There are many neighborhoods in SJC are no more than 20 to 30 years old. The Hidden Mountain development, for example, dates back to about 1980 or so. Others are newer. Other than old town and adjacent downtown areas, the city does not have streets substantially more narrow than other parts of Orange County.
Hidden Mountain is a gated community, which means it’s not public space. And it also means this church posing as a small bible study would never be permitted to operate there, or in any gated community, per the homeowners association.
You’re unwittingly advancing my argument for the necessity of allowing owners of private property on public streets to be able to reasonably regulate what goes on next door to them. Why should only people with money get to enjoy exclusively residential neighborhoods?
And there’s no “Other than old town and adjacent downtown streets.” Those areas ARE San Juan Capistrano. It’s a small town. And the population is dense, and traffic and parking are a nightmare. Have you ever driven in the center of the town’s original housing? There’s barely room to turn your car around. There’s absolutely no comparison to be made with another OC city like, for example, Irvine.
Oh, and everyone keeps saying the house in question has a barn. So what? How does that translate to parking for fifty cars?