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Title 20 — ZONING

Part 22 — HOTEL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

San Jose Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-29 · San Jose

20.80.2200 - Permit required.

A.

No person shall use any portion of any hotel or motel for hotel supportive housing except with a conditional use permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 20.100 and this Part 22.

B.

Assistance, training, counseling, and personal services needed to enable persons occupying the hotel supportive housing units to make the transition to permanent housing may be provided, with or without meals, as an incidental use to the operation of hotel incidental housing as permitted by a conditional use permit.

(Ord. 29447.)

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20.80.2210 - Permit application.

In addition to the requirements for a conditional use permit application set forth in Section 20.100.110, the application for a hotel supportive housing conditional use permit shall include submittal of a proposed management plan which addresses management issues including, but not limited to, good neighbor relations, transportation access, security, maintenance and repair responsibility, case management of residents, services for residents, and food services.

(Ord. 29447.)

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20.80.2220 - Findings.

The Planning Commission may issue a conditional use permit for hotel supportive housing only after making the findings specified in Section 20.100.720, and additionally finding that:

A.

As of August 1, 2014 and through the date of consideration of the conditional use permit, the hotel or motel which will be used for the hotel supportive housing was an existing and a permitted or legal nonconforming use of the property on which it is located;

B.

The hotel or motel which will be used for the hotel supportive housing is not located on a parcel of real property within any of the following areas:

The area north of Skyport Drive within the North San José Area Development Policy Boundary, as defined in Section 14.29.020 D. of Title 14 of this Code; or

The Edenvale Area Development Policy Area, as defined in Section 20.200.342; or

The International Business Park Area, as defined in Section 20.200.578.

C.

A management plan for the operation of said hotel supportive housing as approved by the planning commission adequately addresses management issues including, but not limited to, good neighbor relations, transportation access, security, maintenance and repair responsibility, case management of residents, services for residents, and food services.

(Ord. 29447.)

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20.80.2230 - Permit term.

A.

The conditional use permit for hotel supportive housing shall be limited to a term of not to exceed five years.

B.

If the hotel or motel use is a discontinued for a period of ninety days or more on a site for which a conditional use permit has been issued for hotel supportive housing, the conditional use permit for the hotel supportive housing use will expire and no longer be in effect.

C.

Notwithstanding Section 20.100.750, the planning commission may approve an application for renewal of a conditional use permit for hotel supportive housing for one additional successive terms of not to exceed five years, but only after remaking the findings specified in Section 20.100.720 based on up to date evidence and conditions that exist at the time of the renewal hearing, and finding that there is no evidence of material or continuing noncompliance with any condition of the prior permit.

D.

In no event shall the term for any conditional use permit for hotel supportive housing extend beyond December 31, 2026.

(Ord. 29447.)

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20.80.2240 - Permit conditions.

In addition to conditioning the conditional use permit for hotel supportive housing on adherence to the management plan approved by the planning commission, the planning commission may require that a manager for the hotel or motel use shall be available on site at all times, and may impose such other conditions as may be necessary to ensure compliance with this Part 22 and to make the findings required under Section 20.100.720 of this Code.

(Ord. 29447.)

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20.80.2250 - Effective date of Part 22.

This Part 22 shall be effective until December 31, 2026.

(Ord. 29447.)

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