Planning Director's Hearing, May 11, 2026
Votes on Deferral of PD25-019 EV truck charging facility on North 1st Street
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…
- Jurisdiction
- San Jose, CA
- Date
- May 11, 2026
- Decisions
- 2 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Deferred
Projects in this meeting (1)
A project bundles every related decision, across hearingsHarker School Expansion
ApprovedFree 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…
Key Decisions (2)
Deferral of PD25-019 EV truck charging facility on North 1st Street
Special use permit for Harker School expansion at 4300 Bucknell Road
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)
On the record: the chair, 3 staff members, the applicant, and 4 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 1 of 1 land-use forecast on this agenda.
Topgolf Drive site plan
200 E. Santa Clara Street request
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