Public Hearings: 2003 Hearing Agendas

Planning Director's Hearing Agenda

Wednesday, April 7, 2004

(Recommendations as of April 2, 2004)

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

1. TR04-014. Tree Removal Permit to remove one Box Elder tree 70 inches in circumference on a 0.26 gross acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at/on the east side of South 17th Street approximately 400 feet southerly of Santa Clara Street (70 S 17TH ST) (Spilman John M And Marlene Jacobson Trustee, Owner). Council District 3. SNI: University. CEQA: Exempt.

   Recommend: Approval.

2. TR04-017. Tree Removal Permit to remove one Redwood tree 126 inches in circumference on a 0.26 gross acre in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at 6641 Camelia Drive (Mc Irvin Eldon S and Margaret Trustee, Owner). Council District 10. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.

   Recommend: Approval.

3. TR04-016. Tree Removal Permit to remove one Cedar tree 123 inches in circumference on a 0.19 gross acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at 5011 Wilma Way (Finato Vincent J and Diana L, Owner). Council District 9. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.

   Recommend: Approval.

4. TR04-009. Tree Removal Permit to remove two Monterey Pine trees 78 and 82 inches in circumference on a 0.12 gross acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at 4489 Jacksol Drive (Bollini Jeffrey S and Susan M, Owner). Council District 9. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.

   Recommend: Approval.

5. TR04-013. Tree Removal Permit to remove one Pine tree 109 inches in circumference on a 0.19 gross acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at 4998 Wilma Way (Evanich Steven and Howarth Susan Trustee, Owner). Council District 9. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.

   Recommend: Approval.

6. TR04-019. Tree Removal Permit to allow removal of one Juniper tree 56 inches in circumference on a 0.15-acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located at 4005 Freed Avenue (Bonnie and Robert Pickhardt, owners). Council District: 1. SNI: Blackford. CEQA: Exempt.

   Recommend: Approval.

7. TR04-020. Tree Removal Permit to allow removal of one Monterey Pine tree 89 inches in circumference on a 0.15-acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District located at 1199 Wunderlich Drive (Steven and Carol Chell, owners). Council District: 1. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.

   Recommend: Approval.

The consent calendar is now closed.

3. Public Hearings

1. PD03-076. Planned Development Permit to allow demolition of 3 single-family residential structures and construct of 131 multi-family residential care facility units on a 3.09 gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located at/on the southwest corner of Meridian Avenue and Curci Drive (993 MERIDIAN AV) (Roy Family Partnership, Romano Irene M Trustee & Et Al, Green Valley Corp, Owner; S.L. Start Steve Anderson, Developer). Council District 6. SNI: None. CEQA: Negative Declaration (File No. PDC03-084). Deferred from 3/17/04.

   Recommend: Approval.

2. PD04-001. Planned Development Permit to construct 148 affordable multi-family attached residences and 5,350 square feet for retail/office uses on a 1.99 gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located at the northeast corner of South 5th and Keyes Streets (Carolyn Gleeson Et Al, Owner; Martha Putnam, Developer). Council District 3. SNI: Spartan/Keyes. CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration (File No. PDC03-029).

   Recommend: Approval.

3. SP04-015. Special Use Permit to allow restoration of a legal nonconforming detached garage and accessory building totalling approximately 1,436 square feet on a 0.19 gross acre site in the LI Light Industrial Zoning District, located at/on the eastside of South Second Street approximately 290 feet southeasterly of Martha Street (944 S. Second Street) (John C. Bondi, Owner). Council District 3. SNI: Spartan/Keyes. CEQA: Exempt.

   Recommend: Approval.

4. SP04-014. Special Use Permit to allow a temporary parking lot for construction vehicles servicing the adjacent Santa Clara Valley Water District property currently under reconstruction on a 5.86 gross acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located on the south side of Suncrest Avenue approximately 760 feet easterly of Vista Del Mar (San Jose Water Company, Owner). Council District 4. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.

   Recommend: Approval.

5. SP02-059. Special Use Permit for a 3-car detached garage (676 square feet) for an existing legal non-conforming single-family residence on a 0.22 gross acre site in the A Agricultural Zoning District, located at/on the northside of Sierra Road approximately 530 feet westerly of Varner Court (3425 SIERRA RD) (Luu Trang, Owner). Council District 4. SNI: None. CEQA: Incomplete.

   Recommend: Denial.

6. The projects being considered are located on the north side of Michigan Avenue approximately 150 feet westerly of Pacific Avenue, in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District (SANTOS JENIFER M, Owner; Bruce Johnson, Architect). Council District 4. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.

   1. V04-001. Development Variance Permit to permit the construction of a single-family reisdence above the height limitations of the R-1-8 Zoning District from 2½ stories to 3-stories within the Alviso Planning Area a 0.13 gross acre site.

   Recommend: Approval.

   2. SF03-033. Single Family House Permit to construct a new 2,892 square foot single-family detatched residence and 1,740 squre foot garage on a 0.13 gross acre site.

   Recommend: Approval.

7. SP02-053. Special Use Permit to legalize a 456 square-foot structure (aviary) at an existing single-family residence on a 0.37 gross acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District, located on the south side of El Grande Drive approximately 300 feet easterly of Vista Del Mar (3687 EL GRANDE DR) (Freitas Tony P And Louise M, Owner). Council District 4. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.

   Recommend: Denial.

8. PDA03-004-03. Planned Development Permit Amendment to finalize architectural and landscaping details for 70 previously approved single-family attached residential units on a 60.2-acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located on the south side of Curtner Avenue approximately 900 feet easterly of Highway 87 (MTA Properties LP, owner; Summerhill Homes, developer). Council District: 7. SNI: None. CEQA: Negative Declaration.

   Recommend: Approval.

9. HA76-044-01. Site Development Permit Amendment to install wrought iron fencing along a property line within a surface parking area at an existing retail center on a 2.3 gross acre site in the CO Office Commercial and CG Commercial General Zoning Districts, located on the northeasterly corner of The Alameda and West Julian Street (1065 THE ALAMEDA) (Berns Bertram M Trustee, Owner). Council District 6. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt. Deferred from 3/17/04, and 3/24/04..

   Recommend: Approval.

This concludes the Planning Director's Hearing agenda for April 7, 2004.  Thank you.