Citywide Planning
Activities Status Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
March 25, 2024
Item (d)4
Presenters:
Michael Brilliot, Deputy Director, Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement (PBCE) Martina Davis, Division Manager, PBCE
Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner, PBCE
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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
Special
Projects
Jerad Ferguson
• Deputy Director + 23 FTE & “peak” staff
• No vacancies
• Supervising Planner for Housing team filled
Division Manager Principal Planner Principal Planner
Destination:
Home
Planner
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Urban Villages
• Alum Rock East Urban Village:
o Consultant RFP closed January 25, 2024
o Re-issuing RFP due to change in scope, issues with submittals o Council approval of RFP – June 2024
• Saratoga Urban Village:
o Consultant selection being finalized
o Begin work – April 2024
• Review Urban Village Planning Process
• Seeking additional grant opportunities in 2024
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Station Area Planning
• Capitol Caltrain Station Area Plan –
approved December 2023
• Five Wounds Urban Village Plan Update
o Merge and update four Village Plans within
½ mile of the future BART station
o Four out of five workshops completed
o Final Workshop / Open House April 20, 2024
o EIR Preparation Underway
o Council Consideration Winter 2025
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Ordinance and Policy
• Completed:
• Mandatory Housing Element Zoning Updates (ADUs, farmworker housing) approved December 2023 and January 2024
• Underway:
• Coyote Valley Corridor Study – Fall 2024
• Al Fresco – streamlining permitting for outdoor uses near residences – May 2024
• Zoning Maintenance Update – For-sale ADUs, YIGBY zoning amendment, misc. zoning ordinance clean-up – June 2024
• Upcoming:
o SB 9/Opportunity Housing update – Council Fall 2024
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General Plan
• 2023 General Plan Annual Hearing Cycle (Nov/Dec 2023) Approvals o Two privately-initiated General Plan Text/Amendments
o One City-initiated Amendment - Calle Willow Neighborhood • 2024 General Plan Annual Hearing Cycle (Fall 2024)
o One privately-initiated General Plan Amendment application received • Updates to Envision San José 2040 General Plan (2024-2025) o State mandated update to Safety and Open Space Element o State mandated creation of new Environmental Justice Element 8 www.sanjoseca.gov/planning 8
Aligning Zoning & General Plan
• State law requirement to align zoning
districts with General Plan designations
• Approximately 12,000 properties must be
rezoned
• +/- 7,101 completed
• 2,187 since February CED update
• +/- 4,899 remaining
• Upcoming: 511 properties to Council in May
• Remaining to be completed by December
2024
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Other Citywide Planning Work
• Mobilehome Park General Plan and Zoning Amendments
o 13 most “at risk” for development – Approved at City Council on 12/12/23 o 45 remaining parks – May 2024 Planning Commission/June 2024 City Council • Destination Home Affordable Housing Projects
o Six permits issued with 695 units approved since August 2023 CED Update o Six permits, 1,321 units under review
o Five Year Forecast and Development Activity Report 2024 o Report completed in February 2024
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Housing
• Housing Element Certified by HCD on January 29
• Housing Catalyst Team Work Plan and Housing
Element Annual Progress Report: approved by
Council on March 19
• Submit Progress Report to state by April 1
• Citywide Housing Team fully staffed
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Housing Work Items
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Current work Items :
• Updating Zoning Ordinance on Emergency Shelters
• North San José Affordable and Mixed-Income Housing Overlays 2.0 • City Streamlined Ministerial Ordinance
• Development Fee Framework
• Housing Production Dashboard
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Other Citywide Planning Work
• Pleasant Hills Golf Course Planning Process
o February 2024: First workshops
o April 2024: Second workshops
o September 2024: City Council
• Spring 2025: New Technical Consultant Services Master Agreements • State legislation tracking and lobbying
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Citywide Planning
Activities Status Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
March 25, 2024
Item (d)4
Presenters:
Michael Brilliot, Deputy Director, Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement (PBCE) Martina Davis, Division Manager, PBCE
Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner, PBCE