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San Francisco planning debate intensifies over proposed citywide Urban Design Guidelines
Summary
Neighbors, preservation groups and commissioners clashed Thursday over city staff raft Urban Design Guidelines, with critics urging stronger neighborhood protections, transparency and elimination of a proposed "waiver" mechanism while staff defended the need for a consistent citywide framework.
San Francisco—ommissioners and dozens of public commenters spent the bulk of the commission—alendar Thursday debating proposed citywide Urban Design Guidelines and how they would be applied across neighborhoods.
Planning Department staff presented the 23-guideline framework as an attempt to unify fragmented rules and provide a common language for project review, saying the UDGs would apply in neighborhood commercial and mixed-use areas while leaving residential design guidelines in place. "They are intended to…
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