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The General Plan is often called the blueprint for the future growth and development of a city. San José’s current General Plan was adopted in 1994 and guides the City’s day-to-day decision-making for land use and City services. While the strategies in the Plan serve as a consistent and stable framework, San José’s dynamic landscape continues to grow and evolve. It is once again time to consider our present and look ahead to our future by updating our General Plan...

Click here to view a six minute video created by the Planning Division to explain the General Plan Update process.

Nếu quý vị muốn nghe bản tiếng Việt xin bấm vào đây (Vietnamese version)

What's New

Land Use Study Scenario Selection

On June 16, 2009 the City Council accepted the Task Force and staff recommendations on where to locate jobs and housing growth capacity in the four Land Use Study Scenarios, including recommendations on the Coyote Valley Urban Reserve, the South Almaden Valley Urban Reserves and the Evergreen Campus Industrial properties. The Council Agenda for June 16th can be viewed on-line at http://www.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/agenda.asp

To view the staff report to City Council and the staff report attachments, click on the links below:
Staff Report to City Council
Staff Report Attachment

To view a map of the Planned and Identified Growth Areas, click on the following link:

Planned and Identified Growth Areas Map

To view tables that provide the geographic distribution of jobs and housing by Growth Area for each of the Land Use Study Scenarios, click on the following links:

Scenario SJ2020    Scenario K    Scenario E    Scenario C    Scenario J

To view a chart that illustrates the amount of new jobs and dwelling units for each of the Study Scenarios relative to existing jobs and dwelling units, click on the following link:

Study Scenarios Chart


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Meeting Calendar

 


Upcoming Meetings:

Task Force Meeting #24
July 27, 2009, 6:30 p.m. Wing Room W118-120 of City Hall

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Key Envision San Jose 2040 Documents

 


Early Community Outreach Summary (Feb-Apr 2007)

Community Visioning Workshop Summary (Oct 2007)

Draft Vision

Draft Land Use Scenario Guidelines

Existing Land Use and Development Trends Background Report

Transportation Existing Conditions Report

Task Force Tour Booklet (Jun 2008)

Report on Community Workshop Series #2 (Sep 2008)

Projections of Jobs, Population and Households for the City of San Jose

The Future of Housing Demand in San Jose: 2008-2040

 

 

Last Modified Date: 7/1/2009

 
 

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