MTA Properties Communications Hill General Plan Amendments (File No. GP01-07-02 and GPT01-07-02)
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Summary
SCH Number
2001062119
Lead Agency
City of San Jose
Document Title
MTA Properties Communications Hill General Plan Amendments (File No. GP01-07-02 and GPT01-07-02)
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Land Use: Vacant, communications tower, asphalt and concrete recycling facility; Zoning: Heavy Industrial, Combined Industrial/Commercial, Multi-Family Residential (24-40 du/ac), Open Space/Trails, Parks/Play Fields, Public/Quasi-Pubic School, Commercial, Civic, Utilities; General Plan: Communications Hill planned Residential Community
Document Description
The project proposes a series of General Plan amendments and 14 Communications Hill Specific Plan text amendments. The General Plan land use changes are summarized as follows: (#1) Change the current land use designation from Heavy Industrial (27 acres) and Combined Industrial/Commercial (28 acres) to Industrial Park (55 acres); (#2) Change the current land use designation from Multi-Family Residential -24-40 dwelling units/acre (DU's/Ac) (6 acres) and Open Space/Trails (4 acres) to Parks/Play Fields (5 acres) and Public/Quasi-Public School Site (5 acres); (#3) Change the current land use designation from Parks/Play Fields (5 acres), Public/Quasi-Public School Site (5.2 acres) and Public/Quasi-Public Civic (0.5 acres) to Open Space/Trails (10.7 acres); (#4) Change the current land use designation from Open Space/Trails (6.3 acres) to Multi-Family Residential -24-40 DU's/Ac (6.3 acres); (#5) Change the current land use designation from Commercial (0.5 acres) to Civic (0.5 acres); (#6) Change the current land use designation from Utilities (2.0 acres) to Parks/Play Fields (2.0 acres); (#7) Eliminate the current Hillcap Avenue extension and add Old Hillsdale Avenue extension; and (#8) Realign Pullman Avenue extension between I Street and the railroad tracks (to align with 20th Street) and eliminate 19th Street between I Street and Vista Park Drive (Communications Hill Boulevard).
Contact Information
Name
Jean Lin
Agency Name
City of San Jose
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
San Jose
Counties
Santa Clara
Cross Streets
Hillsdale Avenue & Monterey Road
Total Acres
84.5
Parcel #
455-09-040, 455-09-049, 455-28-011
State Highways
87 & 82
Railways
Caltrain & Union Pacific RR
Schools
Several Elementary and one High School
Waterways
Canoas Creek & Guadalupe River
Other Information
Elementary Schools: Challenger, Schallenberger, Valley View, Terrell, Carson, Parkview, Seven Trees, Los Arboles, Hillsdale, Franklin;
Hill High School
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)
Development Types
Residential (Acres 6.3), Industrial (Acres 55), Recreational (Open Space/Trails, Parks/Play Fields (22.7 acres)), Other (Civic (0.5 acres))
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment
Project Issues
Air Quality, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Land Use/Planning, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildlife
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