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Planning Commission adopts citywide objective design standards with six-month review
Summary
After weeks of public debate, the San Francisco Planning Commission adopted citywide objective design standards intended to make design review more predictable for housing projects subject to the Housing Accountability Act, adding a requirement for staff to return with potential changes within six months.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted Nov. 14 to adopt a new set of citywide objective design standards intended to apply to most multiunit residential projects and mixed-use developments subject to ministerial review under state law.
Planning staff said the standards codify many principles from the City's existing design guidance into objective, measurable rules for site design, facade articulation, ground-floor treatment and fenestration. "We're not taking anything away," Planning…
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