Public Hearings: 2003 Hearing Agendas
Planning Director's Hearing Agenda Synpsis
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
(Recommendations as of January 9, 2004)
10:00 a.m.
City Council Chambers
Room 205
City Hall
801 North First Street
San Jose, California
Hearing Officers
Jean Hamilton, AICP, Principal Planner
Susan Walton, Principal
Planner
Plan Implementation
Division
Joseph Horwedel, Deputy Director
Stephen M. Haase, AICP
Director, Planning, Building and Code Enforcement
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Notice to
the Public
The procedure for this hearing is
as follows:
- Hearing Officer will identify the
project as described on the agenda.
- Staff Report.
- After the staff report, the
applicant and/or representative should make themselves known as their item comes up by
approaching the microphone and identifying themselves and stating their home address, or
just wave from the audience if you do not wish to speak..
- Public testimony, either for or
against the project. Please state your name and home address for the record.
- The Hearing Officer may ask
questions of the speaker.
- After the public testimony, the
applicant may make closing remarks.
- The public hearing will then be
closed and the Planning Director will take action on the item. The Planning Director
may request staff to respond to the public testimony, ask staff questions, and discuss the
item.
If you challenge these land
use decisions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone
else raised at this public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the City at,
or prior to, the public hearing.
The Planning Director's action
on these agenda items is final when the permit is signed and mailed, unless the permit is
appealed. The Planning Director's actions are appealable in
accordance with the requirements of Title 20 0f the Municipal Zoning Code.
Note: If you have any
agenda changes, please contact Joe Babiasz. (joe.babiasz@sanjoseca.gov).
Order of Business
1. Deferrals
Any item scheduled for hearing this
evening for which deferral is being requested will be taken out of order to be heard first
on the matter of deferral. A list of Staff-recommended deferrals is available on the Press
Table. If you want to change any of the deferral dates recommended, or speak to the
question of deferring these or any other items, you should say so at this time. I will now
open the public hearing. The following items are proposed to be deferred.
The matter of deferrals is now closed.
2. Consent
- TR03-084. Tree Removal Permit
to remove one (1) Ash tree/90 inches in circumference on a .12 gross acre lot in the R-2
Two-Family Residence Zoning District, located at/on the 715 East Hedding Street (715 E
HEDDING ST) (Nguyen Giang Et Al, Owner). Council District 3. SNI: 13th Street. CEQA:
Exempt.
Recommend: Approval.
- TR03-145. Tree Removal Permit
to remove one (1) Monterey Pine tree 101 inches in circumference on a 0.17 gross acre site
in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at 2904 Benjamin Court
(Edward & Judy Chirco, Owners). Council District 9. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- TR03-142. Tree Removal Permit
to remove one Ash tree 64 inches in circumference on a 0.14 gross acre site in the R-1-8
Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at/on the 1542 Willowbrook Drive (Wong
Ernest L And Angela B, Owner). Council District 9. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- TR03-117. Tree Removal Permit
to remove one Ash Tree 70 inches in circumference on a 0.14 gross acre site in the R-1-8
Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at/on the south side of Albion Drive
approximately 170 feet easterly of Narvaez Avenue. (692 ALBION DR) (Chitwood Irene G
Trustee, Owner). Council District 10. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Deferred to 1/21/04.
- TR03-144. Tree Removal Permit
to allow removal of one Coast Live Oak 83 inches in circumference on a 8.0 gross acre site
in the R-M(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located at/on the southwest corner of
North Capitol Avenue and Battaglia Circle (1265 N CAPITOL AV) (Dowd Edward M Trustee,
Owner). Council District 4. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend: Approval.
- H03-053. Site Development Permit
to allow an approximately 1,345-square-foot addition to an existing commercial building
and related minor site plan changes at a shopping center (Westgate West) on an 18.6-acre
site in the CG General Commercial Zoning District, located on the northeast corner of
Prospect Road and Lawrence Expressway (5285 Prospect Road). Cupertino Partners VI et al.,
owner; Kenneth Rodrigues Partners, applicant. Council District: 1. SNI: None. CEQA:
Exempt.
Recommend: Deferred to 1/21/04.
The consent calendar is now closed.
3. Public Hearings
- PD03-068. Planned Development
Permit to allow three (3) wireless communication antennas mounted to an existing
90-foot PG&E tower and construction of a 140 square foot ancillary equipment shelter
on a 1.36 gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located at/on
the south side of Yerba Buena Road approximately 270 feet easterly of Silver Creek Road
(Pacific Gas & Electric Co, Owner). Council District 8. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- PDA02-014-05. Planned
Development Permit Amendment to allow architectural changes for 33 lots within
Neighborhood B2 on a 562.0 gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning
District, located at/on the easterly side of Highway 101, approximately 1,000 feet
northerly of Hellyer Avenue (Tract 9169) (William Lyon Homes, Developer). Council District
8. SNI: None. CEQA: Addendum to Cerro Plata EIR Resolution No. 64913. Deferred from
12/10/03 and 12/17/03.
Recommend: Approval.
- PDA89-033-03. Planned
Development Permit Amendment to allow car maintenance within the Cab Service Company
facility on a 5.0 gross acre site. in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District,
located at/on the Northwest corner of East Taylor Street and North 10th Street (401 E
TAYLOR ST) (Libitsky Property Company, Owner). Council District 3. SNI: None. CEQA:
Exempt.
Recommend: Approval.
- TR03-074. Tree Removal Permit
to remove 32 trees of varying species including, but not limited to, Eucalyptus, Redwood
and Monterey Pine trees ranging in size from 56 to 168 inches in circumference on a 25.0
gross acre site in the R-M(CL) Residence Zoning District, located at/on the southwest
corner of Almaden Expressway and Crown Boulevard (6559 COPPERWOOD CL) (Copperwood
Homeowners Association, Owner). Council District 10. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt. Deferred
from 12/17/03.
Recommend: Deferred to 1/21/04.
- H02-038. Site Development Permit
to construct an additional 2-story single-family detached residence of 1,199 square feet
in the rear yard of an existing single-family residence on a 0.16 gross acre site in the
R-M Multiple Residence Zoning District, located at/on the west side of South 10th Street
approximately 300 feet southerly of Margaret Street (755 S 10TH ST) (Kuang Zhuo Z And
Huang Bao T, Owner). Council District 3. SNI: University. CEQA: Exempt, File No. H02-038.
Deferred from 12/10/03.
Recommend: Approval.
- H02-067. Site Development Permit
to construct eight multi-family attached residences on a 0.36 gross acre site in the R-M
Zoning District, located at/on the east side of Meridian Way approximately 30 feet
southerly of Paula Street (Daniel Gluhaich/Marrad John Marquez, Owner/Developer). Council
District 6. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend: Approval.
- The projects being considered are located on the south side of Fleming Avenue,
approximately 490 feet southeasterly of Story Road (1201 FLEMING AV), in the A(PD) Planned
Development Zoning District (TOUCHE PROPERTIES INC, Owner/Developer). Council District 5.
SNI: None. CEQA: Negative Declaration.
1. PD03-067. Planned Development Permit
to construct 5 single-family detached residences on a 1.36- acre site.
Recommend: Approval.
2. PT03-101. Planned Development Tentative Map Permit to subdivide 1
parcel into 5 lots for single-family residential uses on a 1.36-acre site.
Recommend: Approval.
- H03-036. Site Development Permit
for the construction of a new 2,547 square foot office building and the demolition of an
existing 2,262 square foot building and 495 square foot garage on a 0.72 gross acre site
in the CG General Commercial Zoning District, located on the south side of Alum Rock
Avenue, approximately 350 feet westerly of South Jackson Avenue (2254 ALUM ROCK AV)
(Mexican American Comn Servs Agcy Inc, Owner/Developer). Council District 5. SNI: Mayfair.
CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend: Approval.
- PD03-034. Planned Development
Permit to allow construction of three buildings with a total area of 558,000 square
feet for research and development/office and commercial use on a 9.7 gross acre site in
the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located at/on the west side of North First
Street between Sonora Avenue and Skyport Drive (Eop-Skyport LLC John Petersen,
Applicant/Owner). Council District 4. SNI: None. CEQA: Environmental Impact Report.
Recommend:
Approval.
- SP03-019. Special Use Permit
to allow demolition of the “Fiesta Lanes” bowling alley structure on a 3.19
gross acre site in the R-1-8 Single Family Residence and LI Light Industrial Zoning
Districts, located on the northeast corner of San Carlos Street and Buena Vista Avenue
(1523 W SAN CARLOS ST) (San Carlos Willard Assocs LP, Owner). Council District 6. SNI:
Burbank/Del Monte. CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration.
Recommend: Approval.
- PD03-072. Planned Development
Permit to construct a 403 square foot addition to an existing 4,597 square foot office
building on a 0.55 gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District,
located on the southeast corner of The Alameda and Emory Street (1794 THE ALAMEDA) (Mark
De Mattei, Owner/Developer). Council District 6. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
This concludes the Planning Director's Hearing for January 14, 2004.
