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Residents, unions press Planning Commission for tougher enforcement as Academy of Art IMP review advances
Summary
At a lengthy informational hearing, Planning Department staff outlined the Academy of Art University institutional master plan update and enforcement timeline; community members and unions urged stronger penalties, clearer accounting of fines and protections for rent‑controlled housing as the draft EIR proceeds.
Planning Department staff told the San Francisco Planning Commission on March 17 that it has continued work to bring hundreds of Academy of Art University properties into compliance and advance the school’s Institutional Master Plan (IMP) update while the department finishes a draft environmental impact report (EIR).
Mary Woods, department staff, told commissioners that of about 40 AAU properties under review, staff has preliminarily categorized 10 as likely to require conditional use authorization, two as needing only building permits, 13 as subject to historic preservation review, six believed to be legal uses today and nine that are not permitted under the current planning code. Staff said responses to the draft EIR comments are due July 1 and that the final EIR is anticipated for a Planning…
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