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4689 City and County of San Francisco Legislation Details File #: Version: 4 230701 Name: Planning Code - Citywide Expansion of Allowable
Commercial, Restaurant, and Retail Uses Status: Type: Ordinance Passed File created: In control: 7/25/2023 Clerk of the Board On agenda: Final action: 12/14/2023 Enactment date: 12/14/2023 249-23 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, Connie
Chan, Ahsha Safai 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.
Comm Pkt 103023, 11. ECN Rpt 102723, 12. OSB Presentation 103023, 13. OSB Memo 103023, 14.
Leg Ver3, 15. Leg Dig Ver3, 16. Referral CEQA PC 110623, 17. Comm Rpt Rqst Memo 112023, 18.
Comm Pkt 112723, 19. Board Pkt 112823, 20. Leg Ver4, 21. Leg Dig Ver4, 22. OSB Memo 112723,
23. Comm Rpt Rqst Memo 112923, 24. Comm Pkt 120423, 25. Board Pkt 120523, 26. Comment Ltrs,
27. Board Pkt 121223, 28. Leg Final

Action By Date Action Result Ver. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE President 6/6/2023 2 REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 6/12/2023 1 REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 6/13/2023 1 RESPONSE RECEIVED Small Business Commission 6/27/2023 1 RESPONSE RECEIVED Planning Department 6/30/2023 1 SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED President 7/25/2023 1 RESPONSE RECEIVED Planning Commission 10/3/2023 2 AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 10/30/2023 2 Pass CONTINUED AS AMENDED Land Use and Transportation
Committee 10/30/2023 3 Pass REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 11/6/2023 3 AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/27/2023 3 Pass DUPLICATED AS AMENDED Land Use and Transportation 11/27/2023 4