General Plan and Zoning Updates Regarding Local-Serving Uses in Rural Districts

The Board of Supervisors' approved minor modifications to local-serving General Plan and Zoning Ordinance policy provisions to establish objective standards for regulating local-serving uses in rural areas. They were adopted by the Board on October 20, 2015, and went into effect November 19, 2015.

The item was presented to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisor’s at the October 20, 2015 hearing.

The Board of Supervisors required a one-year report back through the Planning Commission when adopting in October 2015 the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance Amendments related to the local-serving policy provisions and standards. These will be heard by the Planning Commissions in two hearings, the first of which was on July 28, 2016, and the second meeting will be on August 25, 2016. 

For additional information or questions, please contact Michael Meehan, at (408) 299-5775.

Local-Serving Project Review

• Rural Resources Impact Study Template
  Required for all projects subject to local-serving provisions
• Local-Serving Data Document
  Contains the local-serving thresholds

Background Information

• HLUET Staff Report
• Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
• Initial Approach
  • General Plan and Zoning Ordinance Modifications First Draft
  • Guidelines First Draft

Public Meetings

• July 28, 2016 - Planning Commission
  • Item #4: File 10571 - Zoning Status Report
    • ​Correspondence - Khanna​
    • Supplemental - Fedalizo
    • Supplemental - Cox, Stephens, Stephens, Martinez
    • Supplemental - Satler
    • Supplemental - Sinni
    • Supplemental - Summary Table of Issues
    • Supplemental - Correspondence: Pereira
• August 25, 2015 - Board of Supervisors
  • Item #8 of the Board Agenda Packet
• July 23, 2015 - Planning Commission
  • Presentation
  • July 22 Supplemental Memo
  • Supplemental Memo with Attachments
  • Supplemental Public Comments
• July 22, 2015 - San Martin Planning Advisory Committee
  • Presentation
• June 25, 2015 - Planning Commission
  • Continuance Memo
• May 28, 2015 - Planning Commission
  • Staff Report (with exhibits)
  • Presentation
  • Supplemental Memo
• May 27, 2015 - San Martin Planning Advisory Committee
  • Presentation
• April 23, 2015 - Planning Commission
  • Staff Report
  • Presentation
  • Meeting Minutes
• April 22, 2015 - San Martin Planning Advisory Committee
  • Presentation
  • Meeting Minutes
• March 19, 2015 - South County Joint Planning Advisory Committee
  • Staff Presentation
  • Meeting Minutes
• February Outreach Meetings
  • Staff Presentation
  • Meeting Minutes