Planning Commission recommends zoning change to allow consolidated SFFD training campus in Bayview

The San Francisco Planning Commission on Oct. 16 recommended approval of planning-code and zoning map amendments to allow a consolidated San Francisco Fire Department training facility on roughly eight acres at 1236 Carroll Avenue in the Bayview.

Planning staff presented the proposal as a zoning change from Production Distribution Repair 2 (PDR2) to public and a bulk/height change from 40X to 90X to accommodate two tall training structures and other campus elements. Rebecca Salgado of the Planning Department told the commission the site is city-owned and that the changes would permit live-fire training towers, classroom and equipment training, and other training uses as a public facility if the Board of Supervisors and other approvals follow.

The project would consolidate two existing training locations — the Treasure Island site and the Folsom…