Jain Temple Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026050430
Lead Agency
Santa Clara County
Document Title
Jain Temple Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Present Land Use: Open Grasslands, grazing
Zoning: HS, HS-sr,
GP Designation: Hillsides
Document Description
Use Permit, Architecture and Site Approval, and Grading Approval to construct a temple and meditation center with accessory structures and associated improvements on a 63-acre parcel (Assessors Parcel Numbers (APNs) 042-04-028, 042-04-029). Proposed improvements include a temple building, a meditation/community hall with kitchen, an assembly hall, a stage, classrooms, a restroom building, a pump house, and appurtenant site work, including fences, walkways, driveways, an 86-stall parking lot, water storage tanks, landscape planting, and road improvements. The project would also include grading and retaining walls to construct the proposed structures and related improvements. The total estimated grading quantities for all improvements would be 3,347 cubic yards of cut and 7,778 cubic yards of fill. The total square footage of all proposed structures would be 12,349 square feet. This total would include the main temple, meditation hall, restroom structure, pumphouse, and water treatment shed. Domestic water is proposed to be provided by an approved individual water system well, and an on-site wastewater treatment system is also proposed. Retaining walls are proposed along the meditation garden, landscaped areas, and various structures on the property.
Contact Information
Name
Michael Shwe
Agency Name
County of Santa Clara Department of Planning and Development
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Archana Jain
Agency Name
Archana Jain Designs
Job Title
Architect
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated Milpitas
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
Citywide, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Weller Rd. and Calaveras Rd.
Zip
95035
Total Acres
63
Parcel #
042-04-028; 042-04-029
State Highways
none
Railways
none
Airports
none
Schools
none
Waterways
Los Coches Creek; Unnamed watercourse on property
Other Location Info
Within unincorporated Santa Clara County
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 17, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)
Development Types
Other (Religious Institution)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Noise, Tribal Cultural Resources, Wetland/Riparian
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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