The San Jose Planning Commission met on October 23, 2024, at 6:45 PM (local time) with seven commissioners present and two absent. The meeting covered a consent calendar, two pulled items, and a public hearing on the Good Samaritan Hospital rezoning. Key actions included approvals of a conditional use permit for a jewelry store to sell collectible alcohol bottles (with modified conditions) and zoning code amendments for emergency residential shelters, while the commission recommended denial of the Good Samaritan Hospital rezoning based on general plan consistency concerns.
Good evening, everyone. My name is Anthony Tordillos, and I am the chair of the Planning Commission. Welcome to the Planning Commission meeting. Please remember to turn off your cell phones. The parking validation machine for the garage under City Hall is located at the rear of the chambers. Following roll call during the summary of hearing procedures, we will review how the public may provide comment during today's session. At this time, please join me in rising for the Pledge of Allegiance. And to the Republic for which it stands under God and indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. We will now move on to roll call. My name is Anthony Tordillos, and I am here. Vice Chair Cantral. Here. Commissioner Barroso. Here. Commissioner Bandal. Here. Commissioner Bickford. Commissioner Larnois? Here. Commissioner Oliverio. Commissioner Rosario. Here. Commissioner Young. Here. All right, that's seven in attendance, two absence. So we have quorum. We'll now move on to summary of hearing procedures. If you want to address the commission, please fill out a speaker card located on the table near the audio visual technician and deposit the completed card in the basket. There are also speaker cards in the back of the chamber and at the side entrance. The procedure for this hearing is as follows. After staff's presentation, applicants and or appellants may make up to a five-minute presentation. During the public comment period, the chair will call out the names on the submitted speaker cards in the order received for those members of the public who attend in person. As your name is called, line up in front of the microphone at the front of the chamber. Generally, each speaker will be given up to two minutes for public testimony, and speakers using a translator will have up to four minutes. At the discretion of the chair, the time allotted to each speaker may be changed depending on the number of items on the agenda, number of speakers, and other factors. Speakers using a translator will have double the time allotted. After public testimony, the applicant or appellant may make closing remarks for up to an additional five minutes. Planning commissioners may ask questions of the speakers. Response to Commissioner questions will not reduce the speaker's time allowance. The public hearing will then be closed, and the planning commission will take action on the item. The planning commission may request staff to respond to the public testimony, ask staff questions, and discuss 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 commission's action on rezonings, pre-zonings, general plan amendments, and code amendments is only advisory to the city council. The City Council will hold hearings on these items. Section 20.120.400 of the municipal code provides the procedures for legal protests to the City Council on rezonings and pre-zonings. The Planning Commission's action on conditional use permits is appealable to the City Council in accordance with section 20.100.220 of the municipal code. Agendas and all staff reports for this meeting may be accessed on the city's website. Okay, we'll move on to call to order and orders of the day. Before we begin, I want to remind the planning commission members and members of the public to follow our code of conduct at meetings.