Early Consideration for Privately-Initiated
General Plan Amendment
File No. GP25-005
City Council
September 30, 2025
Item 10.3
Presenters:
Chris Burton, Director
Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner
Early Consideration Process
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General Plan Policy IP-3.3
…early consideration for continued processing or
denial may be considered outside of the General
Plan Annual Review process for projects involving
the
conversion of employment land to non-
employment uses or other projects that are
fundamentally inconsistent with the General Plan….
2 Site Description
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• 0.46 gross-acre site
• Existing parking lot
• Surrounded by Office,
Commercial, Church, Single-
Family, Duplex, and parking lots
3 General Plan
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Existing General Plan Designation:
Neighborhood/Community Commercial
Residential Neighborhood
Proposed General Plan Designation:
Mixed use Neighborhood
4 Project Description
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5 www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
General Plan Consistency
• Inconsistent
• Employment Land
• Major Strategy #4, and Promote Fiscally Beneficial Land Use Policy FS-4.4
• Focused Growth
• Focused Growth Major Strategy #3, and Land Use Policies 2.3, and 9.17
• Consistent
• Housing
• Social Equity and Diversity Policy H-1.9
6 Other Options
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Northern Parcel
• SB 9 Duplex
• Can build a duplex on land zoned for
single-family
• Additional ADUs also allowed
• SB9 Subdivision
• Allows the parcel to be subdivided
into two parcels.
• Can build up to two units on each lot
Southern Parcel
• AB2011/SB6
• Allows residential development on
commercially-designated land
SB 9 Subdivision
Options
7 General Plan 4-Year Review
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• First taskforce meeting, Oct. 15, 2025
• Opportunity to evaluate policies and
goals related to housing
• Identifying additional areas outside of
Growth Areas to accommodate
more residential
• A comprehensive evaluation
approach
8 Planning Commission Recommendation
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Recommend that the City Council deny staff’s
recommendation and allow for the continued
processing of the General Plan Amendment
application.
9 Staff Recommendation
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Deny the applicant’s request to amend the Envision San José 2040 General Plan Land Use/ Transportation Diagram
designation from Neighborhood/Community Commercial &
Residential Neighborhood to Mixed Use Commercial.
and
Direct Planning staff to evaluate the subject site and
surrounding sites, as an area that would allow for residential or mixed-use development in the future, as part of the General Plan 4-Year Review
10 Potential City Council Actions
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(1) Approve staff recommendation, deny the proposed
General Plan Amendment and analyze site as part of
General Plan Four Year Review; or
(2) Deny staff recommendation and direct staff to continue processing the General Plan Amendment and any other
associated applications as proposed;
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