Item 10.2
El Paseo Project Planned Development Permit Amendment
(File Nos. PDA20-006-02 and T24-010)
December 10, 2024
Presenter: Chris Burton, PBCE Director
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Existing General Plan
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General Plan: Neighborhood/Community
Commercial and Regional Commercial
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Background and Previous Approvals
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On June 21, 2022, the City Council approved the following:
• Planned Development Zoning (File No. PDC19-049) to
rezone a 10.76-gross acre site from the CG and CP
Zoning Districts to a CG(PD) Zoning District.
• Planned Development Permit (File No. PD20-006):
• Removal of 128 trees and the demolition of 126,345
square feet of existing commercial space
• The construction of four mixed-use buildings
including 994 residential units (150 affordable units)
and 165,949 square feet of commercial space
• 1.1-acre park
• Off-Sale Alcohol (Type 21 ABC License) for a future
40,000 square foot grocery store
• On November 29, 2023, the Planning Director approved a Planned Development Permit Amendment (File No.
PDA20-006-01) to allow a reduction in height of Building 3 from and 11-story mixed-use building to a one-story
58,370-square foot retail building (Whole Foods).
Proposed Amendment
• Vesting Tentative Map to reconfigure six lots
into four lots and allow up to 20 commercial
condominiums
• Amend the Affordable Housing Compliance
Plan in accordance with the Inclusionary
Housing Ordinance (Chapter 5 of the
Municipal Code)
• Modifications to Buildings 1, 2, 4:
• Buildings 1 and 2 - 772 multifamily
residential units (39 affordable units)
and 31,586 square feet of commercial
space
• Building 4 - A seven-story, 230,305-
square foot, 263-bed senior care facility
• Implementation of TDM plans under
new Parking Ordinance.
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Project Review
Project Reviewed for conformance with:
• Envision San José 2040 General Plan
• San José Municipal Code
• Housing (Title 5)
• Subdivision Code (Title 19)
• Zoning Code (Title 20)
• Citywide Design Standards and Guidelines
• City Council Policy 6-30: Public Outreach
• Community Meeting held on May 6, 2024
• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
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Environmental Review - Overview
• Initial Study supporting an Addendum to the certified 1312 El Paseo and 1777 Saratoga Avenue Mixed-Use Village Project Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) • Updated Technical Reports
• Air Quality Analysis
• Supplemental Transportation Analysis
• No new or more significant impacts beyond those identified in the certified FEIR have been identified
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Staff Recommendation
1. Adopt a resolution approving an Addendum to the 1312 El Paseo and 1777 Saratoga Avenue Mixed-Use Village Final Environmental Impact Report, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, as amended; and
2. Adopt a resolution, approving, subject to conditions, a Vesting Tentative Map to reconfigure six lots into four lots and to allow up to 20 commercial condominium units on an approximately
10.76-gross acre site.
3. Adopt a resolution approving, subject to conditions, a Planned Development Permit Amendment to amend the Affordable Housing Compliance Plan in accordance with the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance and allow changes to Buildings 1, 2, and 4 within the previously approved El Paseo and 1777 Saratoga Avenue Mixed-Use Village Project, including the construction of two mixed- use buildings consisting of 772 multifamily residential units (with 39 deed-restricted affordable) and approximately 31,586 square feet of commercial retail space and the construction of a seven-story, approximately 230,305-square foot, 263-bed residential care facility with up to 20 commercial condominium units on an approximately 10.76-gross-acre site. www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
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Item 10.2
El Paseo Project Planned Development Permit Amendment
(File Nos. PDA20-006-02 & T24-010)
December 10, 2024
Presenter: Chris Burton, PBCE Director
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