City of San Jose Sign Ordinance Update, Phase II
Summary
SCH Number
2020039040
Lead Agency
City of San Jose
Document Title
City of San Jose Sign Ordinance Update, Phase II
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Citywide
Document Description
The proposed project would amend Title 23 (Sign Ordinance) of the San Jose Municipal Code to 1) allow free-standing billboard structures on freeway-facing non-City-owned sites, and consider. building-mounted programmable signage and signs displaying off-site commercial speech on central non-City owned sites within the Downtown Sign Intensification Zone and the North San Jose Development Policy Area, 2) explore signage on public right-of-way to allow off-premise commercial advertising along public amenities, street furniture, and transit facilities, and 3) evaluate illumination parameters for illuminated and programmable signs. Location: non-City owned sites as identified Citywide, within Downtown Sign Zone and North San Jose Development Policy Area.
Contact Information
Name
Ranu Aggarwal
Agency Name
City of San Jose
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
City of San Jose
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Cities
San Jose
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
Citywide
Zip
95113
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (City of San Jose Sign Ordinance Update)
Local Actions
Sign Ordinance Update
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Land Use/Planning, Transportation, Energy
Attachments
Environmental Document
NOC
State Comments
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