Good morning.

We are calling to order the planning director hearing of February 25th, 2026.

My name is David Kean, 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.

First, for participants who join electronically and have audio input available on their computer or smartphone, they can use the raise hand feature in Zoom during the agenda item they would like to speak or click star 9 on their phone.

Remember to keep your raise hand feature on until planning support staff identifies it as your turn to speak.

Second, during the public meeting, you can call 408 535 8517 or email planning support staff at San Jose CA.gov and identify your name that is listed on Zoom, the phone number that you'll be calling into Zoom with, and what item or items you'd 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.

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 it's a separate discussion is not needed, the item will remain on the consent calendar for approval.

For those items listed under public hearing, I will ask staff to provide a brief report.

The applicant or the 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 for up to two minutes for 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 an additional remarks for up to five minutes.

I will then 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 environmental clearrency termination 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 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 the specific agenda item only.

Public speakers will not engage in a conversation with the hearing officer or staff.

The hearing officer, staff, or 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 content of this meeting may result in removal from the meeting.

This meeting of the director hearing will now come to order.

First item is the item of deferrals.

Any items scheduled for this meeting for its deferral to the future meeting is being requested will be moved to this portion of the agenda and considered on the matter of deferral.

Are there any requests to move any items to defer all?

Okay.

Not seeing any requests for deferrals.

I will then move on.

The item deferrals was now closed.

I will now move on to the consent calendar.

So there will be no separate discussion of individual consent calendar items as they're considered routine.

It will be considered one action unless an item is moved to the public hearing for separate discussion by the hearing officer.

There are two items on consent calendar.

One is item number 3A.

This is SP25024 and ER25229.

This is a special use permit to allow the construction of a replacement three-foot high retaining wall and an existing four-foot high retaining wall adjacent to a pool in a rear yard of a single family house on an approximately 0.32 gross acre site located at the south end of Hillcrest Drive, approximately 125 feet westerly of the intersection of Hillcrest Drive and Echo Valley Drive at 1391 Hillcrest Drive.

The staff recommendation is considered the exemption in accordance with SQL and approve a special use permit.

Item number 3B on the consent agenda is file number T25022 and ER25213.

This is the best intended of MAP to allow the subdivision of an existing approximately 35.41 gross acre lot, the plant, into eight non-residential lots located at one Kirtner Avenue.

The sequel is exempt pursuant to SQL guidelines for existing facilities.

And the staff recommendation is to consider the exemption in accordance with SQL and approve a vesting tenant at MAP.

Is there anybody who wishes to speak on any of the two consent items?

Please raise your hand now.

Have you been contacted by anybody who wishes to speak on any of the consent items?

No, we have not.

Okay.

Okay, just giving if anybody wishes to speak on any of these items, please raise your hand.

Otherwise, not seeing anyone.

This is item number 3A and 3B.

These are now approves.

Okay, thank you, support staff.

I'm now moving on to the public hearing portion of the agenda, and there are no items.

Um, therefore, the next item is item number five, which is adjournment.

So that this director's hearing of February 25th, 2026 is now closed.

Thank you.