Public Hearings: 2003 Hearing Agendas

Planning Commission Synopsis -- General Plan

 

               

Monday, March 17, 2003

General Plan Meeting

 

 

Evening Session 6:00 p.m.
Council Chambers, City Hall
801 North First Street
San Jose, California


Jay James, Chair
Bob Levy, Vice-Chair

Xavier Campos | Bob Dhillon |
Christopher Platten | John G. Zamora | James Zito
Stephen M. Haase, AICP
Director, Planning, Building and Code Enforcement

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Notice to the Public

If you want to address the Commission, fill out a card (located on the table as you come in or at the technician's station), and give the completed card to the technician. Please include the agenda item number for reference.

The procedure for this hearing is as follows:

• After the staff report, applicants and appellants may make a 5-minute presentation.

• The chair will call out names on the submitted speaker cards in the order received.

• As your name is called, line up in front of the microphone at the front of the Chamber.  Each speaker will have two minutes.

• After the public testimony, the applicant and appellant may make closing remarks for an additional five minutes.

• Planning Commissioners may ask questions of the speakers.  These questions will not reduce the speaker's time allowance.

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 Commission's action on rezonings, prezonings, and Code Amendments is advisory only to the City Council. The City Council will hold public hearings on these items. Section 20.120.400 of the Municipal Code provides the procedures for legal protests to the City Council on rezonings and prezonings.

Note: If you have any agenda changes, please contact Derek Ng Derek.Ng@sanjoseca.gov

 

 

6:00 p.m. Meeting

1. Roll Call

2. Deferrals, Drops and Withdrawal

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.

1. GPT 01-10-02: GENERAL PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT request to allow interim sports fields within the South Almaden Valley Urban Reserve for property located at the north side of McKean Road, approximately 1,500 feet westerly of Fortini Road on a 8.7-acre site. (San Jose Unified School District, Owner/City of San Jose, Applicant). CEQA: Environmental Impact Report in preparation.
   Council District: 10.
   DEFER TO 7/28/03.
   
   
2. GP 02-08-04: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from Public/Quasi-Public to Neighborhood/Community Commercial for property located at the north side of Yerba Buena Road, approximately 300 feet easterly of San Felipe Road on a 10.5-acre site. (San Jose Evergreen Community College District, Owner/HMH, Inc., Applicant). CEQA: Negative Declaration. Council District: 8.
   DEFER TO 10/20/03.
   
   

3. GP 02-10-01: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from Non-Urban Hillside to Rural Residential for property located at the southerly terminus of Miracle Mountain Drive on a 8.7-acre site. (Vincent Sanfilippo, Owner/HMH, Inc., Applicant). CEQA: Incomplete. Council District: 10.
   WITHDRAWN BY APPLICANT.

4. GP 03-04-01: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from Industrial Park to Medium Density Residential (8-16 Dwelling Units per Acre (DU/AC)) for property located at the southwest corner of Rock Avenue and Oakland Road on a 13.7-acre site. (Orchard Property, LLC, Owner/HMH Engineers, Applicant).
   CEQA: Incomplete. Council District: 4.
   DEFER TO 10/20/03.

5. GP 03-05-02: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from Medium Density Residential (8-16 Dwelling Units Per Acre) to General Commercial for property located at the east side of South King Road approximately 100 feet northerly of East San Antonio Street on a 0.6-acre site. (Tony Nguyen, Owner/ABR Architecture, Applicant). CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration. Council District: 5.
   WITHDRAWN BY APPLICANT.

6. GP 03-07-01: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from Medium Low Density Residential (8 Dwelling Units Per Acre (DU/AC)) to Medium Density Residential (8-16 DU/AC) for property located at the east side of McLaughlin Avenue, from approximately 50 feet northerly of Candia Drive on a 2.5-acre site. (Dhillon Bhupindar S. Trustee & et. al., Owner/Gary Schoennauer, Applicant). CEQA: Negative Declaration. Council District: 7.
   DEFER TO 7/28/03.

7. PDC02-078: PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REZONING of property located at the southeast corner of Madden Avenue and South Jackson Avenue from R-1-8 Residential Zoning District and R-M Residential Zoning District to A (PD) Planned Development Zoning District, to allow up to 70 single-family attached residential units on a 0.94-gross acre site. (Various Owners/Faulk Construction, Applicant). CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration. Council District: 5.
   DEFER TO 4/23/03.
   

   
   

3. Public Hearings

1. GP 03-02-01: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to delete Basking Ridge Avenue as a Major Collector on the Land Use/Transportation Diagram. (City of San Jose, Braddock & Logan Group, Inc., Richard Ceralo, Almaden Associates, LLC, Owners/Applicant).
   CEQA: Addendum to the Metcalf Road Property Environmental Impact Report, Resolution to be adopted.
   Council District: 2.
   Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment.
   Recommend Approval (7-0-0-0)
   
   
2. PDC 03-012: CITY COUNCIL INITIATED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REZONING of the property located on the easterly side of U.S. 101, northerly of Metcalf Road, from R-1-1 Residence Zoning District and A (PD) Planned Development to A (PD) Planned Development Zoning District, to allow up to 213 single-family detached residences on approximately 263.6 gross acres (Braddock & Logan Group, LP, Almaden Associates, LP, & Richard Ceralo, Owners/Braddock & Logan Group, Developer).
   CEQA: Addendum to the Metcalf Road Property Environmental Impact Report, Resolution No. 71360.
   Council District: 2.
   Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed rezoning
   Recommend Approval (7-0-0-0).
   
   
   
3. The items being considered are located at the southeast corner of Taylor and 7th Streets on a 1.9-acre site. (Roem Development, Owner/Silicon Valley Advisor, LLC, Applicant).
   CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration.
   Council District: 3.
   
   
   1. GP 03-03-02: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from Mixed Use #3 (High Density Residential (25-50 Dwelling Units per Acre (DU/AC)); 7,500 - 18,125 square feet of retail; up to 192,625 square feet of office) (Jackson-Taylor Planned Residential Community) to Mixed Use #3 High Density Residential (65-75 DU/AC); up to 12,000 square feet of office.
      Staff Recommendation: Mixed Use #4 High Density Residential
      (25-75 DU/AC); up to 12,000 square feet of office and/or retail commercial.
      Recommend Approval of Staff Recommendation (7-0-0-0)
      
      
   2. GPT 03-03-02: GENERAL PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT request to reflect the proposed changes in the Jackson-Taylor Planned Residential Community (GP03-03-02).
      Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment.
      Recommend Approval of Staff Recommendation (7-0-0-0)
      
      
      
4. The items being considered are located at the northeast corner of Highway 87 and Alma Avenue on a 2.7-acre site. (Scarpelli and Snyder, Owner/Barry Swenson Builder, Applicant).
   CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration.
   Council District: 3.
   
   
   1. GP 03-03-03: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from Mixed Use (25-150 Dwelling Units per Acre (DU/AC)) (Tamien Station Area Planned Community) to Transit Corridor Residential (25+ DU/AC) (Tamien Station Area Planned Community).
      Staff Recommendation: Transit Corridor Residential (25-150 DU/AC) (Tamien Station Area Planned Community).
      Recommend Deferral to 7/28/03 (6-1-0-0); James opposed
      
      
   2. GPT 03-03-03: GENERAL PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT request to reflect the proposed land use changes in the Tamien Station Area Specific Plan (GP 03-03-03) and to reduce the minimum setback for residential structures on Lick Avenue from 15 feet to 5 feet.
      Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment.
      Recommend Deferral to 7/28/03 (6-1-0-0); James opposed
      
      
      
5. The items being considered are located on both sides of 13th Street between Jackson Avenue and Hedding Street on a 14.2-acre site. (Various Owners/City of San Jose, Applicant).
   CEQA: San Jose 2020 General Plan Environmental Impact Report, Resolution No. 65459.
   Council District: 3.
   
   
   1. GP 03-03-06: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram to add a Neighborhood Business District Overlay designation.
      Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment.
      Recommend Approval (7-0-0-0)
      
      
   2. GPT 03-03-06: GENERAL PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT request to make minor modifications to the Neighborhood Business District Overlay designation (GP 03-03-06) in the General Plan text.
      Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment.
      Recommend Approval (7-0-0-0)
      
      
      
6. The items being considered are located at the southeast corner of Jackson and Madden Avenues on a 1.3-acre site. (Multiple Owners/Jerry Strangis, Applicant).
   CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration.
   Council District: 5.
   
   
   1. GP 03-05-01: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from High Density Residential (25-50 Dwelling Units Per Acre (DU/AC)) to Transit Corridor Residential (20+ DU/AC).
      Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment.
      Recommend Approval (7-0-0-0)
      
      
   2. GPT 03-05-01: GENERAL PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT request to modify Urban Design Policy #10 to allow heights up to 75 feet at the subject site (GP 03-05-01).
      Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment.
      Recommend Approval (7-0-0-0)

    

7. GP03-07-02: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from Medium Low Density Residential (8 Dwelling Units Per Acre) to Neighborhood/Community Commercial for property located at the west side of Senter Road approximately 350 feet southerly of Lewis Road on a 0.4-acre site. (Hung Nguyen, Owner/Salvatore Caruso, Applicant).
   CEQA: Negative Declaration.
   Council District: 7.
   Staff Recommendation: Neighborhood/Community Commercial on an expanded 2.0-acre site.
   Recommend Approval of Staff Recommendation (7-0-0-0)
   
   
8. GP 03-07-03: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from Industrial Park to Combined Industrial/Commercial for property located at the south side of Tully Road approximately 400 feet east of McLaughlin Avenue on a 12.9-acre site.
   (Reef Property Management, Owner/Cord Associates, Applicant).
   CEQA: Negative Declaration.
   Council District: 7.
   Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment.
   Recommend Approval (6-0-0-1) Dhillon Abstained
   
   
9. The items being considered are located in triangular shaped area located on the west side of Monterey Road, between the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, Hillsdale Avenue, and approximately 600 feet south of Goble Lane on a 38.2-acre site. (Multiple Owners/City of San Jose, Applicant).
   CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration.
   Council District: 7.
   
   
   1. GP 03-07-05: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT request to change the Land Use/Transportation Diagram designation from Combined Industrial/Commercial to Light Industrial on a 17.2 acres and Heavy Industrial on 21.0 acres (Communications Hill Planned Residential Community).
      Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment
      Recommend Approval (7-0-0-0) .
      
      
   2. GPT 03-07-05: GENERAL PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT request to reflect the proposed land use changes (GP 03-07-05) in the Communications Hill Specific Plan.
      Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment.
      Recommend Approval (7-0-0-0)
      
      
10. GP 03-T-03: GENERAL PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT request to adopt the revised Housing Element as approved by the State Department of Housing and Community Development. (Staff, Owner/Applicant). CEQA: San Jose 2020 General Plan Environmental Impact Report, Resolution No. 65459. Council District: Citywide.
    Staff Recommendation: Adopt the proposed amendment.
    Recommend Approval (7-0-0-0)
    

4. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2003 SPRING HEARING ON GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS

5. APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE 2003 SPRING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS

6. ADJOURNMENT