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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: March 19, 2018 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:18-126 PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />Agenda Number:5.A. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Tom Liao <br />Acting Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:APL18-0001, Appeal by J.W. Blaine (Appellant) of the Decision of the Board of <br />Zoning Adjustment’s Approval of PLN17-0061, Site Plan Review to Construct a <br />Five-story 62-unit Affordable Multi-Family Residential Building at 1604 and 1642 <br />San Leandro Boulevard (southeast corner of San Leandro Boulevard and Parrott <br />Street; Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 75-28-1-2 and 75-28-11-2), which would <br />place blockage of the sun on his adjacent property at 559 Parrott Street. S. <br />Criscimagna, Eden Housing, Inc., Applicant; Parrott Street Investors, LLC, <br />Property Owner; DA-4 Downtown Area 4 District. <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The appellant, J.W. Blaine, filed an appeal of the Board of Zoning Adjustment’s January 4, 2018 <br />decision to approve Site Plan Review for PLN17-0061 (Project), involving construction of a <br />62-unit affordable multi-family residential building. The appellant submitted a written statement <br />(attached) that argues how the approved building will negatively impact the use of his adjacent <br />single-family home. In rebuttal, the applicant prepared a shadow study in support of its Project. <br />Staff recommends that the City Council deny the appeal and uphold the decision of the Board of <br />Zoning Adjustments (BZA) by adopting a resolution affirming the BZA decision. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Eden Housing, applicant, proposed to redevelop a 20,021 square foot (0.46 acre) property <br />located at the corner of San Leandro Boulevard and Parrot Street, across the street from the San <br />Leandro BART station, with a five story, 62-unit multi-family affordable housing development <br />(PLN17-0061). Following consideration of the project application, staff recommendation and <br />public testimony, the BZA approved the proposed Project by a 4-0 decision with one abstention <br />(Falero), one absence (Solis) and one vacancy (District 6). Attached to this report is the complete <br />BZA staff report, along with all attachments and the adopted minutes from the January 4, 2018 <br />meeting. Due to technical difficulties with the recording system for the meeting held that evening, <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/13/2018 <br />7