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The project site is in an area already identified in both the City's <br />Zoning Code (the Harbor Mixed Use Transit Corridor) and <br />General Plan (the Land Use and Housing elements) for new <br />residential communities. Moreover, the City's General Plan land <br />use designation for the project site is Urban Neighborhood - <br />Medium High (UN-50), which allows for the development of <br />semi -urban villages that are well connected to schools, parks, <br />and shopping centers. These areas are accessible by multiple <br />modes of transportation, have lively and pedestrian -friendly <br />streetscapes, and are designed to foster community interaction. <br />This designation allows a mix of uses, including medium and <br />medium -high density apartments, townhomes, garden- or <br />motor -court homes, and neighborhood- serving commercial. <br />Mixed -use projects are allowed in both horizontal <br />configurations, with commercial and residential uses side -by - <br />side, and vertical, with commercial uses on the ground floor and <br />residential above. Lastly, the proposed density of 64.71 <br />dwelling units per acre (du/ac) is within the limits established by <br />the California Density Bonus Law for an eleven -percent <br />affordability rate for two very -low income units. <br />3. That the deviation is necessary to make it economically feasible for <br />the Applicant to utilize a density bonus authorized for the <br />development pursuant to section 41-1603. <br />The proposed project requires two deviations through <br />incentives/concessions: (1) minimum common open space <br />and (2) building frontage type/floor height; as well as two <br />deviations through a waiver; (1) lot size/width; and (2) onsite <br />open space (i.e., open to the sky, open space design, and <br />interior open space). The deviations are described as follows: <br />Minimum Common Open Space Requirement <br />Table 3-9 (Onsite Open Space Requirements) in the Harbor <br />Mixed -Use Transit Corridor Plan (SP2) requires a minimum of <br />15 percent of the lot size to be provided as common open <br />space or plaza space. <br />As proposed, the project provides 5 percent common open <br />space or 800 square feet in the form of a common open deck <br />on the second floor. Strict adherence to this common open <br />space requirement would result in a reduction in the number <br />of units that can be provided in the overall project, thus not <br />achieving the full 35-percent density bonus to which the <br />Applicant is entitled and affecting the feasibility to construct <br />Resolution No. 2023-XXX <br />Page 3 of 12 <br />