3930 Williams Rd San Jose, CA 95117-2745

CO Commercial Office District. The CO Commercial Office District is a district in or near residential areas or between residential and commercial areas. This district is intended to be a low-intensity office zone that allows for a scale of offices in or adjacent to residential neighborhoods. Larger scale office development can be permitted upon approval of the planning commission, or city council on appeal, through the conditional use permit process. 2. CP Commercial Pedestrian District. The CP Commercial Pedestrian District is a district intended to support pedestrian-oriented retail activity at a scale compatible with surrounding residential neighborhoods. This district is designed to support the goals and policies of the general plan related to Neighborhood Business Districts. The CP Commercial Pedestrian District also encourages mixed residential/commercial development where appropriate, and is designed to support the commercial goals and policies of the general plan in relation to Urban Villages. This district is also intended to support intensive pedestrian-oriented commercial activity and development consistent with general plan urban design policies. This district may be located, in addition to areas of the city that have a commercial land use designation in the general plan, in areas that have an Urban Village land use designation. In these locations, the uses and development in this district are intended to be in conformance with applicable approved Urban Village Plans. The type of development supported by this district includes Neighborhood Business Districts, neighborhood centers, multi-tenant commercial development along city connector and main streets as designated in the general plan, and small corner commercial establishments. New development should orient buildings towards public streets and transit facilities and include features to provide an enhanced pedestrian environment. 3. CN Commercial Neighborhood District. The CN Commercial Neighborhood District is a district intended to provide for neighborhood serving commercial uses without an emphasis on pedestrian orientation except within the context of a single development. This district also differs from the CP Commercial Pedestrian District in that there is no limit on the size of the stores. The type of development supported by this district includes neighborhood centers, multi-tenant commercial development along city connector and main streets, and small corner commercial establishments. 4. CG Commercial General District.