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PLN22-0056; Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP), Administrative Site Plan Review (Admin. SPR), Administrative Exception (AE), and Fence Modification (FM) for the construction of a three-unit single-family residential development with associated site improvements at 98 and 100 Castro Street; Zoning District: DA-3, Downtown Area 3; APN: 77-550-11; Habitat for Humanity East Bay Silicon Valley Inc. (applicant and property owner).
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
The applicant, Habitat for Humanity East Bay Silicon Valley Inc. is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP), Administrative Site Plan Review (Admin. SPR), Administrative Exception (AE), and Fence Modification (FM) for the construction of a three-unit single-family residential development with associated site improvements on a vacant 7,500 square-foot parcel located at 98 and 100 Castro Street. All three residences would be deed-restricted affordable to moderate-income households.
Staff recommends that the Board of Zoning Adjustments (BZA) adopt the attached Resolution approving PLN22-0056 and determining the project is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), based on the recommended Findings of Fact and subject to the recommended Conditions of Approval.
BACKGROUND AND RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDING AREA
The project site is a vacant 7,500 square-foot parcel located on the north side of Castro Street, on the south edge of Downtown San Leandro. The subject site is currently vacant with several existing trees. The property was previously donated to the current property owners, Habitat for Humanity East Bay Silicon Valley Inc.
The property is zoned Downtown Area-3 (DA-3). Nearby parcels are zoned DA-1, DA-2, DA-3, Residential Multi-Family (RM-1800) and Community Commercial (CC). Surrounding land uses include multi-family apartment buildings on both sides of the project site and single-family, two-family and multi-fami...
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