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Planning Commission backs Article 7 reorganization with amendments after neighborhood pushback
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Feb. 2 recommended approval of a major reorganization of Article 7 of the Planning Code, endorsing staff’s consolidation of definitions and table reformatting while directing changes to preserve existing land‑use controls for neighborhoods; the motion passed 4–2.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted 4–2 on Feb. 2 to recommend approval of a Planning Department ordinance that reorganizes Article 7 of the Planning Code, an effort the department says will simplify the city’s zoning rules and make the code easier to use.
Planning Department legislative manager Aaron Starr told commissioners the reorganization consolidates multiple, inconsistent use definitions into a single section (Section 102), reforms zoning control tables to the Article 2 format, and deletes redundant or confusing provisions such as the Article 7 use groupings and section 7.90. He said the changes are intended to preserve existing land‑use regulation while making controls easier to…
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