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Ordinance#230701Passed
In plain English

This ordinance allows for more types of businesses, including retail and restaurants, to operate on the ground floor in certain neighborhoods and modifies regulations for music venues and theaters. It also streamlines processes for business approvals and removes some neighborhood notice requirements for changes in use.

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.

Introduced: Jul 25, 2023
Final action: Dec 14, 2023
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How they voted

PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors · Dec 5, 2023Pass
5-0
RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORT
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Dec 4, 2023Pass
1-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Nov 27, 2023Pass
1-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Oct 30, 2023Pass
1-0
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Oct 30, 2023Pass
1-0

Legislative journey

PresidentJun 6, 2023
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
Clerk of the BoardJun 12, 2023 – Jun 13, 2023
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Small Business CommissionJun 27, 2023
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning DepartmentJun 30, 2023
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
PresidentJul 25, 2023
SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED
Planning CommissionOct 3, 2023
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Land Use and Transportation CommitteeOct 30, 2023
CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
Clerk of the BoardNov 6, 2023
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Land Use and Transportation CommitteeNov 27, 2023 – Dec 4, 2023
·NO ACTION TAKEN. PENDING IN COMMITTEE.
DUPLICATED AS AMENDED
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass
Board of SupervisorsDec 5, 2023 – Dec 12, 2023
PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass
FINALLY PASSEDPass
MayorDec 14, 2023
APPROVED