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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
210591
Name:
Planning, Business and Tax Regulations, Police
Codes - Small Business Recovery Act
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Filed
File created:
In control:
5/25/2021
Land Use and Transportation Committee
On agenda:
Final action:
12/13/2022
Enactment date:
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the Planning, Business and Tax Regulations, and Police Codes to simplify
procedures and allow flexibility for neighborhood, cultural, and entertainment establishments by 1)
expanding streamlined review and inspection procedures to principally permitted storefront uses
citywide; 2) deleting separate definitions of “Cat Boarding,” “Gym,” “Trade Shop,” and “Services,
Instructional” from the Planning Code; 3) allowing permitted conditional uses to continue after three
years of abandonment; 4) allowing the continuation of longstanding places of entertainment; 5)
allowing Outdoor Activity Areas on rooftops; 6) temporarily requiring a conditional use authorization for
uses replacing Nighttime Entertainment uses; 7) allowing accessory catering uses in Restaurants; 8)
allowing accessory dwelling units on the ground floor in Neighborhood Commercial Districts; 9)
allowing temporary outdoor entertainment, arts, and recreation activities; 10) deleting certain
conditional use finding requirements for Nighttime Entertainment use; 11) deleting conditional use
findings related to formula retail concentrations in certain districts; 12) requiring expedited permit
processing for commercial uses on the ground floor; 13) eliminating Historic Preservation Commission
review of minor alteration permits and certificates of appropriateness; 14) eliminating the one night
dance permit; 15) extending time for limited live performances from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.; 16) allowing
additional One-Time Entertainment Permits and One-Time Outdoor Amplified Sound Permits; 17)
exempting single individual performances without amplification from permit requirements; 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 findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
Sponsors:
Mayor, Catherine Stefani
Attachments:
1. Referral PC 032321, 2. Referral CEQA 032321, 3. Referral SBC 032321, 4. Referral FYI 032321, 5.
Response EC 032421, 6. CEQA Determination 033121, 7. Referral PC 041421, 8. Referral CEQA
041421, 9. Referral SBC 041421, 10. Referral FYI 041421, 11. Entertainment Comm Memo 042121,
12. Leg Ver1, 13. Leg Dig Ver1, 14. Referral CEQA 051821, 15. Referral PC 051821, 16. Referral
SBC 051821, 17. Referral FYI 051821, 18. Public Comment 052021, 19. PC Transmittal 052021, 20.
Comm Pkt 052421, 21. Public Comment 052421
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR
Land Use and Transportation
Committee
5/24/2021
1
Pass
REMAIN ACTIVE
Clerk of the Board
11/1/2021
1
REMAIN ACTIVE
Clerk of the Board
3/30/2022
1
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 3.41
Clerk of the Board
12/13/2022
1