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Board revises approval for 2750 Nineteenth St., orders permanent PDR and recorded deed restriction
Summary
The Board of Appeals modified the planning commission’s large‑project authorization for 2750 Nineteenth Street, requiring the project’s proposed 10,000 sq. ft. of PDR to remain as PDR in perpetuity and directing a special deed of restrictions to be recorded, after community groups argued the commission failed to secure adequate protections for production, distribution and repair space and affordability.
On Nov. 7 the San Francisco Board of Appeals granted in part an appeal by community group Our Mission No Eviction and revised the planning commission’s large‑project authorization for 2750 Nineteenth Street to require that the proposed 10,000 square feet of PDR be maintained as PDR in perpetuity and that a special deed of restrictions be recorded on the property.
Appellants Kelly Hill and Larissa Pedroncelli argued the planning commission did not have adequate market comparables or conditions ensuring that the PDR space would remain affordable or available to community‑serving manufacturing businesses if the named tenant (Fitzgerald Furniture) did not return. They asked the board to remand the matter so the planning commission could consider fuller market data and stronger conditions. Community commenters cited steep rent increases and loss of PDR space in the Mission.
Project counsel Mark Loper and planning department staff said the project provides 60 housing units, 20% on‑site affordability (above code), and 10,000 sq. ft. of replacement PDR; they argued the planning commission’s approval was supported by findings. After extended public comment and deliberation, the board found that the planning commission had erred by not imposing an explicit condition ensuring the PDR would remain available at community‑oriented terms and therefore revised the authorization to require that the proposed PDR space be PDR in perpetuity and that the condition be memorialized with a recorded deed restriction.
