Title
Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan Review to repair and rebuild fire damage to an existing two-story mixed use building (commercial/residential) and new 250 sq. ft. residential addition at 200 MacArthur Boulevard; Alameda County Assessor's Parcel Number 76-314-14; Nancy Xinzhen Hu (applicant and property owner).
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
The proposal is to repair and rebuild fire damage to an existing two-story commercial and single-unit residential mixed-use building and add approximately 250 square feet of habitable floor area to create two new residential units at 200 MacArthur Boulevard. The property is zoned CC Commercial Community District. San Leandro Zoning Code Section 2-606.B.33 provides that Mixed-Use Residential uses in the CC District requires a Conditional Use Permit. Furthermore, Zoning Code Section 4-1650.B. requires that a legally created lot having a width or area less than the required for the base district in which it is located may be occupied by a permitted or conditional use by obtaining a use permit for any proposed new use. The Zoning Code also requires that any commercial or two- and multi-family residential development that requires a conditional use permit also undergo Site Plan Review per Article 25 Section 5-2501.A. The project must also obtain Site Plan Approval per Zoning Code Section 2-680.G.5 to permit an exception to the minimum required landscaped yard of 10 feet within the front and corner side yard setback due to pre-existing site constraints.
Staff believes that, with the recommended Conditions of Approval, the proposed project would be compatible with adjacent retail and residential uses and restore mixed-use residential at a location that has been vacant for over a decade. Staff recommends that the Board of Zoning Adjustments:
1. Adopt the California Environmental Quality Act categorical exemptions;
2. Adopt the recommended Findings of Fact; and
3. Approve Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan Rev...
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