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Planning Commission approves cannabis store, rules on development projects and continues several items for neighborhood outreach
Summary
In addition to major ordinances, the commission approved a Noe Valley cannabis retail conditional use, approved two discretionary reviews with modifications, continued a contentious house legalization to allow neighborhood mediation, and adopted multiple procedural continuances.
At its remote meeting, the San Francisco Planning Commission took several additional actions worth note:
- Cannabis retail (375 20th/Noe Valley): The commission approved a conditional use authorization for a cannabis retail shop known as The Mill. Planning staff recommended approval with a condition requiring neighborhood notification (3‑11) if the sponsor later seeks on‑site consumption (type C); the commission voted 6–0. Project sponsors described community outreach and a Good Neighbor Policy, and some neighbors raised concerns about hours and residential impacts.
- 4118 20th Street (legalize demolition / new two‑unit house): After lengthy neighborhood comment and requests for direct facilitated meetings, the commission agreed to a 30‑day continuance to May 21 so Supervisor Mandelmann’s office could convene neighbors and the sponsor; the continuance passed 5–1 (President Koppel opposed).
- Discretionary review — 236 El Camino Del Mar: Two neighbor DR requesters argued the sponsor’s revisions create privacy, light and massing impacts. After deliberation the commission approved the sponsor’s revised project with specific modifications: a Third Floor east‑side setback matching the west notch and a maintained planter/green privacy buffer on the Second Floor adjacent to the objecting neighbor; vote 6–0.
- Discretionary review — 350 Liberty Street: Neighbors objected that the proposed modest 343‑sq‑ft third‑floor front addition would be conspicuous on the sloped block. Commissioners approved the project with a larger front setback (increasing the proposed 10‑foot setback to 13 feet) to reduce street visibility; vote was unanimous 6–0.
- Early consent and continuances: The commission unanimously approved several procedural continuances for calendar items at the start of the meeting.
These actions combined project‑level decisions and neighborhood process choices that emphasize both design changes (setbacks, privacy screens, planters) and process protections (continuances and grandfathering language in ordinances).
