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Ordinance#220340Passed
In plain English
The ordinance updates zoning regulations in various districts to allow for more diverse commercial activities, including arts, entertainment, and social services, while also ensuring a mix of commercial space sizes in large developments. It also establishes requirements for nighttime entertainment and compliance with good neighbor policies to address community concerns.
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to update and reorganize Neighborhood Commercial and Mixed Use Zoning District controls, including, among other things, to 1) permit Accessory Arts Activities, and production, wholesaling, and processing of goods and commodities, to occupy more than one-third of total space in Commercial (C), Downtown Residential (DTR), Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use, Mission Bay, and Residential-Commercial (RC) Districts; 2) principally permit Arts Activities, Job Training, Public Facility, and Social Service and Philanthropic Facility uses in the Folsom Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT), SoMa NCT, Regional Commercial, and certain Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use Districts, and in historic and nonconforming commercial buildings in Residential Enclave Districts; 3) principally permit General Entertainment in the Folsom Street NCT District; 4) principally permit Bar uses on the second floor in the Folsom Street NCT and Regional Commercial Districts; 5) principally permit Nighttime Entertainment on properties fronting Folsom Street between 7th Street and Division Street and properties fronting 11th Street between Howard Street and Division Street unless they are zoned Residential Enclave District (RED) or Residential Enclave District - Mixed (RED-MX); 6) principally permit Job Training, Public Facility, and Social Service and Philanthropic Facility Uses in the SoMa NCT District and certain Eastern Neighborhoods Districts; 7) require that large developments in South of Market Mixed Use Districts which contain commercial spaces provide a mix of commercial space sizes; 8) require that all Nighttime Entertainment uses comply with the Entertainment Commission’s good neighbor policies; and 9) remove certain limitations on location for Nighttime Entertainment and Animal Services uses in the Western SoMa Special Use District; and adopting environmental findings, findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.
How it got here
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Leg Dig Ver1
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Referral CEQA 040822
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CEQA Determination 042822
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Leg Dig Ver2
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Referral CEQA 042722
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Leg Dig Ver3
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Referral CEQA 072022
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BOS Reso No. 362-22
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CEQA Determination 090822
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Leg Dig Ver4
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Referral PC CEQA 111722
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PC Transmittal 120622
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CEQA Determination 121622
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HPC Transmittal 012423
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PLN PPT Presentation 021323
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Leg Dig Ver5
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How they voted
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors · Apr 25, 2023Pass
5-0
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors · Apr 18, 2023Pass
5-0
RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORT
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Apr 17, 2023Pass
1-0
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Mar 13, 2023Pass
1-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Feb 27, 2023Pass
1-0
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Feb 27, 2023Pass
1-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Feb 13, 2023Pass
1-0
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Feb 13, 2023Pass
1-0
Legislative journey
PresidentApr 5, 2022
→ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
Clerk of the BoardApr 8, 2022
→REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
PresidentApr 19, 2022
→SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
Clerk of the BoardApr 27, 2022
→REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Planning DepartmentApr 28, 2022
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
PresidentJul 12, 2022
→SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED
Clerk of the BoardJul 20, 2022
→REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Small Business CommissionAug 10, 2022
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning DepartmentSep 8, 2022
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
PresidentNov 8, 2022
→SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED
Clerk of the BoardNov 17, 2022
→REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Planning CommissionDec 6, 2022
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning DepartmentDec 16, 2022
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Small Business CommissionDec 21, 2022
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Historic Preservation CommissionFeb 1, 2023
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Land Use and Transportation CommitteeFeb 13, 2023 – Apr 17, 2023
↷CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass
✎AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
↷CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass
✎AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass
↷CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIRPass
✓RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass
Board of SupervisorsApr 18, 2023 – Apr 25, 2023
✓PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass
✓FINALLY PASSEDPass
MayorMay 3, 2023
✓APPROVED