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File #: 230701    Version: Name: Planning Code - Citywide Expansion of Allowable Commercial, Restaurant, and Retail Uses
Type: Ordinance Status: First Reading
Introduced: 7/25/2023 In control: Land Use and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) permit additional commercial, retail, and restaurant uses on the ground floor in certain neighborhood commercial districts (NCDs) and residential districts; 2) principally permit Flexible Retail on the ground floor in certain NCDs and Chinatown mixed use districts; 3) principally permit Retail Professional Services uses on all floors and conditionally permit Non-Retail Professional Services on the ground floor in specified NCDs; 4) create regulations for music entertainment venues and non-profit theaters distinct from regulations for Bars; 5) allow Limited Corner Commercial Uses that are not Formula Retail in certain residential districts; 6) amend Section 311 to remove neighborhood notice requirements for changes of use in the Eastern Neighborhoods mixed use districts; 7) expand business types that qualify for the Planning Department priority review program and establish that the program will not apply in the North Beach NCD and North Beach Special Use District (SUD); 8) clarify that multiple allowable uses may co-locate on one site; 9) clarify and modify various other use regulations and processes; 10) permit additional retail and non-retail uses in specified NCDs; and 11) eliminate the Mission Street Formula Retail Restaurant Subdistrict; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, making findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302.
Sponsors: Mayor, Joel Engardio, Matt Dorsey, Myrna Melgar, Catherine Stefani, Rafael Mandelman
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral CEQA PC 061223, 4. Referral SBC 061323, 5. SBC Response 062723, 6. CEQA Det 063023, 7. Leg Ver2, 8. Leg Dig Ver2, 9. PC Transmittal 100323, 10. Comment Ltrs, 11. Comm Pkt 103023, 12. ECN Rpt 102723, 13. OSB Presentation 103023, 14. OSB Memo 103023, 15. Leg Ver3, 16. Leg Dig Ver3, 17. Referral CEQA PC 110623, 18. Comm Rpt Rqst Memo 112023, 19. Comm Pkt 112723, 20. Board Pkt 112823, 21. Leg Ver4, 22. Leg Dig Ver4, 23. OSB Memo 112723, 24. Comm Rpt Rqst Memo 112923, 25. Comm Pkt 120423
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
11/27/20233 Land Use and Transportation Committee AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
11/27/20234 Land Use and Transportation Committee DUPLICATED AS AMENDED  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/27/20234 Land Use and Transportation Committee NO ACTION TAKEN. PENDING IN COMMITTEE.  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/6/20233 Clerk of the Board REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/30/20232 Land Use and Transportation Committee AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
10/30/20233 Land Use and Transportation Committee CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20232 Planning Commission RESPONSE RECEIVED  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/25/20231 President SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/30/20231 Planning Department RESPONSE RECEIVED  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/20231 Small Business Commission RESPONSE RECEIVED  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/13/20231 Clerk of the Board REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/12/20231 Clerk of the Board REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/6/20232 President ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE  Action details Meeting details Not available
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