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File #: 25-1109    Version: 1
Type: Land Use Consent Agenda Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/7/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/21/2025 Final action:
Title: PP25-004 - Amendments to Various Sections of Title 20 of the San José Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Code) Related to Temporary Uses of Outdoor Private Property.
Attachments: 1. Memorandum, 2. Ordinance
...Title
PP25-004 - Amendments to Various Sections of Title 20 of the San José Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Code) Related to Temporary Uses of Outdoor Private Property.
...Recommendations
Approve an ordinance amending various sections of Title 20, Part 16 of the San José Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance or Zoning Code) related temporary uses of outdoor private property to amend:
(a) Section 20.80.1450 to simplify and consolidate zoning considerations in subsequent sections;
(b) Section 20.80.1450 Subsection 1, to increase days of operation to include Thursdays, as well as Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays;
(c) Section 20.80.1450 Subsection 2, to increase the number of events that can occur in a private parking lot from two events in a six-month period to twenty-six events in a twelve-month period;
(d) Section 20.80.1450 Subsection 3, to increase the frequency of event days from no more than three consecutive days and two consecutive weeks to no more than four consecutive days in a one-week period;
(e) Section 20.80.1450 to include a new subsection consolidating and outlining permitting limitations in relation to residential dwelling units;
(f) Section 20.80.1460 to remove section and consolidate residential dwelling unit considerations in relation to commercially zoned properties;
(g) Section 20.80.1470 to remove section and consolidate residential dwelling unit considerations in relation to industrial zoned properties;
(h) Section 20.80.1480 to remove limitations on event permitting related to the number of parking spaces used for the purpose of a special event within a private parking lot; and to make other technical, non-substantive, or formatting changes within those sections of Title 20 of the San José Municipal Code discussed.
CEQA: Determination of Consistency with the Envision San José 2040 General Plan Final Program Environmental Impact Report (Resolution No. 76041) and Addenda thereto. Planning Commission recommends approval (8-0-2, Ngu...

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