Meeting Transcript

Good morning. We are calling to order the planning director hearing of October 2nd, 2024. My name is Ruth Gueto, and I am the hearing officer for today's agenda on behalf of and delegated by the Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement, Christopher Burton. This meeting is being held via Zoom conference call. Members of the public may participate by following the instructions listed on page two of the agenda. If you would like to provide public comment, you have two methods to do so. For participants who join electronically and have audio input available on their computer or smartphone. They can use a raised hand feature in Zoom during the agenda item they would like to speak to, or click star 9 on their phone. Remember to keep your raised hand feature on until planning support staff identify your turn to speak. During the meeting, please call 408535-3505 or email planning support staff at San JoseCA.gov and identify your name, phone number, and what item or items you would like to comment on. All members of the public will remain on mute until the individual identifies they would like to speak and they are unmuted. Planning support staff will identify you by name when it is your turn to speak. At that time, you will be unmuted and can provide comment for the allotted time. If you exceed your allotted time, you may be muted so we can move on to the next speaker. Please note the following. After the applicant or their representative has spoken, any member of the public who wishes to speak on the item may provide testimony up to two minutes per speaker, either for or against the project. All members of the public should identify their name for the record, although it is not required. Following comments from the public, the applicant may make additional remarks for up to five minutes. I will then close the public hearing and I may ask staff to answer questions, respond to comments made by the applicant or the public, or further discuss the item. I will then take action on the item. If you challenge these land use decisions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at this public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the city at or prior to the public hearing. The planning director's actions on agenda items will be final when the permit is signed and mailed, unless the permit or the environmental clearance determination is appealed. The planning director's actions on the permits are appealable in accordance with the requirements of Title 20 of the municipal code. The planning director's actions on the environmental review for the permits under the California Environmental Quality Act or CEQA are separately appealable in accordance with the requirements of Title 21 of the municipal code. Before we begin, I want to remind members of the public to follow our code of conduct at meetings. This includes commenting on specific agenda item only. Public speakers will not engage in a conversation with the hearing officer or staff. The hearing officer, staff, and the public are expected to refrain from abusive language. Repeated failure to comply with this code of conduct, which will disturb, disrupt, or impede the orderly conduct of this meeting, may result in removal from the meeting. This meeting of the director hearing will now come to order. We will begin today's meeting with a matter of deferrals. Does staff or a member of the public wish to speak on an item for deferral? Seeing none, the matter of deferral is now closed, and we will move on to item three on the agenda, which is a consent calendar. There is one item on the consent calendar, which is 3A, item sp 24 023, and ER24 169, a special use permit to permit the demolition of two buildings that were previously demolished and removed without the benefit of permits on an approximately 1.76 gross acre site located at 565 Charles Street. The site is located in Council District 3. Staff recommendation is to consider the exemption in accordance with CEQA and approve a special use permit. Does staff or anyone from the public wish to speak on this item? Hearing no request to speak and seeing no hands raised, item number 3a, sp 24 023, and ER24 169 is hereby approved. No items are listed on the public hearing. Therefore, this concludes a director's hearing for October 2nd, 2024. Thank you for joining us.