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Planning Commission recommends Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District to Board of Supervisors

San Francisco Planning Commission · October 22, 2015
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Summary

The commission voted unanimously to recommend legislation creating a Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District that would tailor zoning to preserve cultural character, require ground-floor retail, add parking maximums and a limited 5‑foot height bonus for ground-floor retail.

The Planning Commission unanimously recommended on Oct. 22 that the Board of Supervisors approve department‑sponsored legislation to establish a Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD). Steve Wertheim of the Planning Department described the district boundaries (roughly Fillmore–Laguna, Buchanan to halfway between Sutter and Bush), the policy objectives from the…

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