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San José staff proposes citywide shift to allow small multifamily housing, raising neighborhood density to 32 units/acre
Summary
City planning staff recommended a citywide policy to permit small multifamily 'missing‑middle' housing without subdivision and raise residential neighborhood density from 8 to 32 units per acre, citing state laws (SB 9, SB 1123) and examples from other cities; staff will return with refined concepts after outreach.
City planning staff on April 1 told the San José Planning Commission working group they will recommend allowing small multifamily ‘‘missing‑middle’’ buildings across residential neighborhoods and creating a ministerial permit path so properties would not need to subdivide to add multiple primary units.
"The recommendation of staff is to establish a pathway for development of primary units on single‑family parcels, without the need to subdivide the property, and to set a process for ministerial permitting," principal planner Cora Rutcueto told the working group. "The base of this is to increase density from 8 units per acre to 32 units per acre in neighborhood residential designations across the city."
Why it matters: Staff said the change would allow at least four primary…
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