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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
3
210600
Name:
Planning Code - Small Business Zoning Controls in
Chinatown and North Beach and on Polk Street
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
5/25/2021
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
11/5/2021
Enactment date:
11/5/2021
197-21
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) allow neighborhood-serving Social Service and
Philanthropic Facility uses in Chinatown Mixed Use Districts with conditional use authorization; 2)
change the provision for abandonment of a use that exceeds a use size maximum in Chinatown
Mixed Use Districts; 3) allow re-establishment of a nonconforming use size in Chinatown Mixed Use
Districts under certain circumstances; 4) change the use size limit and use size maximum in the
Chinatown Community Business District; 5) exempt Institutional Community uses and Legacy
Business Restaurants in Chinatown Mixed Use Districts from use size limits; 6) allow lot mergers
under certain conditions in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District; and 7) exclude the
portion of Powell Street south of Union Street from the North Beach Financial Service, Limited
Financial Service, and Business or Professional Service Subdistrict; affirming the Planning
Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of
consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1, and
public necessity, convenience, and general welfare findings pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302.
Sponsors:
Aaron Peskin, Ahsha Safai
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral SBC 060121, 4. Referral CEQA 060121, 5. Referral PC
060121, 6. CEQA Determination 060321, 7. PLN Transmittal 082721, 8. Public Comment 091621, 9.
Comm Pkt 092021, 10. Leg Ver2, 11. Leg Dig Ver2, 12. Public Comment 092221, 13. Comm Pkt
092721, 14. Leg Ver3, 15. Leg Dig Ver3, 16. Comm Pkt 100421, 17. Board Pkt 101921, 18. Board Pkt
102621, 19. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
5/25/2021
1
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
6/1/2021
1
RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning Department
6/3/2021
1
RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning Commission
8/27/2021
1
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
Land Use and Transportation
Committee
9/20/2021
1
Pass
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation
Committee
9/20/2021
2
Pass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
Land Use and Transportation
Committee
9/27/2021
2
Pass
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation
Committee
9/27/2021
2
Pass
RECOMMENDED
Land Use and Transportation
Committee
10/4/2021
2
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
10/19/2021
3
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
10/26/2021
3
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
11/5/2021
3