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ORDINANCE of the City of San Leandro City Council Adopting Zoning Code Section 4.04.336, Multi-family and Mixed-Use Residential Development, and Miscellaneous Zoning Code Amendments Related to Objective Development Standards for Multi-Family and Mixed-Use Residential Development Citywide
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WHEREAS, the State of California and the City of San Leandro face an unprecedented housing shortage and affordability crisis. In 2019, the Legislature concluded that "California has a housing supply and affordability crisis of historic proportions"; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Accountability Act, Government Code section 65589.5, restricts the City of San Leandro's ability to deny or reduce the density of all housing development projects (including residential development, transitional and supportive housing, and residential mixed use development) that are consistent with objective development standards; and
WHEREAS, per Senate Bill 35 ("SB 35") (2017), Government Code section 65913.4 establishes a developer-initiated process to streamline the review and approval of housing developments (i.e., those proposing two or more multifamily units) meeting specific criteria, including affordable housing requirements and labor requirements. Such housing projects will be eligible for ministerial approval, which means the project is exempt from environmental review under CEQA and will only be subject to "objective" development standards; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to adopt measurable and clear objective development standards applicable to multi-family and mixed-use developments ("Objective Standards"), in accordance with State law; and
WHEREAS, such Objective Standards will be applicable to multi-family and mixed-use housing development projects, as defined by the Housing Accountability Act, and as mandatory standards for all qualifying projects seeking streamlined, ministerial review under SB 35; and
WHEREAS, the ...
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