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Commission extends legal ability for several Central SoMa parking lots to operate through 2026, with conditional-use option thereafter
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to allow certain nonconforming Central SoMa parking lots to remain in operation through Dec. 31, 2026, and to permit a one-time five-year conditional-use authorization thereafter, citing concerns that immediate enforcement would create vacant, blighted sites.
The Planning Commission on March 6 voted 7-0 to approve a Planning Department-sponsored ordinance that would allow certain nonconforming public parking lots in the Central SoMa Mixed Use (CMUO) and Mixed Use Residential (MUR) zoning districts to operate through December 31, 2026, and then apply for a one-time, five-year conditional-use authorization to continue operating temporarily.
Madison Tam of Supervisor Dorsey's office and Audrey Maloney of the Planning Department told commissioners the measure responds to an obscure 1985 downtown-plan provision that requires parking…
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