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File Number: 22-492 between January 1, 2019 and June 30, 2022. This extension will apply to all single-family, multi-family, and mixed-use residential projects approved during this time frame. The extension will be in addition to other discretionary extensions currently available under other sections of the Zoning Code. The proposed amendments are consistent with the City’s General Plan and Housing Element including various goals and policies focused on increasing the supply of residential units within San Leandro, including both market-rate and affordable units. DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL A copy of the proposed Zoning Code amendment has been attached to this report. GENERAL PLAN CONFORMANCE The proposed Zoning Code amendments are consistent with the General Plan and further the following General Plan goals and policies: GOAL LU-3: Provide housing opportunities and improve economic access to housing for all segments of the community. Policy LU-3.4: Promotion of Infill. Encourage infill development on vacant or underused sites within residential and commercial areas. Policy LU-3.10: Market-Rate Housing. Encourage the provision of a significant amount of market-rate ownership and rental housing as part of an effort to maintain and diversify the City’s economic base. GOAL LU-6: Foster the development of Downtown San Leandro as a vibrant pedestrian-oriented destination that is the civic and social heart of the City. Policy LU-6.6: Downtown Housing Diversity. Encourage a mix of market-rate and affordable housing in the Downtown area, including ownership and rental housing at a variety of price points. Recognize the opportunity to make future Downtown housing more affordable by reducing accompanying transportation costs and making it more feasible to use transit, bicycles, car-sharing, and other innovative modes of transportation as these become viable. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The proposed amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) based on the rule set forth in CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. As an extension of zoning permits for previously approved projects, each of which has already individually been subject to any applicable environmental review, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the Ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment. PUBLIC OUTREACH Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 8/31/2022