Coyote Valley Specific Plan
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2005062017
Lead Agency
City of San Jose
Document Title
Coyote Valley Specific Plan
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Coyote Valley can be described in terms of three distinct areas. The three areas are designated on the San Jose 2020 General Plan Land Use/Transportation Diagram as the following; the northern Coyote Valley is designated Campus Industrial (current zoning includes Planned Development (PD), Single Family Residential, and Agriculture); mid/central Coyote Valley is designated as Coyote Valley Urban Preserve (primarily County of Santa Clara jurisdiction, zoning includes Single-Family Residential and Agriculture); and southerly Coyote Valley to Palm Avenue and easterly along Coyote Creek is designated with the Coyote Greenbelt overlay with an underlying designation of either Agriculture or Public Park/Open Space.
Document Description
The Coyote Valley Specific Plan (CVSP) proposes the urban development of a minimum of 25,000 residential units and 50,000 new jobs on approx. 3,400 acres in northern and mid Coyote Valley, located on an existing rural area south of the Santa Teresa neigborhood and Tulare Hill. The project includes a proposed strategy to implement the South Coyote Greenbelt on an area of approx. 3,500 acres that is intended to be a permanent non-urban buffer between San Jose and Morgan Hill. The CVSP would create a new pedestrian and transit oriented community in southern San Jose, with a projected population of approx. 70,000 to 80,000 people (based on Census 2000 houselold data). The CVSP includes urban land uses such as workplace, residential, retail, and mixed use development, as well as structured/shared parking, and new roadways. The new roadways include a multifunctional Parkway and an extension of Bailey Ave. to the southwest towards Almaden Valley. The Plan includes and internal Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system with a connection to a multi-modal Caltrain station on the west side of the existing Caltrain line. Additionally the plan includes schools, a library, a community center, parks, trails, playfields, and services and utilities necessary to support a community this size. The CVSP includes a lake and urban canal, and proposes to relocate and restore Fisher Creek to a historic alignment. Build-out of the proposed project is anticipated to occur over a 25-50 year timeframe.
Contact Information
Name
Darryl Boyd
Agency Name
City of San Jose
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
San Jose
Counties
Santa Clara
Zip
95037
Total Acres
~ 7,283
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
US 101
Railways
UPRR, Caltrain
Schools
Morgan Hill School District
Waterways
Coyote Creek and Fisher Creek
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Department of Housing and Community Development, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Residential (Units 25,000, Acres 1,402), Office (Sq. Ft. 479,160, Acres 11, Employees 1,200), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 1,960,200, Acres 45, Employees 3,000), Industrial (Sq. Ft. 24,567,840, Acres 564, Employees 50,000), Educational (2 high and middle schools, 9 elementary schools), Recreational , Water Facilities (Type ARWTF, MGD 10.0), Transportation:Other (Improvements, new roadways, transit)
Local Actions
Specific Plan, Rezone, Prezone, Annexation
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife, Climate Change
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