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Planning commission certifies Pier 70 EIR, urges board to favor housing and set office threshold
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission unanimously certified the final EIR for the Pier 70 mixed‑use project and forwarded the rezoning, design‑for‑development and development agreement to the Board of Supervisors and Port, asking them to bias approvals toward housing, preserve public benefits and add an SUD rule that would trigger conditional review for office above a set threshold.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Aug. 24 certified the final environmental impact report for the 35‑acre Pier 70 mixed‑use project and recommended the Board of Supervisors and Port adopt the rezoning, design‑for‑development and development agreement that would guide the long‑term redevelopment of the site.
The EIR, presented by Melinda Hu of the Planning Department’s Environmental Planning Division, concluded that “implementation of the proposed project would result in significant and unavoidable project specific and cumulative environmental impacts relating to transit, noise, and air quality,” while identifying mitigation measures and a broad public‑benefits package that includes 30 percent of new units as affordable and roughly nine…
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