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Planning Commission considers removing specific restaurant‑density numbers from General Plan, defers for more outreach
Summary
The commission debated a proposal to remove numeric concentration limits for eating and drinking uses from the Commerce & Industry element and rely on the planning code's 300‑foot calculation instead; after public concern (notably from Telegraph Hill), Commissioners voted to continue for staff outreach and clarification of neighborhood impacts.
San Francisco — On Oct. 6, 2016, the Planning Commission examined a staff proposal to revise the Commerce & Industry element of the General Plan that would remove explicit numeric limits on concentrations of eating and drinking establishments and leave measurement and enforcement to the Planning Code.
Monica Mohan, Planning Department staff, told the commission the general plan had become “very specific over the years” and that the department wanted…
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