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Commission adopts bike‑parking code overhaul after narrowing 'active use' rule
Summary
The Planning Commission readopted general‑plan CEQA findings for the 2009 Bike Plan and moved to overhaul bicycle parking rules — creating separate Class 1/2 standards, new triggers and scaling — but removed bicycle parking from the planning code definition of 'active use' to avoid unintended ground‑floor and height-bonus consequences; motion passed unanimously.
The Planning Commission considered two related items: readoption of the general plan amendments associated with the 2009 San Francisco Bicycle Plan (to satisfy a Court of Appeal ruling) and a comprehensive rewrite of the planning code's bicycle parking requirements. Staff described the rewrite’s central features: separate Class 1 (long‑term, secured) and Class 2 (short‑term) parking, scaled requirements by use type and building size (for example, residential rules moving from 1 per 2 units to roughly…
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