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Planning Director's Hearing, May 11, 2026

Votes on Deferral of PD25-019 EV truck charging facility on North 1st Street

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What happened

The San Jose Planning Director's Hearing officer approved a special use permit (SP25-008/ER25-076) for the Harker School expansion at 4300 Bucknell Road, allowing enrollment growth from 580 to 650 students across two construction phases, over objections from multiple neighbors ci…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
San Jose, CA
Date
May 11, 2026
Decisions
2 zoning decisions
Outcome
Deferred

Projects in this meeting (1)

Harker School Expansion

Approved
5 conditions of approval

Free sample: decision 1 of 2

Deferral of PD25-019 EV truck charging facility on North 1st Street

Plan development permit to allow paving/landscaping (including removal of one ordinance-size palm tree), creation of 30 EV truck charging stalls and 10 trailer truck storage stalls with charger plugins, construction of an approximately 3,200 sq ft maintenance building and approximately 6,420 sq ft...

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Meeting Summary

The San Jose Planning Director's Hearing officer approved a special use permit (SP25-008/ER25-076) for the Harker School expansion at 4300 Bucknell Road, allowing enrollment growth from 580 to 650 students across two construction phases, over objections from multiple neighbors ci…

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Key Decisions (2)

Deferred

Deferral of PD25-019 EV truck charging facility on North 1st Street

Approved

Special use permit for Harker School expansion at 4300 Bucknell Road

Conditions attached

Development Activity (2)

Harker Bucknell Multipurpose Building Project

Institutional

EV Truck Charging and Maintenance Facility on North 1st Street

Industrial

Market Signals (3)

Infrastructure

Traffic congestion and inadequate roadway/pedestrian infrastructure around the Bucknell/Weston/Rincon area…

Sentiment

Strong sustained neighbor opposition to institutional expansion in this established…

Commercial Demand

Demand for EV truck charging and heavy-vehicle logistics infrastructure is…

Who Spoke (14)

ChairStaff · 3ApplicantPublic · 4

On the record: the chair, 3 staff members, the applicant, and 4 members of the public.

Agenda scorecard

ZoneWire called 1 of 1 land-use forecast on this agenda.

Rincon Avenue conditional use permit

District District 1
ApprovedZoneWire called it
freeApproved5 conditions of approval
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200 E. Santa Clara Street request

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