San Jose Municipal Code Part 1 Authority, Scope and Preparation

From time to time, the planning commission or planning department may, or if so directed by the council shall, prepare precise plans based on the general plan, or any element thereof, or any part of any element thereof, which has been adopted by the council, and drafts of such regulations, as may in its judgment be required for the systematic execution of the general plan, or any element thereof, or any part of any element thereof, which has been adopted by the council, and the commission may recommend such precise plans or regulations to the council for adoption.

(Prior code § 11100; Ord. 19065.)

Precise plans or regulations may include:

A. Maps or plats showing:

1. The exact location and right-of-way lines for proposed new streets; and

2. The future right-of-way lines for existing streets proposed to be widened;

B. Proposed regulations limiting the location of buildings, structures and other improvements with respect to the right-of-way lines for proposed new streets, and the future right-of-way lines for existing streets proposed to be widened.

(Prior code § 11101; Ord. 19065.)

A precise plan may include street and highway naming and numbering plans in order to establish the official names of streets and highways, in order to remove conflicts, duplication, and uncertainty among such names, and in order to provide an orderly system for the numbering of buildings and properties.

(Prior code § 11102; Ord. 19065.)

The planning commission or the planning department may prepare and submit to the council, and the council may prepare and designate as precise plans or regulations, or both, such other measures as may be required to assure the execution of the general plan, or any element thereof, or any part of any element thereof adopted by the council.

(Prior code § 11103; Ord. 19065.)