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Land Use committee amends code to broaden PDR2 self‑storage uses, advances ordinance to April 7
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Land Use and Transportation Committee on March 24 approved amendments to planning-code language that expand allowable uses in PDR2 districts — including expanded self‑storage criteria and references to parcel delivery and fleet charging — and continued the ordinance to April 7 for further consideration.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 24 amended an ordinance to change provisions of the citys planning code and moved the item to a subsequent meeting on April 7.
The committee, chaired by Supervisor Mirna Melgar, adopted committee amendments to an omnibus code-corrections ordinance that add a new PDR (production, distribution, and repair) district control section, expand criteria for certain self-storage uses in PDR2 zoning districts, and add specific language allowing uses "including parcel delivery service and fleet charging." The committee then voted to continue the ordinance, as amended, to the committee meeting on April 7, 2025, for further consideration.
The amendments read into the record by Planning Department staff add a new Section 210.3 (PDR district controls) and change permitted ground-floor use requirements. One provision in the amendments requires that "no less than 50% of the parcel area consists of ground-floor institutional community use, arts activity, or any other uses allowed in PDR2 zoning districts, including parcel delivery service and fleet charging." The ordinance text also removes earlier language directing the clerk to forward the ordinance to the California Department of Housing and Community Development upon final passage; that forwarding requirement was deleted in the amended draft.
Aaron Star, manager of legislative affairs in the Planning Department, told the committee the planning commission originally considered the ordinance on Sept. 19, 2024, recommended approval with modifications, and that one proposed amendment was not prepared in time for last Decembers committee meeting; the city attorney will prepare that additional amendment for future consideration.
Mark Leeson, representing Teamsters Local 665 and Joint Council 7, spoke during public comment in favor of the committee amendment and identified a specific site the change would affect. "We are supporting the requested amendment, which includes 2270 McKinnon," Leeson said, and noted the unions signatory status on a project labor agreement for construction of the self-storage site.
Vice Chair Supervisor Cheyenne Chen offered the motion to amend the ordinance as presented; the motion passed on a 3-0 recorded vote. The committee then approved a motion, also by Chen, to continue the item as amended to the April 7, 2025 Land Use and Transportation Committee meeting; that motion passed on a 3-0 recorded vote.
The committee did not specify the exact sunset date mentioned in general terms during the staff presentation, and the amended text as read into the record did not include a numeric sunset date in the portion presented to the committee. The planning department presentation and the committee record indicate additional amendments and technical edits remain to be finalized by the city attorney before the item returns to committee.
The ordinance and the amendments as discussed affect PDR2 zoning districts citywide and may enable conversions of industrial or distribution parcels to other PDR2-allowed uses where the amended ground-floor requirements are met. The item will return to the committee on April 7 for further review before any final board action.
