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Public Hearing and Recommendation to the City Council 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
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution recommending that the City Council 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.
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.
Also in 2017, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), titled the "Building Homes and Jobs Act," which specifically established a permanent, on-going source of funding dedicated to promoting and facilitating affordable housing development. On March 28, 2019, HCD released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for approximately $123...
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