826 N. Winchester Blvd. Mixed Use Development Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024120302
Lead Agency
City of San Jose
Document Title
826 N. Winchester Blvd. Mixed Use Development Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
General Plan Land Use Designation: Neighborhood/Community Commercial (NCC); Zoning: Commercial Pedestrian (CP) and Single-Family Residential (Up to Eight Dwelling Units per Acre) (R-1-8)
Document Description
The project applicant proposes to demolish the existing 11,742-square-foot, two-story, vacant office/commercial building on the project site and to construct a new 240,500-square-foot, mixed-use development building with two towers. The proposed building would include 17 stories, including a one-story podium building that would contain retail and commercial uses, and two separate multifamily residential towers. Tower A would include a 16-story tower above the podium for a total of 17 stories and a height of approximately 197 feet; and Tower B would include a 12-story tower above the podium for a total of 13 stories and a height of approximately 151 feet. Additionally, the proposed project would include two levels of underground parking. The proposed project would include up to 16,836 square feet of commercial uses in level 1, and 135 units in levels 2 through 17. The proposed project would include an emergency generator on the northeastern corner of the first level. The proposed project would include a General Plan amendment to change the General Plan land use designation from Neighborhood/Community Commercial to Transit Residential and rezoning from Commercial Pedestrian (CP) and Single-Family Residence (R-1-8) to Transit Residential (TR).
Contact Information
Name
Cort Hitchens
Agency Name
City of San Jose, Planning, Building & Code Enforcement
Job Title
Planner III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Jay Shen
Agency Name
VCI Companies
Job Title
Director of Design
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Alen Estrada-Rodas
Agency Name
PlaceWorks, Inc.
Job Title
Senior Associates I
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
San Jose
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Winchester Boulevard and Hedding Street
Zip
95128
Total Acres
0.6
Parcel #
274-50-061
State Highways
I-280, I-880, and SR-87
Railways
VTA Light Rail
Airports
San Jose International Airport
Schools
Various
Waterways
N/A
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 17, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Residential (Units 135, Acres 0.6), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 25300, Acres 0.6, Employees 8)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Site Plan, Rezone
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wetland/Riparian, GHGs, tribal cultural resources
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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