Any market-rate residential development proposed in an urban village area prior to the adoption of the urban village plan must conform to the General Plan Signature Project requirements. A Signature Project serves as a catalyst promoting the development of the entire urban village area.

These criteria broadly include:

1. an Urban Village, residential, or commercial General Plan land use designation;
2. more than its fair share of job-producing uses and housing density at 55 dwelling units per acre or higher;
3. a visible, prominent location;
4. publicly-accessible open space;
5. pedestrian-friendly design;
6. substantial community input;
7. high-quality architecture, landscape, and site design; and
8. recommendations from City’s Urban Design Review process or equivalent.

Listed below are approved and pending signature projects to date:

Approved Signature Projects 

AvalonBay West Signature Project 
The AvalonBay Signature Project includes four publicly-accessible plazas totaling 10,000 square feet.

The Orchard Signature Project
The Orchard Signature Project provided a turn-key public park as part of this project, in order to satisfy the publicly-accessible open space requirement.

Bascom Gateway Station Signature Project
The Bascom Gateway Station Signature Project provides a direct, visually engaging publicly-accessible plaza to the light rail station.

Stevens Creek Promenade (Fortbay) Signature Project
The Stevens Creek Promenade (Fortbay) Signature Project provided approximately 1.3 acres of publicly-accessible open space/plaza to satisfy one of the signature project requirements.

Sparta Signature Project 
The Sparta Signature Project features a publicly-accessible plaza at the corner of two major streets.

Pending Signature Projects

Cambrian Park Plaza Signature Project
Cambrian Park Plaza Signature Project features a1.6-acre publicly-accessible plaza.