Good morning.

We are calling to order the planning director hearing of October 14, 2026.

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.

First, for participants who joined 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 nine on their phone.

Remember to keep your raised hand feature on until planning support staff identify your turn to speak.

During uh the second way is during the meeting, please call 408 5358517 or email planning support staff at San Jose CA dot GOV and identify your name that is listed on Zoom,

the

phone number that you'll call in to 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.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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

We will begin today's meeting with deferrals.

Any item scheduled for hearing this morning for which a deferral to a future meeting date is being requested will be moved to this portion of the agenda and considered on the matter of deferral.

I will identify any items to be deferred and ask for comments from the audience.

If you want to change any of the deferral dates or speak to the question of deferring these or any other items, please use the raise hand feature in Zoom or click star nine to raise a hand to speak.

I will now open the public hearing.

We do not have any items proposed for deferral today.

Anyone wish to speak on

that.

Okay.

Seeing none, the matter of deferrals is now closed, and we will move on to agenda item to item three on the agenda, which is a consent calendar.

There will be no separate discussion of individual consent calendar items as they are considered to be routine and will be considered in one action unless an item is moved to the public hearing calendar for separate discussion by the hearing officer.

The public may comment on the entire consent calendar or any items removed from the consent calendar by the hearing officer.

If you wish to speak on one of these items, please use a raised hand feature in Zoom or click star nine to raise a hand to speak.

It is H26 008 and ER26 034, a site development permit to allow the installation of a new freestanding automated teller machine kiosk on a concrete pad and a van accessible parking stall on an approximately 820 square foot project area within an existing shopping center.

The project does not include any tree removals, and it's located at 3046 story road in Council District 5.

It

has a CEQA exemption exempt pursuant to CQA guidelines, section 15303 for new construction or conversion of small structures.

Hearing no request to speak or see any hands raised, item number 3a H26-008 and ER26-034 are hereby approved.

The matter of consent is concluded and we will move to the public hearing.