City of San Jose, CA
12/17/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/17/2025 17:19
Public Review Draft SEIR: Heritage Oaks Memorial Park Project (PD22-023) Draft Suppplemental Environmental Impact Report
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF
A DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
(SCH# 2024090194)
File No.: PD22-023 and ER22-229
A Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (Draft SEIR) for the Heritage Oaks Memorial Park Project is now available for public review and comment. The project is a Planned Development to effectuate the 2014 Planned Development Zoning and begin construction within Area 1 of the Heritage Oaks Memorial Park. Area 1 would be developed with up to eight community mausoleums buildings totaling up to 19,900 square feet (sf), an approximately 24,400 sf two-level terraced funeral home/administrative building with a chapel, offices, prep center, and small chapel/reception center, a 5,231-sf maintenance building and adjacent maintenance storage yard and parking areas, and an approximately 4,300 sf crematory. Area 1 would include construction of new roads within the project site, gardens, and the removal of 20 trees. Off-site construction for the project would include a 17,000 linear foot recycled water line extending from the Metcalf Energy Center and 6,220 linear feet of potable water line extending from Santa Teresa Boulevard to the Project site.
Location: The project site is located on the south side of Bailey Avenue, approximately 1,200 feet easterly of McKean Road.
APNs: 712-03-114 & 712-03-115 Council District: 2
Applicant Contact Information: SCI California Funeral Services LLC (Attn: Christopher Harper); 300 Curtner Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125; (818)752-5315; [email protected]
The proposed project will have potentially significant environmental effects with regard to biological resources, cultural resources, hazards and hazardous materials, and tribal cultural resources. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires this notice to disclose whether any listed toxic sites are present at the project location. The project location is not contained on a list of hazardous materials sites maintained by the State in accordance with California Public Resources Code Section 65962.5.
The Draft SEIR and documents referenced in the Draft SEIR are available for review online at the City of San José's "Active EIRs" website at https://www.sanjoseca.gov/activeeirs and are also available at the following locations:
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San José City Hall 200 East Santa Clara St. 3rd Floor San José, CA 95113 (408) 535-3555 |
Dr. MLK Jr. Main Library 150 E. San Fernando St., San José, CA 95112 (408) 277-4822 |
Santa Teresa Branch Library 290 International Circle, San José, CA 95119 (408) 808-3068 |
Almaden Branch Library 6445 Camden Avenue, San José, CA 95120 (408)808-3040 |
The public review period for this Draft EIR will be 63 days, starting December 17, 2025 and ending February 18, 2026. Written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on February 18, 2026, in order to be addressed as part of the formal EIR review process.
Comments and questions should be referred to Bethelhem Telahun in the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement via e-mail at [email protected], or by regular mail at the following mailing address:
Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement
200 E. Santa Clara Street, 3rd Floor
Attn: Bethelhem Telahun
San José, CA 95113
For the official record, please email or mail your written comment letter and reference File No. PD22-023.
Following the close of the public review period, the Director of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement will prepare a Final Environmental Impact Report that will include responses to comments received during the review period. At least ten days prior to the public hearing on the EIR, the City's responses to comments received during the public review period will be available for review and will be sent to those who have commented in writing on the Draft EIR during the public review period.
CHRISTOPHER BURTON, Director
Planning, Building and Code Enforcement
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