Planning Director's Hearing, June 8, 2026
Approves 61-unit townhome development at 1655 Berryessa Road
What happened
The San José Planning Director's Hearing (heard by hearing officer Sylvia Doe) approved a 61-unit townhome development at 1655 Berryessa Road (Block I of the Ficino/Berryessa BART district), file numbers H24-017 (site development permit) and T24-007 (vesting tentative map), submi…
- Jurisdiction
- San Jose, CA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- June 8, 2026
- Decisions
- 2 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved
Free sample: decision 1 of 2
Consent Calendar Items 3A, 3B, 3C
Three consent-calendar items approved in one action without discussion: item 3A, file H25-023, a site development permit on Doyle Road; item 3B, file SF25-010, a single family house permit on Coe Avenue; item 3C, file SP25-022, a special use permit on North First Street.
The other decision is listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The San José Planning Director's Hearing (heard by hearing officer Sylvia Doe) approved a 61-unit townhome development at 1655 Berryessa Road (Block I of the Ficino/Berryessa BART district), file numbers H24-017 (site development permit) and T24-007 (vesting tentative map), submi…
Key Decisions (2)
Consent Calendar Items 3A, 3B, 3C
61-unit townhome development at 1655 Berryessa Road
Development Activity (1)
Block I 61-unit townhome development (Ficino district / Berryessa BART)
Residential
Market Signals (2)
Housing Demand
A builder's remedy project is converting a transit employment center…
Commercial Demand
VTA opposed the loss of ~480,000 sq ft of planned…
Who Spoke (3)
On the record: 2 staff members and the applicant's representative.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 2 of 2 land-use forecasts on this agenda.
5295 Doyle Road conditional use permit
200 E. Santa Clara Street request
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