Citywide Planning
Activities Status Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
August 28, 2023 – Item (d)3
Presenters:
Michael Brilliot, Deputy Director
Martina Davis, Division Manager
Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner
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Customer Service Charter
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Citywide Planning Overview
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Martina Davis
Ordinance &
Policy
Urban
Villages
Station Area
Planning Housing
Ruth Cueto
General
Plan & Data
Analytics
Climate
Smart
Special
Projects
Jerad Ferguson
• Deputy Director + 21 FTE
• Vacancy rate reduced from 40% to 9.5%
• Two new Principal Planner positions added and filled
Division Manager Principal Planner Principal Planner
Urban Villages
• New team started March 2023
• Alum Rock East Urban Village:
o Consultant RFP in progress
o Estimated kick-off early 2024
• “Market Ready” West San Jose Urban Village
o Secure consultant – Fall 2023
o Begin work – Early 2024
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Station Area Planning
• Five Wounds Urban Village Plan Update
o Merge and update four Village Plans within
½ mile of the future BART station
o Two out of five workshops completed
o Next workshop – September 21, 2023
o Council Consideration summer 2024
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• Capitol Caltrain Station Area Plan
o 16 acres along Monterey Hwy near Capitol Caltrain station o Total of two workshops completed in 2022 and 2023
o Council consideration December 2024
Ordinance and Policy
• Revisions to Cannabis Business Ordinance adopted June 2023 o 3 Zoning Code Verification Certificates issued for new retail locations • Coyote Valley Corridor Study - underway
• Upcoming:
o Mandatory Housing Element Zoning Updates (ADUs, farmworker housing) – Fall 2023
o City Council Policy 6-4 update – Initiate spring 2024 o SB 9/Opportunity Housing update – Council late 2024
o Neighborhood Business District housing ordinance - TBD www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
Climate Smart
• Parking and TDM ordinance
implementation – Spring 2023
• Current work items:
• Reach Code update for electric vehicle
charging stations
• Other reach code changes
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General Plan
• 2023 General Plan Annual Hearing Cycle 2023 (Nov/Dec 2023) o Two privately initiated General Plan Amendments
o One City-initiated Amendment - Calle Willow Neighborhood • 2024 General Plan Annual Hearing Cycle (Fall 2024)
o General Plan Amendments required to now include proposed project • Updates to Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan (2024-2025) o State mandated update to Safety and Open Space Element o State mandated creation of new Environmental Justice Element www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
Aligning Zoning & General Plan
• State law requirement to align zoning
districts with General Plan designations
• Approximately 12,000 properties must be
rezoned
• +/- 5,284 completed
• 1,485 since February CED update
• +/- 5,800 remaining
• Upcoming: 650 properties to Council on
10/24/23
• Remaining to be completed early 2024
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Other Citywide Planning Work
• Mobilehome Park General Plan and Zoning Amendments
o 13 most “at risk” for development – November 2023 Council Hearing o 45 remaining parks – Spring 2024 Council Hearing
• Destination Home Affordable Housing Projects
o Five permits issued with 965 units approved since February CED Update o Seven permits, 1,005 units under review
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Housing
• Housing Element approved by Council 6/20/23
• Housing Catalyst Work Plan approved by Council
on 8/22/23
• Added staff capacity – Principal Planner &
Planner
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Housing
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• Current work Items :
•North San Jose Affordable and Mixed-Income Housing Overlay oCommunity meeting in September/October 2023
oPlanning Commission Hearing: November 2023
oCity Council Hearing: December 2023
oCost of Development – October 26th Study Session
oHousing Element Implementation Action Items
Other Citywide Planning Work
• Evergreen/East Hills Development Policy – Council October 2023 • Pleasant Hills Golf Course Planning Process
o Securing Consultant Team – Complete early October 2023 o Anticipate first workshop in December 2023
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Citywide Planning
Activities Status Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
August 28, 2023 – Item (d)3
Presenters:
Michael Brilliot, Deputy Director
Martina Davis, Division Manager
Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner