Citywide Planning
Activities Status Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
September 23, 2024
Item (d)2
Presenters:
Martina Davis, Division Manager, Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner, Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement Jerad Ferguson, Principal Planner Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement
Citywide Planning Overview
• General Plan
• Housing/Housing Element
• Ordinance & Policy
• Urban Village & Station Area Planning
• Data & Analytics
• Special Projects
• Destination Home
• 19 staff + Deputy Director (vacant)
www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
Major Initiatives
• Tri-Element Update
• Safety, Open Space, and Environmental Justice
• General Plan Four-Year Review (2026)
• Update housing capacity for next Housing Element
• Evaluate planned job and J/ER goals,
implementation of the Urban Village concept,
environmental indicators, affordable housing
needs, etc.
• Preparation for 7th Cycle Housing Element
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7-Year Workplan
• Update to PBCE Customer Service Charter
• Workload estimates by Citywide staff hours to complete • CEQA team workload not included
• Work required/committed through adoption of the 7th Cycle Housing Element – FY 30-31
• State-mandated vs. City Priorities categories
• State-mandated: Required by state law, Housing Element commitments, response to litigation
• City Priorities: Projects directed by Council, other ongoing work such as coordination with IGR on state laws, data and analytics, etc. www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
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Citywide Planning Dashboard
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Workload by Fiscal Year
FY 24-25 FY 25-26 FY 26-27 FY 27-28 FY 28-29 FY 29-30
Housing
Element Action
Items
Urban Village Planning
Other State
Mandates
Housing Element
Action Items HE Action Items HE Action Items
City-Initiated
Ordinance and
Policies
HE Action Items
City-Initiated
Ordinance and
Policies
Other State
Mandates
Other Policy &
Admin Work
City-Initiated
Ordinance and
Policies Other Policy &
Admin Work
Other Policy &
Admin Work
Other Policy &
Admin Work
109%
Committed
72%
Committed
62%
Committed
42%
Committed
54%
Committed
54%
Committed
7th Cycle Housing Element
9/2027 - 6/2030
General Plan Major Review
& Housing Capacity EIR
3/2026 – 10/2027
Safety, Open Space, Environmental
Justice Elements Update
3/2024 - 1/2026
Current and Upcoming Fiscal Years
• FY 2024-2025: 109% staff hours committed
• 89% State-mandated, 20% City Priorities
• City Priorities include Billboard Policy 6-4 updates, Pleasant Hills Guiding Principles, Supergraphics update, Coyote Monterey Corridor, and more. • FY 2025-2026: 72% staff hours committed
• 54% State-mandated, 18% City Priorities
• City Priorities include zoning updates for smoke and vape shops, special event permitting, aligning agriculture zoning with the County.
• Additional priorities may arise such as Transit Oriented Communities planning • FY 2026-2027: 62% staff hours committed
• 57% State-mandated, 5% City Priorities
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Urban Villages
• Saratoga Urban Village:
o Began work – April 2024
o Consultant onboarded – Summer 2024
• Alum Rock East Urban Village:
o Consultant RFP closed January 25, 2024
o Re-issued RFP due to change in scope, issues with submittals o Protest and appeal submitted on re-issued RFP
o October 8, 2024 City Council hearing for contract
• Review Urban Village Planning Process
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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 Final Workshop / Open House April 20, 2024
o EIR Preparation Underway
o Council Consideration Spring 2025
• Transit Oriented Communities (TOC)
Planning
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Ordinance and Policy
• Completed:
• Maintenance Update and ADU for sale ordinance (AB
1033) – June 2024
• Streamlined permitting for outdoor dining and other
outdoor uses – June 2024
• Underway:
• Supergraphics – February 2025
• Coyote Valley Corridor Study – Summer/Fall 2025
• SB 9 Update and Expansion – Summer 2025
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General Plan
• General Plan 1st Hearing Cycle (June 2024) Approval
o City-initiated Amendment – Mobilehome Park Redesignation Project • General Plan 2nd Hearing Cycle (Fall 2024)
o One privately-initiated General Plan Amendment
o One City-initiated General Plan Amendment related to the Airport Influence Area
• Updates to Envision San José 2040 General Plan (2024-2026) 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
• +/- 6,466 completed
• 67 since March CED update
• +/- 4,601 remaining
• Upcoming: 402 properties to Council on
12/3/24
• Remaining to be completed by June 2025
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Housing
• Full staffing of Housing Team within Citywide
• Housing Element certified by state HCD on January
29, 2024
• Housing Catalyst Team Work Plan and Housing
Element Annual Progress Report presented to
Council on March 19, 2024
• Submitted Progress Report to state HCD by April 1, 2024 • Affordable Housing Projects processed
o One permit issued with 91 units approved since March
2024 CED Committee Update
o Eight permits, 1,158 units under review
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Housing Work Items
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Current work Items :
• City Streamlined Ministerial Ordinance
• Development Fee Framework
• Housing Production Dashboard
• North San José Affordable and Mixed-Income Housing Overlays 2.0 • Updating Zoning Ordinance on Emergency Shelters
Other Citywide Planning Work
• Neighborhood Business District Overlay
• Direction from 2nd Year GP Four Year Review
• NBDs: Japantown, Willow Glen, and 13th Street
• Pleasant Hills Golf Course Planning Process
o First workshops – February 2024
o Second workshops – April 2024
o Council - September 2024
• New Technical Consultant Services Master Agreements – Spring 2025 • State legislation tracking and lobbying
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Citywide Planning
Activities Status Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
September 23, 2024
Item (d)2
Presenters:
Martina Davis, Division Manager, Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner, Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement Jerad Ferguson, Principal Planner Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement