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Housing Constraints Draft Housing Element 3-21 As noted, the Multi-Family Development Standards project revised design and development standards for commercial districts and mixed use projects to replace subjective standards with objective standards. The following strategies were employed to remove obstacles for multi-family development within commercial and mixed use districts:  Aligned General Plan Land Use categories with zoning districts for consistency  Removed subjective design standards  Established objective development standards for greater predictability and ease of use  Consolidated and standardized review procedures The Multi-Family Development Standards project modified the front setback requirements in the DA districts to remove subjective standards and provide objective standards. These standards reference the street sections of the applicable street type while ensuring adequate building setbacks to accommodate the planned street, sidewalk, and public amenity improvements. Development or redevelopment in commercial and mixed use zones could potentially be developed with 100 percent commercial uses and no housing. As shown in Table 3.4, there is no minimum residential density for most districts, except for larger parcels in the DA districts and the SA district. An analysis of development trends in mixed use zones from 2011 to 2021 shows an increase in the number of entitled projects that contain residential uses as opposed to projects with 100 percent non- residential uses in the past 3 years, as depicted in Figure 3.1. Since 2011, 14 out of 18 projects in mixed use zones had a residential component, or 78 percent. Since 2017, that rate has risen to 82 percent. Figure 3.1 Mixed Use Trends Note: “Non-residential” projects contain 100 percent non-residential uses, while “Residential” projects contain a residential component. Source: City of San Leandro, 2022