Item 10.3
3464 Ambum Avenue Residential Subdivision Project
(File Nos. PDC22-008, PD22-021, T22-034, ER22-137)
October 22, 2024
Presenter: PBCE Director, Chris Burton
Project Description and Components
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• Planned Development Zoning to rezone the site
from the R-1-5 Zoning District to the R-1-5(PD)
Planned Development District to establish
development standards.
• Planned Development Permit to allow the
demolition of one single-family residence, one
accessory dwelling unit, and five accessory
buildings, the removal of 23 ordinance-size and
16 non-ordinance-size trees, and the
construction of four two-story detached-single-
family residences on an approximately 2.59-
gross-acre site.
• Vesting Tentative Map to allow subdivision of
two existing parcels into four single-family
residential lots.
1 Project Location
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2 General Plan and Zoning Map
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3 General Plan: Residential Neighborhood (RN) Existing Zoning: R-1-5 Single-Family Residence Proposed Zoning: R-1-5(PD) Planned Development
Color of map does not change
Project Review
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Project Reviewed for Conformance with:
• Envision San José 2040 General Plan
Objective Standards:
o Density (Up to 8 DU/AC): 1.54 DU/AC proposed
o FAR (Up to 0.7): 0.15 to 0.31 proposed
• Municipal Code (Tree Removals, Subdivision, Zoning)
• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Provided for Context:
• Single-Family Design Guidelines
4 Environmental Review
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• Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) – circulated June 3 to June 24, 2024
• Four comment letters received and were addressed by staff in a formal Response to Comments document in August 2024
• IS/MND found impacts related to Biological Resources, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, and Noise. With the implementation of identified mitigation measures (including those presented in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program), all identified impacts would be reduced to a less than significant level 5 Staff Recommendation
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1. Adopt a Resolution adopting the 3464 Ambum Avenue Residential Subdivision Project Mitigated Negative Declaration, for which an initial study was prepared, all in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, as amended, and adopting a related Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
2. Approve an Ordinance rezoning the Project Site from the R-1-5 Single Family Residence District to the R- 1-5(PD) Planned Development Zoning District on an approximately 2.59-gross-acre site.
3. Adopt a Resolution approving, subject to conditions, a Vesting Tentative Map to subdivide two existing parcels into four single-family residential lots.
4. Adopt a Resolution approving, subject to conditions, a Planned Development Permit to allow the demolition of one single-family residence, one accessory dwelling unit, and five accessory buildings, the removal of 23 ordinance-size and 16 non-ordinance-size trees, and the construction of four detached- single-family residences on an approximately 2.59-gross-acre site. 6