The 21 sites have excellent short-term potential for affordable housing. All of the sites are flat, have street frontage, and are served by utilities. The only real constraint is the competing demand to use these sites for commercial activities. Incentives to make residential development a more attractive option are now being considered on the East 10 corridor as part of a draft development strategy to be completed in late 2002. These incentives might include zoning changes which make housing a permitted use, rather than a conditional use. Some of the 21 sites have been proposed for residential development before. These include the Evergreen Nursery at 1057 MacArthur Boulevard. The most recent proposal —for 11 housing units with retail frontage along MacArthur —was withdrawn in late 2001. Future submittals for this site are likely. 5 The four potentially constrained sites are on steep slopes in the Bay-0- Vista neighborhood. One of these is adjacent to the site of a 1998 landslide. The capacity of these sites is only 5 units total, and all would be above moderate income housing if developed. HOUSING ELEMENT 4-5 SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN ��