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Planning Department, small‑business groups propose relocation payments, micro‑retail and early notification to limit business displacement from rezoning
Summary
Planning staff and small‑business advocates presented policy options April 17 to reduce displacement risk from a citywide rezoning, including relocation payments modeled on AB 2011, micro‑retail set‑asides, early notification and good‑neighbor construction rules.
The Planning Department and community groups on April 17 focused an informational hearing on potential protections for neighborhood‑serving small businesses as the city pursues its proposed rezoning to expand housing choice.
Staff research and community proposals: Planning staff summarized research showing the rezoning area contains roughly 5,600 registered businesses, and estimated that approximately 1,000 businesses sit on sites more likely to be developed (sites with zero or one residential units). Under a working assumption that roughly 5% of those sites might redevelop per year, staff estimated about 53 businesses per year could face displacement pressure — a scale intended to guide planning for mitigation and services.
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