On October 23, 2024, Planning Director Hearing Officer Martina Davis convened a Zoom meeting to consider a consent calendar and two public hearing items. The hearing began at 9:00 AM and addressed a parking lot project at Las Plumas Avenue and a residential subdivision at Dry Creek Road. Both projects were approved after public testimony and staff analysis.
Item 3A – 1551 & 1601 Las Plumas Avenue (Parking Lot)
Item 4A – 2130 Dry Creek Road (7 Single-Family Homes Subdivision)
Item 3A – Las Plumas Parking Lot
Item 4A – Dry Creek Road Subdivision
Okay, it's nine o'clock, so let's get started. Good morning. We're calling to order the planning director hearing of October 23rd, 2024. My name is Martina Davis, 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 joined electronically and have audio input available on their computer or smartphone, they can use the raised hand feature in Zoom during the agenda item they would like to speak or click star nine on their phone. Remember to keep your raised hand feature on until planning support staff identify your turn to speak. The other option is during the meeting, please call 535-3505 or email planning support staff at San Jose CA dot GOV and identify your name that is listed on the Zoom, phone number that you'll call into Zoom with, and what item or items you would like to comment on. All members of the public will remain on mute until the individual identifies that 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. The hearing procedure will an order of input will be as follows. I will identify each project as described on the agenda. For those items on consent calendar, I will ask if anyone wishes to speak on the items. If a separate discussion is warranted, I will move the item to public hearing portion of the agenda. If a separate discussion is not needed, the item will remain on consent calendar for approval. For those items listed under public hearing, I will ask staff to provide a brief report. The applicant or their representative who wishes to speak on the item will have up to five minutes to speak and should identify themselves by stating their name for the record. After the applicant or their representative has spoken, any member of the public who wishes to speak on an 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 that is not required. Follow comments. 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 public, or further discuss the item. I do spoke. Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. Is the other one available by me? No, this is anyone. Oh, yeah. Apologies for the reception. I may need to move from. I'll then close a public hearing and I may ask staff to answer questions, respond to the comments, maybe the applicant or 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 environmental clearance determination is appealed. The planning director's actions on permits are appealable in accordance with the requirements of Title 20 of the Municipal Code, the zoning ordinance. The planning director's action on environmental review for the permits under the California Environmental Quality Act CEQA are separately appealable in accordance with the requirements of Title 21 of the Municipal Code Environmental Clearance Ordinance. Before we begin, I want to remind members of the public to follow our codes of conduct at meetings. This includes commenting on specific agenda items only. Public speakers will not engage in a conversation with the hearing officer or staff. The hearing officer or staff and the public are expected to refrain from abusive language. Repeated failure to comply with these code of conducts will disturb, disrupt, or impede the orderly conduct of this meeting may result in removal from the meeting. The meeting direct of the director's hearing will now come to order. Okay, so with that, the first um item of the agenda after order or call to order is uh deferrals. Any item scheduled for hearing this morning for which deferral to a future meeting is requested will be removed to this portion of the agenda and considered for the matter of deferral. I will identify any items to be deferred and asked for comments from the audience. If you wish to change uh change any of the deferrals or speak to the question or deferring, please use raise hand.