Planning Director Hearing Summary (February 11, 2026)
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Summary
Planning Director Hearing Summary (February 11, 2026)
The Planning Director’s Hearing was convened via Zoom with Jared Ferguson serving as hearing officer on behalf of Planning Director Christopher Burton. The meeting included one consent calendar item, no deferrals, no public hearing items, and concluded after the consent item was approved without public comment.
Consent Calendar
- Item 3A (H25-002, T24-014, ER25-040 | 906 Pine Street, Council District 3): Approved a Site Development Permit and Tentative Map.
- Project description (as presented): Construction of an approximately 983 sq. ft. single-family residence on an approximately 0.6 gross acre site currently developed with one single-family residence and one ADU; Tentative Map to allow up to three residential condominium units.
- Environmental review: Staff stated the project is CEQA-exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15303 (new construction and conversion of small structures).
- Public input: No speakers came forward.
Key Outcomes
- No deferrals were announced.
- Item 3A approved (H25-002, T24-014, ER25-040), including the CEQA exemption determination and the associated permits.
- No public hearing items were scheduled; the hearing was adjourned after the consent calendar action.
Meeting Transcript
Good morning. We are calling to order the Planning Director hearing of February 11th, 2026. My name is Jared Ferguson, and I'm 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. One, for participants joining 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 to or click star nine on their phone. Remember to keep your raise hand feature on until planning support staff identify your turn to speak. The other option, number two, during the meeting, please call 408-535-8517 or email planningsupportstaff at sanjoseca.gov. Identify your name that is listed on Zoom, your 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 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. The hearing procedure and order of input will be as follows. One, I'll identify each project as described on the agenda. Two, for those items on the consent calendar, I will ask if anyone wishes to speak on the item. If a separate discussion is warranted, I will move the item to the public hearing portion of the agenda. If a separate discussion is not needed, the item will remain on the consent calendar for approval. For those items 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 the 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. Lastly, I will close the public hearing and 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 permits are appealable in accordance with the requirements of Title 20 of the Municipal Code, the zoning ordinance. The planning director's actions on the environmental review for permits under the California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, are separately appealable in accordance with the requirements of Title 21 of the Municipal Code, the environmental clearance. Before we begin, I want to remind members of the public to follow our code of conduct at meetings. This includes commenting on the 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 the code of conduct which will disturb disrupt or impede the orderly conduct of this meeting may result in removal from the meeting the meeting of the direct meeting of the director's hearing will now come to order. Okay. So first on the order of business deferrals, we don't have any deferrals. So we will move on to number three, the consent calendar. So again, just a reminder, there will be no separate discussions of these items. And I'll just ask if anyone wishes to speak on these. So item number 3A on the consent calendar is H25-002, T24-014, and ER25-040. It's a site development permit to allow the construction of an approximately 983 square foot single family residence on an approximately 0.6 gross acre site, currently developed with one single family residence