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Housing Constraints Draft Housing Element 3-9 percentage of land designated for industrial use in San Leandro is similar to other cities in the eastern Bay Area. Zoning Regulations The City’s Zoning Code is the mechanism by which the vision, goals, and policies of the General Plan are implemented. The Zoning Code regulates the type, location, density, and scale of residential development through height limits, setbacks, Floor Area Ratio (FAR), parking requirements, and other standards. Table 3.2 summarizes the City’s residential land use categories and corresponding zoning district. The table also includes conditionally compatible zoning districts, which are zones that would be acceptable in the corresponding land use category if the types of development are consistent with General Plan goals and policies. San Leandro has eight residential base zoning districts: Residential-Outer (RO), Residential-Single- Family (RS), Residential-Duplex (RD), and Residential-Multi-Family (RM). The RM subdistricts permit multi-family densities ranging from 14.5 to 50 du/acre. The City recently established the RM-875 zoning district, a RM subdistrict, which permits up to 50 du/acre, consistent with the City’s High Density Residential land use category. Multi-family and mixed-use development is also permitted or conditionally permitted in several commercial/mixed-use zoning districts including the Bay fair TOD (B-TOD), Commercial Community (CC), Commercial Neighborhood (CN), Downtown Area 1 (DA-1), Downtown Area 2 (DA-2), Downtown Area 3 (DA-3), Downtown Area 4 (DA-4), Downtown Area 6 (DA-6), North Area 1 (NA-1), North Area 2 (NA-2), Professional Office (P), South Area-1 (SA-1), South Area-2 (SA-2), and South Area-3 (SA-3) Districts. Maximum densities in these zones range from 24 du/acre to 100 du/acre. The B-TOD and DA-6 Districts do not have a maximum density. The City plans to increase densities in several districts concurrently with the Housing Element adoption, as discussed in greater detail in Chapter 4, Housing Resources, and Chapter 6, Housing Plan. Specific Plans and Strategy Plans In addition to the General Plan land use categories and zoning districts, the City implements specific plans and strategy plans to guide the development of certain areas within the city. The North Area Specific Plan and Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan are discussed in greater detail below. Although not a specific plan, the East 14th South Area Strategy is also discussed as it relates to a Priority Development Area (PDA). The purpose of a specific plan or strategy plan is to implement the goals and policies of the General Plan Land Use Element in a focused manner for a particular geographic area, and sets forth policies, land use regulations, development and design standards and implementation programs for these areas. San Leandro adopted the North Area Specific Plan in 1991 and the Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan in 2018. North Area Specific Plan The North Area Specific Plan includes a revitalization plan to attract new commercial business and investment in the northern area of San Leandro. This plan covers a 12-block long corridor bordered by the City of Oakland to the north, I-580 to the east, Estudillo Avenue to the south, and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) right of way to the west.