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Board amends planning code to modify building standards, adds multiple amendments and protections; ordinance passes first reading as amended
Summary
Supervisors debated and adopted several floor amendments to a planning-code change (Item 33) that adjusts building standards, grandfathering rules and exemptions for special use districts; the ordinance passed first reading unanimously as amended.
The Board of Supervisors debated and adopted amendments on July 30 to an ordinance amending the planning code to modify certain building standards, including rules that affect second-story setbacks on narrow streets and the treatment of pending permit applications.
Supervisor Mandelmann (maker of the ordinance, referred to on the floor as the author) outlined two main changes circulated by the clerk: a grandfathering provision for applications submitted before Jan. 15, 2019, and an exemption of the Bernal Heights Special Use District from certain added height limits (the transcript refers to this as the “Bernal Heights SUD” exemption). The floor then received a series of additional, member-proposed amendments on scope and notice requirements.
Nut graf: The amendments added or restored several targeted provisions. Supervisor Peskin asked to reinsert references to residential mixed-use districts (e.g., RM) so the standards would apply in additional zoning districts; Supervisor Yee proposed retaining 311 notification guidelines for certain roof-height changes so neighbors would receive notice; another amendment removed a previously added subsection that had been added in committee. City staff clarified the origin of that subsection, and the Board adopted the package of amendments before moving the ordinance as amended.
Most important details: - Grandfathering: The ordinance as amended preserves protections for applications submitted before Jan. 15, 2019, per the maker’s floor remarks. - Bernal Heights SUD: The Bernal Heights Special Use District was excluded from certain additional height limits applied elsewhere under section 261.1, as requested by a district office. - 3–1–1 notifications: At least one floor amendment retained existing 3–1–1 notification guidelines for some changes affecting roof heights and possible light impacts, restoring notice requirements that had been removed in committee.
Votes and procedural outcome: The measure was passed on first reading as amended unanimously; the clerk recorded the motion as “passed on first reading as amended unanimously.” A roll call later recorded 11 ayes on the amended ordinance once all members were present.
Provenance excerpt: "So supervisor Mandelmann, I have a couple. And they are shown on this document that has just been handed out by the clerk. And my changes relate to 2 things. 1 is, grandfathering, in applications that were submitted, prior to 01/15/2019... and then the other, is to exempt out the Bridal Heights Special Use District..." (transcript excerpt).
