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File #: 21-1185    Version: 1
Type: Land Use Regular Agenda Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/10/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/25/2021 Final action:
Title: GP20-007 & C20-002 - City-initiated General Plan Amendment amending the Diridon Station Area Plan and a Conforming Rezoning in response to Senate Bill (SB) 1333 to bring existing Zoning Districts into conformance with the existing and amended Diridon Station Area Plan and to support the amended Diridon Station Area Plan's vision. - TO BE HEARD CONCURRENTLY WITH ITEM 8.1 AND NOT TO BE HEARD BEFORE 6:00 P.M.
Attachments: 1. Memorandum, 2. Memorandum from Liccardo, Davis, Peralez, 3. (a) Resolution, 4. (b) Resolution, 5. (c) Resolution, 6. Ordinance, 7. Presentation - 20 minutes, 8. Presentation in Spanish, 9. Presentation in Vietnamese, 10. Letters from the Public

...Title

GP20-007 & C20-002 - City-initiated General Plan Amendment amending the Diridon Station Area Plan and a Conforming Rezoning in response to Senate Bill (SB) 1333 to bring existing Zoning Districts into conformance with the existing and amended Diridon Station Area Plan and to support the amended Diridon Station Area Plan's vision. - TO BE HEARD CONCURRENTLY WITH ITEM 8.1 AND NOT TO BE HEARD BEFORE 6:00 P.M.

...Recommendations

(a) Adopt a resolution adopting an Addendum to the Downtown Strategy 2040 Final Environmental Impact Report (Resolution No. 78942) and Addenda thereto, in accordance with CEQA.

(b) Adopt a resolution by two-thirds majority making certain findings required by California Public Utilities Code Section 21676 that the proposed City-initiated General Plan Amendment (File No. GP20-007) and Conforming Rezoning (File No. C20-002) are consistent with the purposes set forth in California Public Utilities Code Section 21670 and overruling the Santa Clara County Airport Land Use Commission’s (ALUC) determination that the proposed City-initiated General Plan Amendment and Conforming Rezoning are inconsistent with the ALUC noise and height policies as defined by the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the San José International Airport (CLUP).

PLEASE NOTE: APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION REQUIRES AFFIRMATIVE VOTES BY 2/3 OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT AT THE MEETING. California Public Utilities Code Section 21676.

(c) Adopt a resolution approving the General Plan Amendment (File No. GP20-007) amending the Envision San José 2040 General Plan pursuant to Title 18 of the San José Municipal Code to amend the “Planned Job Capacity and Housing Growth Areas by Horizon” Table 5 in Appendix 5, and amending the Diridon Station Area Plan, a component of the Envision San José 2040 General Plan, to modify the Envision San José 2040 General Plan Land Use/Transportation Diagram for properties within the boundaries of Diridon Station Area Plan and transportation street typology designations, expand the Diridon Station Area Plan boundary, and implement other text amendments and amendments to diagrams for the Diridon Station Area Plan.

(d) Approve an ordinance rezoning certain real property totaling 97 acres within approximately 262 gross acres located within the boundaries of the Diridon Station Area Plan generally bounded by Lenzen Avenue and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks to the north; the Guadalupe River and State Route 87 to the east; Interstate 280 to the south; and Sunol Street and the Diridon Station Commuter Rail to the west from Zoning Districts that include Combined Industrial/Commercial, Commercial General, Commercial Neighborhood, Commercial Pedestrian, Heavy Industrial, Industrial Park, Light industrial, Two-Family Residential, and Transit Employment Center to Zoning Districts that include Downtown Primary Commercial, Open Space, and R-M Residence District (Multiple Unit/Lot).

CEQA: Addendum to the Downtown Strategy 2040 Final Environmental Impact Report (Resolution No. 78942), and Addenda thereto, in accordance with CEQA. Planning Commission recommends approval (5-1-1) (Bonilla absent; Lardinois abstained). Council Districts 3 and 6. (Planning, Building and Code Enforcement)

TO BE HEARD CONCURRENTLY WITH ITEM 8.1 AND NOT TO BE HEARD BEFORE 6:00 P.M.