Side and rear setback - Exception, LI and HI districts.
San José Municipal Code § 20.50.240
in effectIn the LI and HI districts, the director may approve with a development permit, issued pursuant to Chapter 20.100 , a side or rear setback of less than twenty-five feet, adjacent to a residence district, upon finding either that such a reduced setback will have no greater negative effect on the residential property than would the twenty-five-foot setback or that the reduced setback is not less than the setbacks required on the residential property. (Ord. 26248.)
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