SAN JOSE — Excessive-density housing may sprout on a alternative web site close to San Jose’s full of life Japantown neighborhood as a result of a preliminary effort to find out whether or not it’s appropriate for such a growth.
5 property house owners try to gauge the views of San Jose planners relating to the viability of a housing growth on the positioning, which is on the nook of North First Road and East Taylor Road, metropolis paperwork present.
“5 contiguous properties on the nook of North First Road and East Taylor Road in San Jose have been owned since 1979 by a restricted legal responsibility partnership,” in response to the preliminary plans on file with metropolis officers. “The 5 companions are working collectively to promote the properties.”
The properties have addresses of 678, 684, 692 and 698 North First Road, and 20 East Taylor Road, the San Jose planning paperwork present.
Uchiban Properties owns the parcels. Uchiban Properties is positioned on the identical 692 North First Road tackle the place Ron Uchishiba operates an authorized public accountant and administration guide enterprise. Uchishiba couldn’t be instantly reached for remark.
“Given the contiguity of the 5 parcels, combining them would doubtlessly create a possibility for larger residential density or larger affect growth at a key ‘gateway’ central to a transit city village,” the planning paperwork state.
The 5 companions within the Uchiban Properties entity try to gauge the feasibility of growth on the mixed web site, which totals barely greater than a half acre. Another choice would decide whether or not the 5 parcels might be developed individually.
The group of homeowners now working as Uchiban Properties have owned the 5 websites since 1979. A hair salon, accountant and chiropractor function in three of the 5 buildings. One of many buildings is a residence. The fifth constructing, at 20 East Taylor, has been unoccupied since a hearth occurred at an unspecified date.
One doable problem for growth on the positioning: The buildings at 692 and 698 North First Road are deemed to be a “historic useful resource” within the metropolis’s database, in response to the planning paperwork. The buildings should not, nonetheless, historic landmarks.
San Jose officers see this common space as a future transit village that would create a brand new gateway to town’s downtown.
“These parcels are positioned in an essential city location and characterize a possibility for brand new growth that might assist town obtain most of the pedestrian-oriented targets for the North 1st Road Transit Village,” town planning paperwork state.
The property house owners consider a wide range of makes use of might be developed on the positioning, which along with its proximity to downtown San Jose, can also be close to town’s airport, parks and the Guadalupe River waterway.
Plus, two mild rail stations are inside a five-minute stroll of the North First and East Taylor intersection.
“Figuring out prematurely what choices may be out there will assist us market the property in a means that’s in line with town’s general need for high-intensity growth,” the planning paperwork state.
