Several sites along Coleman Avenue and W. Hedding Street in San Jose are set for redevelopment. The city is planning to sweep homeless people from the area this summer. (Vicente Vera/San José Spotlight)

City leaders want to redevelop a strip of land underneath the flight path of San Jose Mineta International Airport, shrinking the amount of nearby parkland and open space.

San Jose business owners will be encouraged to set up shop on Coleman Avenue between West Hedding and West Taylor streets after the City Council voted unanimously May 6 to rezone about 10% of the 120-acre Guadalupe Gardens land. The San Jose Airport Commission brought up the idea last year and the Planning Commission recommended it last month.

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