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Planning Commission backs tailored density limits for downtown and waterfront C2 districts
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended changes to revert numeric density limits in select downtown and waterfront community (C2) districts while preserving form‑based density elsewhere to protect historic resources and support adaptive reuse, after staff and a supervisor’s aide described incentives that can drive demolition.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Jan. 18 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a planning‑code amendment to restore numeric density limits in specified downtown and waterfront C2 (community business) zones while retaining form‑based density in other areas to encourage adaptive reuse and protect historic buildings.
Staff planner Audrey Marloni told commissioners the proposed ordinance would revert C2 districts in downtown and the waterfront to their prior numerical density limits, while allowing projects using the commercial‑to‑residential…
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