Japantown Corporation Yard Redevelopment Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2007102015
Lead Agency
City of San Jose
Document Title
Japantown Corporation Yard Redevelopment Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
The project site is located north of the Downtown and within the Japantown Redevelopment Project Area. The southern portion of the site is designated as a Neighborhood Business District. The subject site is comprised of two parcels totaling approximately 6.35 acres. The larger of the two parcels, approximately 5.8 acres, has until recently been utilized as a Corporation Yard by the City of San Jose and is bordered on the south by Jackson Street, on the west by North 6th Street, on the east by North 7th Street, and on the north by Taylor Street. The smaller parcel, approximately 0.55 acres, located immediately west of the Corporation Yard site on the west side of Jackson Street, was utilized as a parking lot for City employees working at the Corporation Yard. The Corporation Yard site's current zoning is LI Light Industrial. The current General Plan designation is Mixed Use #2 within the Jackson-Taylor Planned Residential Community. The Mixed Use #2 designation allows a mix of high-density residential (25-50 DU/AC), 150 senior housing units, a 40-room inn, up to 80,000 square feet of office, and between 33,000 and 53,750 square feet of retail. The commercial square footage may also include a cultural center. Within the Mixed use #2 designation, the height limit is 65 feet. The General Plan designation for the southern portion of the Corporation Yard site is Public Park/Open Space. The General Plan land use designation for the City surface parking lot site across Sixth Street is Medium High Density Residential (12-25 DU/AC), the zoning is LI Light Industrial.
Document Description
The proposed project would redevelop the corporation yard site with up to 600 residential units in approximately four mid to high-rise buildings up to 148 feet in height. It would redevelop the surface parking lot site with up to 75 affordable senior residential units in an approximately 6-story building. Within the corporation yard site, building heights would range between six to 14 stories, with variations in height designed to provide visual interest, view corridors, and site image. In addition, the corporation yard site would include 10,000 to 20,000 square feet of community amenity space in several one to two-story buildings within or adjacent to the public plaza area; up to 30,000 square feet of retail space; and a public plaza and garden. Below-grade parking is proposed. The proposed project includes a General Plan Amendment (File #GP07-03-04) and an amendment to the Jackson-Taylor Residential Strategy to change the land use designation to allow the proposed mix of uses, allow increased height and density on the project site, increase the caps on development to the extent required, and amend relevant design principles. The site would be rezoned to A (PD) Planned Development Zoning District (File #PDC07-073).
Contact Information
Name
Dipa Chundur
Agency Name
City of San Jose
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
San Jose
Counties
Santa Clara
Cross Streets
6th & E. Taylor Street
Zip
95112
Total Acres
6.35
Parcel #
249-39-011,-039
State Highways
87, 880
Railways
UPRR
Airports
Mineta International
Schools
Burnett Academy
Waterways
Coyote Creek, Guadalupe River
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 Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), Department of Toxic Substances Control
Development Types
Residential (Units 675, Acres 6.35), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 30000)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, 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, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation
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