COUNCIL AGENDA:
FILE:
04/19/22
22-517
ITEM: 10.1 (a)
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22-009, C22-010, C22-011.
Location 238 parcels at various locations in the Valley Fair/Santana Row and West San Carlos Street
planned growth areas.
Existing Zoning Commercial Pedestrian (CP), Commercial Office (CO), Commercial Neighborhood (CN),
Commercial General (CG), Single-Family
Residential (R-1-8), Two-Family Residential (R-2),
Multiple Residence District (R-M), Agriculture (A),
Light Industrial (LI).
Proposed Zoning Urban Village (UV), Urban Village Commercial (UVC), Mixed Use Commercial (MUC), Urban
Residential (UR), Public/Quasi-Public (PQP), Open
Space (OS), Commercial Pedestrian (CP).
CEQA: Determination of Consistency with the Envision San José 2040 General Plan EIR (Resolution No. 76041)
and the Envision San José General Plan Supplemental
EIR (Resolution No. 77617), and Addenda thereto.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Consider the Determination of Consistency with the Envision San José 2040 General Plan EIR (Resolution No. 76041) and the Envision San José General Plan Supplemental EIR (Resolution No. 77617) and Addenda thereto
.
2. Adopt an ordinance of the City of San José rezoning 47 certain real properties from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, one certain real property from the CO Commercial Office Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 11 certain real properties from the CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 34 certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, six certain real properties from the R-2 Two-Family Residential Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 16 certain real properties from the R-M Multiple Residence Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, two certain real properties from the LI Light Industrial Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 13 certain real properties from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, two certain real properties from the CO Commercial Office Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village
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HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2022
Subject: File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22 009, C22-010, and C22-011
Commercial Zoning District, six certain real properties from the CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, 13 certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-2 Two- Family Residential Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, 59 certain real properties from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, three certain real properties from the CO Commercial Office Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, eight certain real properties from the CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, four certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, three certain real properties from the R-1-8 Single-Family Residential Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-M Multiple Residence District Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the PQP Public/Quasi-Public Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-1-8 Single-Family Residential Zoning District to the OS Open Space Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-2 Two-Family Residential Zoning District to the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District, two certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the split zoned UV Urban Village and UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning Districts, one certain real property from the split zoned CP Commercial Pedestrian and R-1-8 Single-Family Residential Zoning Districts to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the split zoned A Agriculture and CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning Districts to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, one certain real property from the split zoned CP Commercial Pedestrian and R-M Multiple Residence Zoning Districts to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, and one certain real property from the split zoned CP Commercial Pedestrian and R-M Multiple Residence Zoning Districts to the UR Urban Residential Zoning District, located throughout the Valley Fair/Santana Row and West San Carlos Street planned growth areas.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
General Plan Designation Urban Village (UV), Urban Village Commercial (UVC), Mixed Use Commercial (MUC), Urban
Residential (UR), Public/Quasi-Public (PQP), Open
Space, Parklands and Habitat (OSPH), Neighborhood
Community/Commercial (NCC).
Consistent Inconsistent
Consistent Policies Implementation Policies IP-1.7, IP-8.2, IP-8.3
PROJECT DATA
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2022
Subject: File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22 009, C22-010, and C22-011
City-initiated Conforming Rezoning to rezone a total of 238 properties, including five split zoned properties resulting in a total of 243 rezonings. The 238 properties would be rezoned as follows: 47 certain real properties from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, one certain real property from the CO Commercial Office Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 11 certain real properties from the CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 34 certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, six certain real properties from the R-2 Two-Family Residential Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 16 certain real properties from the R-M Multiple Residence Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, two certain real properties from the LI Light Industrial Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 13 certain real properties from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, two certain real properties from the CO Commercial Office Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, six certain real properties from the CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, 13 certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-2 Two-Family Residential Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, 59 certain real properties from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, three certain real properties from the CO Commercial Office Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, eight certain real properties from the CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, four certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, three certain real properties from the R-1-8 Single-Family Residential Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-M Multiple Residence District Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the PQP Public/Quasi-Public Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-1-8 Single- Family Residential Zoning District to the OS Open Space Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-2 Two-Family Residential Zoning District to the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District, two certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the split zoned UV Urban Village and UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning Districts, one certain real property from the split zoned CP Commercial Pedestrian and R-1-8 single-Family Residential Zoning Districts to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the split zoned A Agriculture and CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning Districts to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, one certain real property from the split zoned CP Commercial Pedestrian and R-M Multiple Residence Zoning Districts to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, and one certain real property from the split zoned CP Commercial Pedestrian and R-M Multiple Residence Zoning Districts to the UR Urban Residential Zoning District, located throughout the Valley Fair/Santana Row and West San Carlos Street planned growth areas. The specific locations of the parcels to be rezoned are specified in the proposed rezoning ordinance, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Attachment 1.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2022
Subject: File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22 009, C22-010, and C22-011
Background
Government Code Section 65860 (amended in 2018 by Senate Bill 1333) requires charter cities such as San José to make zoning consistent with the General Plan land use designation. To comply with state law and streamline the development review process for projects consistent with the General Plan, staff has been working on a multi-year effort to bring the zoning district map into conformance with the Envision San José 2040 General Plan land use designation for properties in the city. The first phase of this work (Phase 1(a)) was approved by the City Council in June 2019, to begin the process to align the zoning with the General Plan designation, including changes to permitting requirements in the Zoning Ordinance across all zoning districts.
Phase 1(b) was approved by the City Council in June 2021 and created six new urban village and mixed-use zoning districts to support areas that are planned for mixed-use development and high-density residential or commercial uses. Phase II entails City-initiated rezoning of properties citywide where the properties’ zoning is inconsistent with its General Plan land use designation.
Rezoning properties to make the zoning consistent with the General Plan represents the final phase of work to bring the zoning district map into conformance with the General Plan. As part of this phase of work, the rezoning of 62 properties was approved by the City Council on August 31, 2021. At this time, staff is proposing the rezoning of 238 properties to make their designated zoning consistent with their General Plan land use designation. The proposed 238 properties are located throughout the Valley Fair/Santana Row and West San Carlos Street planned growth areas, as indicated on the attached draft Ordinance and shown on the maps (Attachment).
ANALYSIS
The proposed project was analyzed for conformance with the following:
1) Envision San José 2040 General Plan
2) Zoning Ordinance
3) Senate Bill 330
4) Senate Bill 1333
5) California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Envision San José 2040 General Plan Conformance
The subject sites have an Envision San José 2040 General Plan Land Use/Transportation
Diagram land use designations of Urban Village (UV), Urban Village Commercial (UVC), Mixed Use Commercial (MUC), Urban Residential (UR), Public/Quasi-Public (PQP), Open Space, Parklands and Habitat (OSPH), Neighborhood Community/Commercial (NCC). (see Exhibit A-1 of the attached ordinance).
Urban Village (UV): This designation is applied within the Urban Village areas that are planned in the current Horizon to accommodate higher density housing growth along with a significant amount of job growth. This designation is also applied in some cases to specific sites within Urban Village Area Boundaries that have received entitlements for Urban Village type development. This designation supports a wide variety of commercial, residential, institutional, or other land uses with an emphasis on establishing an attractive urban form in keeping with the
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2022
Subject: File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22 009, C22-010, and C22-011
Urban Village concept. Development within the Urban Village designation should conform to land use and design standards established with an adopted Urban Village Plan, which specifies how each Urban Village will accommodate the planned housing and job growth capacity within the identified Urban Village Growth Area. Prior to the preparation of an Urban Village Plan, this designation supports uses consistent with those of the Neighborhood Community Commercial designation, as well as the development of Signature Projects as described in the Envision General Plan Implementation policies. Following preparation of an Urban Village Plan, the appropriate use for a site will be commercial, residential, mixed-use, public facility, or other use as indicated within the Urban Village plan as well as those uses supported by the Neighborhood/Community Commercial designation.
Urban Village Commercial (UVC): This designation is applied within the Urban Village Growth Areas. The Urban Village Commercial land use designation supports commercial activity that is more intensive than that of the Neighborhood/Community Commercial land use designation.
Appropriate uses in this designation include mid-rise office buildings, health care facilities, and hotels, along with ground floor neighborhood-serving commercial and retail uses. Aggregation of smaller parcels is supported in this designation to form parcels ideal for larger, mid-rise development. Development within the Urban Village Commercial designation should conform to land use and design standards established with an adopted Urban Village Plan. Development under this designation should be developed with an urban and pedestrian-oriented form. This designation does not support drive-through uses. Allowable uses, Floor Area Ratio (FAR), height, and building form for this designation may be further defined within the applicable Urban Village Plan.
Mixed Use Commercial (MUC): This designation is intended to accommodate a mix of commercial and residential uses with an emphasis on commercial activity. New development of a property with this designation should accordingly include commercial space equivalent to at least a 0.5 FAR for residential/commercial mixed-use projects and 0.25 FAR for commercial projects with a typically appropriate overall FAR of up to 4.5, allowing for a medium intensity of development. This designation, therefore, is more commercially focused than the Mixed Use Neighborhood designation and also allows for a greater intensity of use. Appropriate commercial uses include neighborhood retail, mid-rise office, medium-scale hospitals or other health care facilities, and medium-scale private community gathering facilities. Low impact industrial uses are appropriate if they are compatible and do not pose a hazard to other nearby uses.
Urban Residential (UR):
This designation allows for medium density residential development and a fairly broad range of commercial uses, including retail, offices, hospitals, and private community gathering facilities, within identified Urban Villages, in other areas within the City that have existing residential development built at this density, within Specific Plan areas, or in areas in close proximity to an Urban Village or transit facility where intensification will support those facilities. Any new residential development at this density should be in Growth Areas or, on a very limited basis, as infill development within areas with characteristics similar to the Urban Village areas (generally developed at high-density and in proximity to transit, jobs, amenities, and other services). The allowable density for this designation is further defined within the applicable Zoning Ordinance designation and may also be addressed within an Urban Village Plan or other policy documents. This designation is also used to identify portions of Urban Village areas where the density of new development should be limited to medium intensity in order to provide for a gradual transition between surrounding low-density
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2022
Subject: File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22 009, C22-010, and C22-011
neighborhoods and other areas within the Urban Village suitable for greater intensification. The allowable density/intensity for mixed-use development will be determined using an allowable FAR (1.0 to 4.0) to better address the urban form and potentially allow fewer units per acre if in combination with other uses such as commercial or office. Developments in this designation would typically be three to four stories of residential or commercial uses over parking.
Public/Quasi-Public (PQP): This category is used to designate public land uses, including schools, colleges, corporation yards, homeless shelters, supportive housing for the homeless, libraries, fire stations, water treatment facilities, convention centers and auditoriums, museums, governmental offices, and airports. Joint development projects which include public and private participation - such as a jointly administered public/private research institute or an integrated convention center/hotel/restaurant complex - are allowed. This category is also used to designate lands used by some private entities, including private schools, daycare centers, hospitals, public utilities, and the facilities of any organization involved in the provision of public services such as gas, water, electricity, and telecommunications facilities that are consistent in character with established public land uses. Private community gathering facilities, including those used for religious assembly or other comparable assembly activity, are also appropriate on lands with this designation. The appropriate intensity of development can vary considerably depending on potential impacts on surrounding uses and the particular Public/Quasi-Public use developed on the site.
Open Space, Parklands and Habitat (OSPH): These lands can be publicly or privately-owned areas that are intended for low-intensity uses. Lands in this designation are typically devoted to open space, parks, recreation areas, trails, habitat buffers, nature preserves, and other permanent open space areas. This designation is applied within the Urban Growth Boundary to lands that are owned by nonprofits or public agencies that intend their permanent use as open space, including lands adjacent to various creeks throughout the City. This designation is also applied outside of the Urban Growth Boundary to the bay lands located within Alviso. New development on lands within this designation should be limited to minimize potential environmental and visual impacts and, for properties located outside of the Greenline/Urban Growth Boundary, should avoid the use of non-native, irrigated vegetation or development of new structures that would alter the environmental and visual quality of native habitat areas. Development of public facilities such as restrooms, playgrounds, educational/visitors’ centers, or parking areas can be an inherent part of the City or County park properties and are appropriate for Open Space, Parklands and Habitat properties both within and outside of the Greenline/Urban Growth Boundary, but in the latter case should be sensitively located to minimize potential environmental and visual impacts. Within the Greenline/Urban Growth Boundary, community centers, public golf courses, and other amenities open to the public would also be allowed within publicly owned properties in this designation. Privately owned lands in this designation are to be used for low-intensity, open space activities. Appropriate uses for privately owned lands in this category include cemeteries, salt ponds, and private buffer lands such as riparian setbacks.
Where appropriate and where it has not otherwise been identified for use as open space (through zoning, for instance), privately owned land in this designation may be considered for low- intensity agricultural uses provided that such uses do not involve the addition of buildings or other structures or use of irrigation on significant portions of the site.
Neighborhood Community/Commercial (NCC): This designation supports a very broad range of commercial activity, including commercial uses that serve the communities in neighboring areas,
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2022
Subject: File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22 009, C22-010, and C22-011
such as neighborhoods serving retail and services and commercial/professional office development. Neighborhood/Community Commercial uses typically have a strong connection to and provide services and amenities for the nearby community and should be designed to promote that connection with an appropriate urban form that supports walking, transit use, and public interaction. General office uses, hospitals, and private community gathering facilities are also allowed in this designation. This designation also supports one hundred percent (100%) deed- restricted affordable housing developments that are consistent with General Plan Policy H-2.9 and Policy IP-5.12.
The proposed conforming rezoning is consistent with the following General Plan policies:
1. Implementation Policy IP-1.7: Ensure that proposals to rezone and prezone properties conform to the Land Use/Transportation Diagram, and advance Envision General Plan vision, goals, and policies.
2. Imp
lementation Policy IP -8.2: Use the City’s conventional zoning districts, contained in its Zoning Ordinance, to implement the Envision General Plan Land Use/Transportation Diagram. These districts include a range of allowed land uses, development intensities, and standards within major land use categories (residential, commercial, and industrial) together with zoning districts for other land uses such as mixed-use and open space. The various ranges of allowed use and development intensity correspond generally to the respective Envision General Plan land use designations while providing greater detail as to the appropriate land uses and form of development.
3. Imp
lementation Policy IP -8.3 – Zoning: For the review of privately or publicly initiated rezoning applications, consider the appropriateness of the proposed zoning district in terms of how it will further the Envision General Plan goals and policies as follows:
a. Align with the Envision General Plan Land Use/Transportation Diagram. b. Retain or expand existing employment capacity.
c. Preserve existing retail activity.
d. Avoid adverse land use incompatibilities.
e. Implement the Envision General Plan goals and policies including those for Urban Design.
f. Support higher density land uses consistent with the City’s transition to a more urban environment.
g. Facilitate the intensification of Villages and other growth areas consistent with the goal of creating walkable, mixed-use communities.
h. Address height limits, setbacks, land use interfaces, and other design standards to provide for the intensification of land uses adjacent to already developed areas.
Analysis: The General Plan land use designations for the proposed sites include, UV, UVC, MUC, UR, PQP, OSPH, and NCC. Therefore, staff proposes a Conforming Rezoning of the properties from the CP to UV, CO to UV, CN to UV, CG to UV, R-2 to UV, R-M to UV, LI to UV, CP to UVC, CO to UVC, CN to UVC, CG to UVC, R-2 to UVC, CP to MUC, CO to MUC, CN to MUC, CG to MUC, R-1-8 to MUC, R-M to MUC; CP to PQP, R-1-8 to OS, R- 2 to CP, CG to split zoned UV and UVC, split zoned CP and R-1-8 to MUC, split zoned A and CP to UV, split zoned CP and R-M to UV, and split zoned CP and R-M to UR. This
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2022
Subject: File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22 009, C22-010, and C22-011
would correspond to the existing Envision General Plan land use designations for the subject sites. The proposed rezoning would allow future development consistent with the sites’ General Plan land use designations.
Zoning Ordinance Conformance
The proposed rezoning conforms with Table 20-270 in Section 20.120.110 of the San José
Municipal Code, which identifies the UV, UVC, MUC, UR, PQP, OS, and CP Zoning District as a conforming district to the respective UV, UVC, MUC, UR, PQP, OSPH, and NCC General Plan land use designations. (see Exhibit A of the attached ordinance).
The proposed rezoning would allow the properties to be used and developed in accordance with the allowable uses in Title 20 of the San José Municipal Code.
Senate Bill 330 Compliance
The Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (SB 330) limits the manner in which local governments may reduce the capacity for residential units that can be built on properties that allow housing, including actions such as down-zoning, changing general or specific plan land use designations to less intensive use, reductions in height, density or floor area ratio, or other types of increased requirements. An exception to this is that a property may be allowed to reduce the intensity of residential uses if changes in land use designations or zoning elsewhere ensure “no net loss” (down-zoning) in residential capacity within the jurisdiction. Additionally, SB 940 authorizes the City of San José to proactively change a zoning to a more intensive use (up-zoning) and to use the added capacity to subsequently change the zoning to a less intensive use.
Approval of File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008. C22-009, C22-010, and C22-011 would not result in a decrease in residential capacity. Among the properties that are the subject of the proposed rezoning, 90 properties would have a reduction of a total of 2,215 residential unit capacity, 128 properties would have an increase of a total of 6,747 residential unit capacity, 15 properties would not have any change in residential capacity, and the five split zoned properties would have a total increase in residential capacity of 274 units (which consists of an increase of 312 units with an attendant decrease of 38 units). Thus, the proposed rezoning would not result in any decrease in residential unit capacity but will result in a 4,806 unit residential capacity increase, which complies with SB 330 and SB 940 requirements.
Senate Bill 1333 Compliance
Government Code section 65860 (amended in 2018 by Senate Bill 1333) requires charter cities such as San José to make zoning consistent with the General Plan land use designation. To comply with state law and streamline the development review process for projects consistent with the General Plan, staff has been working on a multi-year effort to bring the zoning district map into conformance with the Envision San José 2040 General Plan land use designation for properties in the city. The first phase of this work (Phase 1(a)) was approved by the City Council in June 2019, to begin the process to align the zoning with the General Plan designation, including changes to permitting requirements in the Zoning Ordinance across all zoning districts.
Phase 1(b) was approved by the City Council in June 2021 and created six new urban village and mixed-use zoning districts to support areas that are planned for mixed-use development and high-density residential or commercial uses. Phase II entails City-initiated rezoning of properties citywide where the properties’ zoning is inconsistent with its General Plan land use designation.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2022
Subject: File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22 009, C22-010, and C22-011
Rezoning properties to make the zoning consistent with the General Plan represents the final phase of work to bring the zoning district map into conformance with the General Plan. As part of this phase of work, the rezoning of 62 properties was approved by the City Council on August 31, 2021. At this time, staff is proposing the rezoning of 238 properties to make their designated zoning consistent with their General Plan land use designation. The proposed 238 properties are located throughout the Valley Fair/Santana Row and West San Carlos Street planned growth areas, as indicated on the attached draft Ordinance and shown on the maps (Attachment).
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
Pursuant to Section 15168(c)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines, the City of San José has determined that the proposed project is pursuant to, in furtherance of, and within the scope of the Envision San José 2040 General Plan program, the impacts of which were analyzed and disclosed in the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Envision San José 2040 General Plan (FEIR), for which findings were adopted by City Council Resolution No. 76041 on November 1, 2011 and Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) adopted by City Council Resolution No. 77617 on December 15, 2015, and addenda thereto. The FEIR, SEIR, and Addenda were prepared for the comprehensive update and revision of all elements of the City of San José General Plan, including an extension of the planning timeframe to the year 2040.
No new or more significant environmental impacts beyond those identified in the Envision San José 2040 General Plan FEIR, SEIR, and Addenda have been identified, nor have any new mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the FEIR, SEIR and Addenda been identified.
CONCLUSION
The proposed Conforming Rezoning of 238 properties, 47 certain real properties from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, one certain real property from the CO Commercial Office Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 11 certain real properties from the CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 34 certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, six certain real properties from the R-2 Two-Family Residential Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 16 certain real properties from the R-M Multiple Residence Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, two certain real properties from the LI Light Industrial Zoning District to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, 13 certain real properties from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, two certain real properties from the CO Commercial Office Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, six certain real properties from the CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, 13 certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-2 Two-Family Residential Zoning District to the UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning District, 59 certain real properties from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, three certain real properties from the CO Commercial Office Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, eight certain real properties from the CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, four certain
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2022
Subject: File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22 009, C22-010, and C22-011
real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, three certain real properties from the R-1-8 Single-Family Residential Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-M Multiple Residence District Zoning District to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District to the PQP Public/Quasi-Public Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-1-8 Single-Family Residential Zoning District to the OS Open Space Zoning District, one certain real property from the R-2 Two-Family Residential Zoning District to the CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning District, two certain real properties from the CG Commercial General Zoning District to the split zoned UV Urban Village and UVC Urban Village Commercial Zoning Districts, one certain real property from the split zoned CP Commercial Pedestrian and R-1-8 single-Family Residential Zoning Districts to the MUC Mixed Use Commercial Zoning District, one certain real property from the split zoned A Agriculture and CP Commercial Pedestrian Zoning Districts to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, one certain real property from the split zoned CP Commercial Pedestrian and R-M Multiple Residence Zoning Districts to the UV Urban Village Zoning District, and one certain real property from the split zoned CP Commercial Pedestrian and R-M Multiple Residence Zoning Districts to the UR Urban Residential Zoning District is consistent with General Plan policies IP-1.7, IP-8.2, and IP-
8.3. The rezoning also conforms to the General Plan Land Use designations of UV, UVC, MUC, UR, PQP, OSPH, and NCC, and would streamline proposed projects consistent with the General Plan on the subject properties.
CLIMATE SMART SAN JOSE
The recommendation in this staff report has no effect on Climate Smart San José energy, water, or mobility goals.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION
Staff followed Council Policy 6-30: Public Outreach Policy. Planning staff distributed notices to the property owners and tenants for File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22-009, C22-010, and C22-011 on March 4, 2022, to provide information on the proposed Conforming Rezoning. Staff has been available to answer any questions from property owners and tenants.
Staff included their contact information on the notice to answer any questions that property owners and tenants may have. Staff also included the Rezoning and General Plan Alignment website to assist property owners and tenants with the process and where they can view frequently asked questions.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 19, 2022
Subject: File Nos. C22-005, C22-006, C22-007, C22-008, C22 009, C22-010, and C22-011
A notice of the public hearing was distributed to the owners and tenants of all properties located within 500 feet of the project site and posted on the City website. The staff report is also posted on the City’s website. Staff has been available to respond to questions from the public. Staff received one email from a member of the public inquiring about the rezoning.
/s/
Christopher Burton, Director
Planning, Building and Code Enforcement
For questions, please contact Michael Brilliot, Deputy Director, at (408) 535-7831 or [email protected]
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Attachment: Draft Ordinance