San Jose Municipal Code Part 1 General Provisions

A. The Greenline/Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), as shown on the land use/transportation diagram and as described in the text of the general plan, is intended to be the ultimate limit to urbanization within which all future urban development in San José should occur and is designed to encourage compact, efficient infill development and discourage more costly development at the edge of the city. The UGB also helps to ensure that urban services provided by the city to existing neighborhoods will not be reduced by service demands of new urban development at the city's fringe.

B. Significant modifications to the UGB, or significant modifications to the general plan text supporting the boundary, will only be considered in the context of a major, comprehensive update of the general plan which fully considers all of the implications of expanding the limits of urbanization.

C. The procedures established in this Chapter 18.30 shall be used to process any request for a modification filed prior to the effective date of this chapter.

(Ords. 25301, 25302, 25706, 26082.)

Any request for a general plan amendment proposing to change non-urban land use designations to urban land use designations on lands located outside of the UGB shall be processed in conjunction with a request to modify the UGB in accordance with this chapter.

(Ords. 25301, 25302, 25706, 26082.)