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Commission delays vote on Family Zoning Plan rezoning after extensive public concern over small-business impacts
Summary
The Small Business Commission continued its review of the Family Zoning Plan and related zoning map changes after lengthy presentations from Planning Department staff and more than an hour of public comment calling for stronger small-business protections. Commissioners voted to continue the item for further consideration.
The San Francisco Small Business Commission continued consideration July 28 of the Family Zoning Plan, a major rezoning package the city says is required under the state housing element to create capacity for roughly 36,000 housing units. Planning Department staff briefed the commission on the rezoning's scope, the incentives available to developers under a new local program, and proposed small-business protections and incentives.
Lisa Chen, principal planner and project manager for the Family Zoning Plan, described the plan as a statewide requirement to create additional housing capacity in so-called well-resourced neighborhoods. Chen said the package includes a zoning map ordinance establishing base heights and an implementing planning-code ordinance that would set development controls and a local bonus menu.
Sarah Richardson, planning department staff, presented a small-business…
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