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Planning Director's Hearing, July 31, 2026

Approved: Site Development Permit at 470 West St. Carlos Street

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What happened

On July 31, 2026, San Jose approved Site Development Permit at 470 West St. Carlos Street.

San Jose Planning Director's Hearing officer approved a site development permit (file H25-039) for Urban Catalyst's 276-unit, eight-story residential building at 470 West St.

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
San Jose, CA
Date
July 31, 2026
Decisions
2 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved

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Consent Calendar Items 3A-3E

Consent calendar approved in one action with no separate discussion: item 3A site development permit file H20-048; item 3B site development permit file H22-030; item 3C H26-002; item 3D Special Use Permit SP24-041; item 3E Special Use Permit SP25005. Approved by the hearing officer (no voting body).

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Key Decisions (2)

Approved

Consent Calendar Items 3A-3E

Approved

Site Development Permit at 470 West St. Carlos Street

6 conditions attached

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Development Activity (1)

Gifford / 470 West St. Carlos Street Residential Project

Residential

Market Signals (3)

Housing Demand

San Jose is aggressively fast-tracking high-density downtown housing via AB…

Infrastructure

The 470 West St. Carlos site remains in a Santa…

Sentiment

The Delmas Park neighborhood is broadly supportive of affordable and…

Agenda results

470 West San Carlos Street request

District District 6
Approved
freeApproved6 conditions of approval

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200 E. Santa Clara Street request

No vote recorded

Who spoke

16 distinct speakers; 5 identified names.

All speaker roles: 8 Public, 6 Staff, 1 Applicant, 1 Unknown.

Identified name roles: 1 Applicant, 4 Staff.

Speaker sample: Matt Bernardis, Applicant.

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Zoning terms (12)

76 recorded timestamps

  • public hearing (12 timestamps)
  • land use (1 timestamps)
  • environmental review (2 timestamps)
  • deferred (3 timestamps)
  • special use permit (2 timestamps)
  • approved (11 timestamps)

Decision moments (2)

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