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4689 City and County of San Francisco Legislation Details File #: Version: 4 231221 Name: Planning Code - Citywide Expansion of Allowable
Commercial, Restaurant, and Retail Uses Status: Type: Ordinance Passed File created: In control: 11/27/2023 Clerk of the Board On agenda: Final action: 4/26/2024 Enactment date: 4/26/2024 085-24 Enactment #: Title: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) allow Nighttime Entertainment Uses as principally permitted on the ground floor and conditionally permitted on the second floor in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD); 2) modify requirements for limited commercial uses within one-quarter mile of the North Beach Special Use District (SUD); 3) conditionally permit Retail Professional Services Uses on the ground floor in the North Beach NCD, subject to existing limitations; 4) allow limited commercial uses (LCUs) in Residential, House (RH) and Residential, Mixed (RM) Districts with specified limitations; 5) require operating hours to end at 10 p.m. for LCUs and limited corner commercial uses (LCCUs) in RH and RM Districts; 6) establish that LCCUs are limited to those uses allowed in an NCD or SUD within one-quarter mile of the use, or the NC-1 District, as specified; 7) prohibit outdoor activity areas not at the front of the building in RH and RM Districts and limit such outdoor activity areas in other residential districts; 8) establish that LCCUs in Residential Transit Oriented (RTO) Districts must be located on corner lots and specify lot depth requirements; and 9) make minor corrections to code text; 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. Referral CEQA PC 061223, 2. Referral SBC 061323, 3. SBC Response 062723, 4. CEQA Det
063023, 5. PC Transmittal 100323, 6. Comment Ltrs, 7. Comm Pkt 103023, 8. ECN Rpt 102723, 9.
OSB Presentation 103023, 10. OSB Memo 103023, 11. Referral CEQA PC 110623, 12. Comm Rpt
Rqst Memo 112023, 13. Comm Pkt 112723, 14. Board Pkt 112823, 15. Leg Ver1, 16. Leg Dig Ver1,
17. Leg Ver2, 18. Leg Dig Ver2, 19. Referral CEQA PC 113023, 20. Comm Pkt 120423, 21. CEQA Det
121123, 22. PC Transmittal 030724, 23. SBC Presentation 031824, 24. Comm Pkt 031824, 25. Leg
Ver3, 26. Leg Dig Ver3, 27. Comm Pkt 032524, 28. Leg Ver4, 29. Leg Dig Ver4, 30. Board Pkt
040224, 31. Board Pkt 041624, 32. Leg Final

Action By Date Action Result Ver. AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/27/2023 1 Pass CONTINUED AS AMENDED Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/27/2023 2 Pass REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 11/30/2023 2 CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Land Use and Transportation
Committee 12/4/2023 2 Pass RESPONSE RECEIVED Planning Department 12/11/2023 2 RESPONSE RECEIVED Planning Commission 3/7/2024 2 AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 3/18/2024 2 Pass CONTINUED AS AMENDED Land Use and Transportation
Committee 3/18/2024 3 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 3/25/2024 3 Pass RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED Land Use and Transportation
Committee 3/25/2024 4 Pass