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City of San Leandro Meeting Date: January 4, 2022 Staff Report Agenda Section:File Number:21-758 PUBLIC HEARINGS Agenda Number:5.A. TO:City Council FROM:Fran Robustelli City Manager BY:Tom Liao Community Development Director FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable TITLE:Public Hearing to Add Section 4.04.336, Multi-family and Mixed-Use Residential Development, to the San Leandro Zoning Code and Adopt Miscellaneous Zoning Code Amendments Related to Objective Development Standards for Multi-Family and Mixed-Use Residential Development Citywide SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Staff recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing and adopt an Ordinance adding Section 4.04.336, Multi-family and Mixed-Use Residential Development, to the San Leandro Zoning Code and adopt miscellaneous Zoning Code Amendments related to Objective Development Standards for multi-family and mixed-use residential development citywide. On November 4, 2021, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the amendments, with modifications, to the City Council on a 6-0 vote (one Commissioner absent). Most notably, the Commission’s recommendation included eliminating automobile parking minimums and establishing a parking maximum of 0.5 space/unit for all new multi-family development in the Downtown (DA) and South Area (SA) Zoning Districts. The Council may wish to consider decoupling the automobile parking amendments from the Objective Development Standards amendments and direct staff to return at a later date with proposed parking amendments after additional outreach and analysis is performed and appropriate transportation demand management policies are prepared. BACKGROUND As California's housing supply and homelessness crisis continues, the State has taken a number of actions aimed at reducing barriers to the creation of housing. In 2017, Senate Bill 35 (SB 35) was signed by the Governor establishing a mandated, ministerial (streamlined) review process for multi-family residential projects under specific conditions and near transit locations. To qualify for this process, an applicant would be required to pay prevailing wage for construction labor and meet the affordable housing production threshold. This law exempts such projects from environmental (CEQA) review and limits the local government agency’s project review to locally adopted “objective design and development standards.” San Leandro has since had two multi-family development projects approved through the streamlined SB35 application process and a third SB35 application is anticipated to be received by the end of 2021. Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/30/2021 19