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Planning Commission approves temporary‑use authorization to activate development sites, 5–1
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted 5–1 to approve a mayor‑sponsored planning code amendment creating a new temporary use authorization that allows interim activities on demolition/entitlement sites for an initial 36 months with possible director extensions. Supporters said it could help arts and small nonprofits; critics pressed for clearer equity and public‑benefit safeguards.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on April 25 approved a mayor‑sponsored amendment to the planning code to authorize temporary uses on development sites, a change backers say will help activate vacant properties and give artists and small nonprofits low‑cost spaces during long entitlement periods.
Planning Department staff presented the ordinance as a new type of temporary use authorization (Section 205) that would permit so‑called intermittent activities on eligible development sites for an initial period of up to 36 months, with the planning director able to extend a permit up to three additional 12‑month terms. To qualify, a site must be in specified commercial or mixed‑use districts, have submitted required demolition or…
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