Public Hearings: 2003 Hearing Agendas
Planning Director's Hearing Synopsis
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
(Recommendations as of February 6, 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
- TR03-137. Tree Removal Permit
to remove one Palm tree approximately 87 inches in circumference on a 0.18 gross acre site
in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at/on the 1563 Callecita
Street (Robert Bauman, Owner). Council District 6. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- TR04-006. Tree Removal Permit
to allow removal of one Pine Tree approximately 100 inches in circumference on a .17-acre
site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at 1104 Marilla Avenue
(Cerin Family Trust, owner/applicant). Council District: 1. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- TR03-143. Tree Removal Permit
to allow removal of one Mulberry tree 81 inches in circumference and one Ash tree 57
inches in circumference on a 0.13-acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning
District, located at 5152 Tisdale Way (Herman and Janice Stavang, owners/applicants).
Council District: 1. S.N.I.: None. 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. Deferred from 1/14/04, 1/21/04, and 1/28/04.
Recommend: Approval.
- PD03-074. Planned Development
Permit to allow 14 single-family attached residential units on a 0.7-acre site
(Tuscany Hills block 13) in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located on the
north side of Hillsdale Avenue, opposite the terminus of Vistapark Drive (KB Home South
Bay, owner/developer). Council District: 7. SNI: None. CEQA: Use of a Master EIR.
Recommend:
Approval.
- PD04-004. Planned Development
Permit to allow an existing health club to operate between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and
midnight at Santana Row on a 1.78 gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning
District, located on the northeast corner of Olin Avenue and South Winchester Boulevard
(3055 OLIN AV) (FRIT San Jose Town & Country Vil LLC, Owner; Club One, Inc. Jim
Kinney, Developer). Council District 6. SNI: None. CEQA: Use of Final EIR.
Recommend:
Approval.
- TR03-109. Tree Removal Permit
to remove one Sugar Pine Tree approximately 132 inches in circumference on a 0.14 gross
acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located on the easterly
side of Sorrel Avenue approx. 50 feet northerly of Arabian Street. (5974 SORREL AV)
(Yadgar Isaac And Tracey, Owner). Council District 2. SNI: None. CEQA Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- TR04-002. Tree Removal Permit
to remove one Monterey Pine tree 67 inches in circumference on a 0.15 gross acre site in
the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at/on the 1335 Dentwood Drive
(Shuck George L And Audrey, Owner). Council District 9. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- H03-057. Site Development Permit
to construct a 20,000 square foot public library on a portion of a public school property
on a 2.5 gross acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at
the Eastside of Hopkins Drive, approximately 150 feet southeasterly of Simon Avenue (1720
HOPKINS DR) (Alum Rock Union S D/Owner; City of San Jose/Developer). Council District 5.
SNI: East Valley/680 Communities. CEQA: Negative Declaration.
Recommend:
Dropped.
The consent calendar is now closed.
3. Public Hearings
- SPA99-076-01. Special Use
Permit Amendment to allow facade and site changes to an approved permit implemented
contrary to the approved plans on a 0.49 gross acre site in the CP Pedestrian Commercial
Zoning District, located at/on the northeast corner of Almaden Road and Redbird Drive
(2446 ALMADEN RD) (Rojas Jesus V And Maria H, Owner). Council District 6. SNI: None. CEQA:
Exempt.
Recommend: Deferred to 2/18/04.
- SF03-032. Single Family House
Permit to construct one 2,714 square-foot 2-story single family detached residence on
a 0.13 gross acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at/on
the east side of Plaza Drive approximately 400 feet northerly of Coe Avenue (APN:
264-52-097) (Charles R.De Rose, Owner/Developer). Council District 6. SNI: None. CEQA:
Exempt. Continued from 1/28/04.
Recommend: Deferred to 2/18/04.
- V03-012. Sign Variance from the
size and setback requirements established in Title 23 of the San Jose Municipal Code to
allow installation of a 30 square foot detached/monument sign with a 5 foot setback from
the side property line, on a 1.61 gross acre site in the CN Neighborhood Commercial Zoning
District, located on the northeast corner of Alum Rock Avenue and Ribbs Lane (2345 Alum
Rock Avenue) (Central Calif. Conf. Assoc. of the Seventh Day Adventise, Owner). Council
District 5. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend: Approval.
- RA03-002. Reasonable Accommodation
Permit to allow a residential service facility (Sober Living Environment) for up to
twelve (12) residents including eleven (11) adult residents and one (1) staff member in a
single-family residence located at 704 Kirk Glen Drive. (Gamutan Benjamin, Owner/Duque
Evangeline, Applicant). Council District 4. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- SP04-003. Special Use Permit
to construct a new single family residence with an alternative parking design (tandem
garage) on a 0.11 gross acre site in the R-2 Two-Family Residence Zoning District, located
on the north side of Schiele Avenue approximately 490 feet south of Stockton Avenue
(Cimolino David L And Alana M, Owner). Council District 6. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Deferred to 2/25/04.
- H03-066. Site Development Permit
to construct 4 single-family attached residences for a total of 6,592 square feet on a
0.179 gross acre site in the R-M Multiple Residence Zoning District, located on the east
side of South 21st Street, approximately 300 feet southerly of East Santa Clara Street (18
South 21ST ST) (Greg Henderson, Owner). Council District 3. SNI: Five Wounds/Brookwood
Terrace. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend: Approval.
- H03-054. Site Development Permit to allow demolition of existing
building and construction of 4,209 square foot building for warehouse uses on a 0.15 gross
acre site in the LI Light Industrial Zoning District, located at/on the east side of 12th
Street approximately 170 feet northerly of Madera Avenue (1014 N 12TH ST) (Hua Thao,
Owner). Council District 3. SNI: 13th Street. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- H03-055. Site Development Permit
to construct 2,301 square foot warehouse building on a 0.09 gross acre site in the LI
Light Industrial Zoning District, located at/on the south side of Madera Avenue
approximately 210 feet westerly of Oakland Road (560 MADERA AV) (Ngo Vinh And Le
Bao-Thuan, Owner). Council District 3. SNI: 13th Street. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Deferred to 2/18/04.
- PDA02-061-01. Planned
Development Permit Amendment for revised window design, installation of an emergency
generator, and extended construction hours, for an approved multi-story attached
residential building (Taylor Towers) on a 0.89 gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned
Development Zoning District, located at/on the southeast corner of Asbury Street and
Miller Street (Green Valley Corporation, Owner). Council District 3. SNI: None. CEQA:
Mitigated Negative Declaration, File No. PDC00-086.
Recommend: Approval.
This concludes the Planning Director's Hearing for February 11, 2004.
