Public Hearings: 2004 Hearing Agendas
Planning Director's Hearing Agenda

Wednesday, May 12, 2004
(Recommendations as of May 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.
- PD04-011. Planned Development Permit to allow up to 86 multi-family attached residential
units on a 1.9-acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located on the
southeast corner of Adeline Avenue and Grassina Street (KB Home Tuscany Hills block 7). KB
Home Southbay Inc., owner/developer. Council District: 7. S.N.I.: None. C.E.Q.A.:
Environmental Impact Report.
Recommend: Defer to 5/19/04.
The matter of deferrals is now closed.
2. Consent
- TR03-122. Tree Removal Permit
to remove one Pine tree 92 inches in circumference and one Bay Leaf tree 93 inches in
circumference on a 0.12 gross acre site in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning
District, located at/on the 3196 Quinto Way (3196 QUINTO WY) (Mrs True Parker, Owner).
Council District 9. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend: Denial.
- PDA80-074-01. Planned
Development Permit Amendment for tree removal of two Deodara Cedar trees 108 inches in
circumference on a 0.68 gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District,
located at/on the west side of Boynton Avenue approximately 350 feet southerly of Kiely
Boulevard (521 CLARDY PL) (Mistek Carl T, Owner). Council District 1. SNI: None. CEQA:
Exempt.
Recommend: Approval.
- PDA91-006-67. Planned
Development Permit Amendment to construct a 6,400 square foot single-family detached
residence on a 0.77 gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District,
located at/on the west side of Glenview Drive approximately 60 feet easterly of Eagle
Valley Court (7308 GLENVIEW DR) (Farshian Mariam A and Mahmoud A, Owner). Council District
10. SNI: None. CEQA: EIR Resolution No.59924 , File No. PD91-006. Deferred from 4/28/04.
Recommend:
Approval.
- PDA03-004-03. Planned
Development Permit Amendment to finalize architectural and landscaping details for 84
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. S.N.I.: None. C.E.Q.A.: Re-use of Negative Declaration.
Recommend:
Approval.
- The projects being considered are located on a 4.5-acre site on the west side of
Saratoga Avenue approximately 150 feet southerly of Graves Avenue in the A(PD) Planned
Development Zoning District (Riding Group, owner/developer). Council District: 1. CEQA:
Mitigated Negative Declaration.
1. PD03-060. Planned Development Permit
to allow demolition of two existing commercial buildings (Saratoga Lanes bowling alley and
Wolf Camera Center) and finalization of architectural, site design, and landscaping
details for 77 previously approved single-family attached residential units. Deferred from
4/28/04.
Recommend: Approval.
2. PT03-094. Tentative Map Permit to subdivide one parcel into 77 lots
for residential uses. Deferred from 4/28/04.
Recommend: Approval.
The consent calendar is now closed.
3. Public Hearings
- H03-051. Site Development Permit to
construct a 743 square foot addition and allow site improvements on a 0.57 gross acre site
in the CG-Commercial General Zoning District, located at/on the southside of Tully Road
approximately 190 feet easterly of Lanai Avenue (1632 Tully Road) (Jack In The Box Inc.,
Owner). Council District 7. SNI: West Evergreen. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- SP03-038. Special Use Permit
to convert an existing legal non-conforming single-family detached residence to office use
on a 0.16 gross acre site in the CO Office Commercial Zoning District, located on the
north side of The Alameda approximately 60 feet east of Alameda Court (2142 THE ALAMEDA)
(Thanh Van Hoge White, Owner). Council District 6. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend:
Approval.
- PD04-015. Planned Development
Permit to demolish a single-family residence and commercial building and construct a
new 13,100 square-foot commercial building with an associated drive-through pharmacy on a
0.95 gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located on the
northeast corner of Rhodes Court and The Alameda (849 THE ALAMEDA) (Boccardo John Trustee
& Et Al, Owner; Longs Drugs Stores George Ramstad, Developer). Council District 6.
SNI: None. CEQA: Negative Declaration, File No. PDC03-054.
Recommend: Approval.
- SF04-011. Single Family House
Permit to construct a first and second-floor addition (resulting in a Floor Area Ratio
of .44) to an existing one-story, single-family residence within the Hanchett and Hester
Park Historic Conservation Area on a 0.13 gross acre site in the R-2 Two-Family Residence
Zoning District, located at 1232 Magnolia Avenue (Branislav Vajdic, Owner). Council
District 6. SNI: None. CEQA: Exempt.
Recommend: Approval.
- PDA 01-053-01. Planned
Development Permit Amendment to allow a farmers market once a week between 11:00 am
and 4:00 pm on Fridays at the existing Kaiser Santa Teresa Hospital Facility in the A(PD)
Planned Development Zoning District, located at the easterly terminus of Hospital Parkway
approximately 530 feet easterly of Cottle Road (250 HOSPITAL PY) (Kaiser Foundation
Hospitals, Owner). Council District 2. CEQA: Kaiser Santa Teresa Medical Center EIR
Resolution No. 65588.
Recommend: Approval.
- PD03-078. Planned Development
Permit to construct one duplex and one single-family detached residence on a 0.64
gross acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located at/on the east
side of Minnesota Avenue approximately 180 feet northerly of Belmont Avenue (586 MINNESOTA
AV) (Buchholz Ron, Owner). Council District 6. SNI: None. CEQA: Negative Declaration.
Recommend:
Approval.
This concludes the Planning Director's Hearing agenda for May
12, 2004. Thank you.