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5 General Plan Community Services and Facilities Element. However, its resolution entirely failed to analyze compatibility with any of the other goals and polices in the Housing Element and Land Use Element impacted by the proposed macro tower. Both the proposed site and Mr. Russo’s property are zoned Transit-oriented mixed use, which constitute only 1.9% of the City’s land area.5 These scarce locations present particularly valuable opportunities for infill development. Relevant General Plan provisions include: • Transit-Oriented Mixed Use: “The purpose of this designation is to provide for a mix of high-intensity land uses that capitalize on proximity to the San Leandro BART station. This designation maximizes the potential for transit-oriented infill development and achieves compatible transitions to adjacent residential districts through design standards and zoning.”6 • Land Use Policy LU-3.4 Promotion of Infill. Encourage infill development on vacant or underused sites within residential and commercial areas. • LU-6.9A Taller buildings are encouraged in the area west of the station. • Housing Element Policy P.1.2 Provide and Maintain Adequate Sites to Accommodate the RHNA. The City shall maintain appropriate land use designations and densities to accommodate an increased supply of housing units by type, cost, and size to meet its share of the regional housing need in alignment with citywide housing priorities. • Policy P.1.4 Facilitate Infill Development. The City shall utilize infill development strategies to support neighborhoods and living environments that are served by public transit and services and are conducive to public health and wellness. In order to issue a conditional use permit, the City must be able to make both of these findings:7 That the proposed location of the use is in accord with the objectives of this Code and the purposes of the district in which the site is located; [and] That the proposed location of the use and the proposed conditions under which it would be operated or maintained will be consistent with the General Plan; will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare of persons residing, or working in, or adjacent to, the neighborhood of such use; and will not be detrimental to properties or improvements in the vicinity, or to the general welfare of the City[.] 5 General Plan at 3-22. 6 Id. at 3-29. 7 San Leandro Municipal Code § 5.08.124(A)(1),(2). Att B - Page 25 of 46