Neighborhood Business District Zoning
Overlay
File No. PP24-010
City Council
December 17, 2024
Item 10.2
Presenter:
Justin Daniels, Supervising Planner, Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner, Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement 1 www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
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Background
• December 2019 General Plan Four-Year Review
• Scope of work included allowing residential uses in underutilized business corridors.
• April 2021 to June 2021
• Community meetings were held to determine support for more intensive residential uses in NBDs.
• November 10, 2021
• Planning Commission recommended approval of the General Plan Text Amendment to update the Neighborhood Business Districts (NBD) Overlay • December 7, 2021
• City Council adopted the General Plan Text Amendment (GPT21-001). www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
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Proposed Zoning Code Updates
• Amend Chapter 20.65 to add Part 5 'Neighborhood
Business District Overlay'
• Create development standards for each NBD (Table 20-
142/143/144)
• Amend Table 20-90 and Table 20-100 of Chapter 20.40
• Amend Table 20-136, 20-137, and 20-138 of Chapter 20.55 www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
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Amending Chapter 20.65 Overlay Districts
•Projects in all NBDs shall:
• Replace existing commercial/industrial square footage at a minimum, to an equivalent square footage of ground floor commercial space (1:1).
• Comply with City Design Guidelines and adaptively reuse any historic structures that are on a property.
• Parking, lighting and setback regulations shall follow the underlying zoning district.
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Amending Chapter 20.65 Overlay Districts
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NBD Area Max Residential Density Max Height
13th Street 50 DU/AC 50 feet
Japantown North side of Taylor St.: 50 DU/AC
South side of Taylor St.: 65 DU/AC
North side of Taylor St.: 50 feet
South side of Taylor St.: 65 feet
Willow Glen Sites less than 1.5 acres: 50
DU/AC
Sites 1.5 acres or more: 65 DU/AC
Sites less than 1.5 acres: 50 feet
Sites 1.5 acres or more: 65 feet
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Amending Chapter 20.40
• Amending Table 20-90 in Section 20.40.100 to allow for mixed use development within the Neighborhood
Business District Overlay in CP/CN/CG zoning districts
• Amending development standards in Table 20-100 to
include an alternative maximum residential density and
height within the Neighborhood Business District Overlay www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
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Amending Chapter 20.55
• Amending the development standards in Table 20-136
and Table 20-137 to refer to Part 5 of Chapter 20.65 for additional regulations
• Amending Table 20-138 in Section 20.55.203 to allow
mixed use development in the Neighborhood District
Overlay by right in the MUC and MUN zoning district
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Community Meetings
• North 13th Street – October 7, 2024
• Japantown – October 10, 2024
• Willow Glen – October 16, 2024
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Neighborhood Business District Zoning
Overlay
File No. PP24-010
City Council
December 17, 2024
Item 10.2
Presenter:
Justin Daniels, Supervising Planner, Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner, Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement 10