1/29/03 Director's Hearing Agenda

Public Hearings: 2003 Hearing Agendas

Planning Director's Hearing Agenda

Wednesday, January 29, 2003

(Recommendations as of January 24, 2003)

10:00 a.m.
Room 204, City Hall
801 North First Street
San Jose, California

Hearing Officers

Darryl Boyd, 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 Commission will take action on the item. The Planning Commission 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. TR02-128. Tree Removal Permit to remove 1 Deodora Cedar tree/84"C and 1 Monterey Pine tree/84"C on a 0.16 gross acre site in the R-M Multiple Residence Zoning District, located at/on the 78 South 10th Street (78 S 10TH ST). (MISOFF VIRGINIA E, Owner). Council District 3. CEQA: Exempt.

Recommend: Approval.

2. TR02-086 TREE REMOVAL PERMIT for a project located at 1134 Cabot Place, on a 0.14-gross-acre site in the R-1-8 Residence Zoning District, for the removal of two Shamel Ash trees approximately 120 and 129 inches in circumference (Gerold and Virginia Kaminski, Owners). Council District: 1. CEQA: Exempt.

Recommend: Approval.

3. PD02-067. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to allow a surface parking lot (approximately 125 parking stalls) for automobile dealership uses on a 1.0-gross-acre site in the A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, located at/on the southeast corner of Foxworthy Avenue and Rubino Drive (Rubino Trust, Owner; Bob Lewis, Developer). Council District: 6. CEQA: Use of a Master EIR.

Recommend: Approval.

4. TR02-136. Tree Removal Permit for a project located at 1994 Heatherdale Avenue, on a 0.20-gross-acre site, in the R-1-8 Single-Family Residence Zoning District to remove onbe (1) Juniper tree 76 inches in circumference (Mia Alonso, Owner/Developer). Council District 6. CEQA: Exempt.

Recommend: Approval.

5. TR03-001. TREE REMOVAL PERMIT for a project located at 1253 Fremont Street, on a 0.30-gross-acre site, in the R-1-8 Zoning District for the removal of one (1) Douglas Fir tree approximately 92 inches in circumference (Robert & April Bignell, Owner/Developer). Council District 6. CEQA: Exempt.

Recommend: Approval.

10:00 a.m. Room 204, City Hall 801 North First Street San Jose, California

Hearing Officers Darryl Boyd, Principal Planner

Susan Walton, Principal Planner

Plan Implementation Division Joseph Horwedel, Deputy Director

Stephen M. Haase, AICP Director, Planning, Building and Code Enforcement

Notice to the Public

10:00 a.m.
Room 204, City Hall
801 North First Street
San Jose, California

Hearing Officers

Darryl Boyd, Principal Planner

Plan Implementation Division
Joseph Horwedel, Deputy Director

Stephen M. Haase, AICP
Director, Planning, Building and Code Enforcement