Item 23 - Density Bonus Agreement No. 2023-01: 4th and Grand (1212 E. Fourth Street)

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Density Bonus Agreement for 1212 E. Fourth Street October 17, 2023 Page 6 TZC Standard Requirement Provided Building Size and Massing The second through fourth floor can The second through fourth floor Standards — only be 85-percent of the ground floor exceed the allowable ratio and are 97 9-percent of the ground floor's Maximum Ratio volume/gross floor area (cannot volume (proposed 3,811 square feet). for each Flex exceed 3,309 square feet). — Requires Waiver, Cal. Gov't Code Block story Section 41-2022 (i)(5) - Table BT-4 Sec. 65915 (e)(1) • Common open space to be 0 No common open space in the designed as a courtyard, or in the form of a courtyard, or in the front front as a forecourt — as a forecourt, is provided • required to be 15-percent of the lot • 433 square feet of common (1,875 square feet required). interior space provided in the form Open Space 0 Private open space required for of lobby space (approximately 3.5- Standards each residential unit, not less than percent of lot) 50 square feet with a minimum of 9 591 square feet of private open 6 feet in each direction (700 space will be provided in the form square feet of private open space of private decks for nine (9) Units. required). — Requires Waiver (1 of 1), Cal. Section 41-2022 Gov't Code Sec. 65915 (e)(1) • All setbacks, yards, and shared common open spaces are required to be landscaped. 0 A landscape buffer of 2 feet is • A landscape buffer of not less proposed along the western than five feet required to be property lines, 3 feet less than Landscaping provided to separate parking lot required Standards from an adjacent property 0 Partial and diamond -shaped tree • Surface parking lots required to be planters are provided in the landscaped per City's commercial surface parking lot — Requires area standards, which require full- Waiver, Cal. Gov't Code Sec. size landscape planters for every 65915 (e)(1) ten parking spaces. Section 41-2020 6 Onsite Parking In addition, the site is parked in compliance with California Government Code 65915 (p)(1)(A) and 65915 (p)(1)(B) and provides 17 total surface parking spaces or 1.1 spaces per unit. The California Density Bonus Law allows a parking ratio of one (1) stall for studio or one -bedroom units, and one and one-half (1.5) stalls for two -bedroom units, inclusive of handicapped and guest parking. Analysis of the Issues Pursuant to Section 41-1607 of the SAMC, because the applicant requested "deviations" (incentives/concessions and waivers), it was subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission approved the application with following findings: 1. The proposed development will materially assist in accomplishing the goal of providing affordable housing opportunities in economically balanced communities throughout the city.