my suggestion: the city needs to plan for more homes in the Diridon area & connected parts of the city
San JosΓ© Planning, Building & Code Enforcement @buildingsanjose
17 Apr 2020
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see for yourself (and comment) here: diridonsj.org/spring2020
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Most every zoning in these areas should be β€œgeneral urban”.
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Other than heavy industry and pig farms, just let there be a wonderfully eclectic mix of uses happen.
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there may be some concern that housing needs dedicated zoning to ensure it gets built over commercial
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There's also a shortage of office space that's pushing prices for office real estate a *lot* higher than residential. Maybe it's *possible* to impact fee your way out of office space renting for 2.5x what residential space does (per sqft) (going rate in Palo Alto, anyway), but...

Apr 18, 2020 Β· 5:53 AM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @graue @aceckhouse @biephiephus
IMO, that's a sign that we need to allow office development somewhere, and I'd rather put it in the places that are best for transit based commuting, which probably means dense urban centers near transit hubs...
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land use system is so many kinds of messed up, it can get hard to untangle
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