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Planning Commission clears code changes to make childcare easier to site across San Francisco
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended an ordinance to simplify childcare definitions, expand where childcare can be located, exempt facilities from neighborhood notification, and allow limited shared open space in mixed-use developments — aiming to address a shortage of care for infants and toddlers.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously on May 18 to recommend a Planning Code amendment intended to speed and expand where licensed childcare can open in the city.
Sheila Nicholas of the Planning Department told commissioners the package consolidates five conflicting local definitions into one state-consistent definition, makes childcare principally permitted in most zoning districts (with five industrial exceptions), removes duplicative neighborhood-notification fees for childcare, and allows childcare and residential uses in mixed-use…
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