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4689 City and County of San Francisco Legislation Details File #: Version: 15 250701 Name: Planning, Business and Tax Regulations Codes -
Family Zoning Plan Status: Type: Ordinance Passed File created: In control: 9/30/2025 Clerk of the Board On agenda: Final action: 12/12/2025 Enactment date: 12/12/2025 245-25 Enactment #: Title: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to: 1) create the Housing Choice-San Francisco Program to incent housing development through a local bonus program and by adopting a Housing Sustainability District, 2) modify height and bulk limits to provide for additional capacity in well-resourced neighborhoods, and to allow additional height and bulk for projects using the local bonus program, 3) require only buildings taller than 85 feet in certain Districts to reduce ground level wind currents, 4) make conforming changes to the RH (Residential, House), RM (Residential, Mixed), and RC (Residential-Commercial) District zoning tables to reflect the changes to density controls, and parking requirements made in this Ordinance, 5) create the RTO-C (Residential Transit Oriented-Commercial) District, 6) implement the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Transit-Oriented Communities Policy by making changes to parking requirements, minimum residential densities, and minimum office intensities, and requiring maximum dwelling unit sizes, 7) revise off-street parking and curb cut obligations citywide, 8) create the Non-contiguous San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Sites Special Use District, 9) permit businesses displaced by new construction to relocate without a conditional use authorization and waive development impact fees for those businesses, 10) make technical amendments to the Code to implement the above changes, 11) make conforming changes to zoning tables in various Districts, including the Neighborhood Commercial District and Mixed Use Districts, 12) prohibit Lot mergers on Lots with Historic Buildings, subject to certain preservation obligations, and 13) reduce usable open space and bicycle parking requirements for senior housing; amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code regarding the Board of Appeals’ review of permits in the Housing Choice Program Housing Sustainability District; also, amending the Local Coastal Program to implement the Housing Choice-San Francisco Program and other associated changes in the City’s Coastal Zone, and directing the Planning Director to transmit the Ordinance to the Coastal Commission upon enactment; 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 public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302. Sponsors: Mayor Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Maps 062425, 4. Index of Planning Code Amendments, 5. MYR
Cover Ltr 062425, 6. Referral CEQA PC 070325, 7. Leg Ver2, 8. Leg Dig Ver2, 9. Maps 072925, 10.
MYR Memo 072925, 11. Referral CEQA PC 080725, 12. SBC Response 082725, 13. NOA 090325,
14. HPC Ltr 090925, 15. CA HCD Ltr 090925, 16. CEQA Det 091125, 17. PC Transmittal 091825, 18.
Leg Ver3, 19. Leg Dig Ver3, 20. Maps 093025, 21. Updated Index of Planning Code Amend, 22.
Housing Element 2022 Reused Sites, 23. Rezoning Lower Income Sites, 24. MYR Memo 093025, 25.
PLN Substitute Summary 093025, 26. Hearing Notice 100325, 27. Referral YC 100625, 28. FEIR
Transmittal 101625, 29. Comm Pkt 102025, 30. PLN Memo Affordable Housing Sites Analysis
101625, 31. PLN Present 102025, 32. D1 Supe Ltr 102025, 33. Leg Ver4, 34. Leg Dig Ver4, 35. Leg
Ver4 Amend Ref, 36. ECN Rpt 102925, 37. Comm Pkt 110325, 38. PLN Memo 110325, 39. Leg Ver
5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, 40. Leg Dig Ver 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, 41. Leg Ver 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 Amend Ref, 42.
Comm Pkt 111725, 43. PLN Present 111725, 44. PLN Memo 111725, 45. Leg Ver13,14, 46. Leg Dig
Ver 13,14, 47. Leg Ver13,14 Amend Ref, 48. D1 Supe Ltr 111725, 49. Comm Rpt Rqst Memo 112425,
50. Comm Pkt 120125, 51. PLN Memo 112625, 52. Rezoning Sites Capacity Table 112625, 53. Leg
Ver15, 54. Leg Dig Ver15, 55. Board Pkt 120225, 56. YC Memo 120425, 57. Proposed Amendment
120225, 58. Board Pkt 120925 250701 Part 1, 59. Board Pkt 120925 250701 Part 2, 60. Board Pkt
120925 250701 Part 3, 61. Board Pkt 120925 250701 Part 4, 62. Comment Ltrs, 63. Leg Final

Action By Date Action Result Ver. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE President 6/24/2025 1

REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 7/3/2025 1 SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED President 7/29/2025 2 REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 8/7/2025 2 RESPONSE RECEIVED Small Business Commission 8/27/2025 2 RESPONSE RECEIVED Planning Department 9/11/2025 2 RESPONSE RECEIVED Planning Commission 9/18/2025 2 SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED President 9/30/2025 3 NOTICED Clerk of the Board 10/3/2025 3 REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 10/6/2025 3 AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 10/20/2025 3 Pass DUPLICATED AS AMENDED Land Use and Transportation
Committee 10/20/2025 4 DUPLICATED AS AMENDED Land Use and Transportation
Committee 10/20/2025 4 CONTINUED AS AMENDED Land Use and Transportation
Committee 10/20/2025 4 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/3/2025 4 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/3/2025 5 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/3/2025 6 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/3/2025 7 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/3/2025 8 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/3/2025 9 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/3/2025 10 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/3/2025 11 Pass CONTINUED AS AMENDED Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/3/2025 12 Pass Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/17/2025 12 Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/17/2025 13 Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/17/2025 14 Land Use and Transportation
Committee 11/17/2025 14 AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE Land Use and Transportation
Committee 12/1/2025 14 Pass REFERRED WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED Land Use and Transportation
Committee 12/1/2025 15 Fail RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED AS A
COMMITTEE REPORT Land Use and Transportation
Committee 12/1/2025 15 Pass PASSED ON FIRST READING Board of Supervisors 12/2/2025 15 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Board of Supervisors 12/2/2025 15 Fail RESPONSE RECEIVED Youth Commission 12/4/2025 15 FINALLY PASSED Board of Supervisors 12/9/2025 15 Pass