Court Settlement

On December 6, 2006 Santa Clara County Court Superior Court Judge Nichols approved a settlement over challenges to the North San Jose Area Development Policy after all the parties reached agreement on how projects could move forward. With legal barriers now removed, San Jose can proceed with its economic development initiative to transform the North San Jose Innovation Triangle from a traditional industrial park into a multi-faceted innovation district. Click here to view copies of the agreements.

Parks

The policy recognizes that parks will be an important contributor to the creation of a livable community in this area and includes the following direction so that new development include sufficient park land and recreation amenities to meet the needs of the new and existing residents in North San Jose.

• All residential projects are subject to the Parkland Dedication Ordinance. Acquisition of land for park sites, rather than collection of funds, should be given priority in the implementation of the Parkland Dedication Ordinance and/or Park Impact Ordinance.
• Neighborhood Parks should be at least five acres in size, but if the contiguous acreage of a single Residential Overlay area is less than 20-acres, a three-acre park within that area may be acceptable.
  
• New Residential development should be within 1,000 feet of an existing neighborhood or community park (at least 3-acres in size).
• Staff will determine the most suitable site for a new park within the intent of identifying a centrally located and accessible park site.  Projects that do not meet the intent of the Policy with respect to providing park amenities will not be recommended for inclusion in any of the development phases.
  

North San Jose Applications

This list represents project applications that implement the adopted NSJ Area Development Policy update and received by the City as of July 15, 2008.

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List of approved Planned Development Permits for residential projects

Non-Residential

*H07-035 allows up to 870,000 square feet of additional industrial floor area (270,251 square feet of industrial floor area transferred from the parcels associated with PDC07-054 and PDC07-055; and 599,749 square feet of Phase 1 industrial development capacity reserved per the provisions of the North San Jose Area Development Policy).

Key Goals for the Policy Update

The update is a long-range planning effort, addressing future potential growth and development needs. The key goals for the effort are to:

• Proactively plan for growth to allow more industrial development in a way that benefits current San Jose residents.
• Allow up to an additional 27 million square feet of research and development and office space in North San Jose.
• Bring up to 83,000 new jobs to San Jose, providing additional job opportunities for San Jose residents.
• Concentrate up to 16 million square feet of the new research and development and office space in a 600 acre Urban Corporate Center core area along the North First Street light rail corridor, between Brokaw Road and Montague Expressway.
• Develop an average 1.2 FAR in the core area with typical buildings of 6-10 stories.
• Focus on high-tech and corporate headquarters development.
• Create a rich pedestrian environment within the core area to encourage use of the transit system.
• Generate approximately $520 million in funding for the construction of local and regional transportation improvements.
• Provide new high-density residential development (up to 32,000 units) in close proximity to employment centers.

Overview Documents

• Project Boundary Map
• Project Q&A
• Vision NSJ Brochure (Front)
• Vision NSJ Brochure (Back)

Project Contact

Rich Buikema (rich.buikema@sanjoseca.gov) or at (408) 535-7835.