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Council adopts neighborhood business‑district overlay to allow mixed‑use housing in three corridors
Summary
The City Council adopted a zoning overlay Dec. 17 that allows residential uses with specific development standards in three neighborhood business districts — Willow Glen, North Thirteenth Street and part of Japantown’s Taylor Street — implementing a prior general‑plan text amendment and design requirements.
San Jose City Council on Dec. 17 approved a municipal code change to establish a neighborhood business‑district overlay that permits residential development with specified standards in three neighborhood business districts: portions of Willow Glen, North Thirteenth Street and the Taylor Street portion of Japantown.
Staff said the ordinance is a follow‑up to a general plan text amendment the council adopted in 2021; the zoning changes implement that General Plan amendment and were the remaining step from the city’s four‑year review. Justin Daniels, supervising planner, told council staff had held community outreach in 2021 and again in October 2024 to inform…
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