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Planning Commission agrees to study lifting 75‑room hotel cap in MUO zone after split debate
Summary
After extended public comment and debate, the Planning Commission voted 4–2 on May 2 to initiate amendments to the Planning Code that would remove a hard 75‑room limit on tourist hotels in the Mixed Use Office (MUO) district and direct staff to return with alternatives and stakeholder outreach.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted 4–2 on May 2 to initiate a Planning Code text amendment that would remove a 75‑room cap on tourist hotels in the city’s Mixed Use Office (MUO) zoning district and send the proposal back to staff for refined alternatives and outreach.
Planning staff presented the proposal as an initiation only — not a final decision — to amend sections of the planning code including Table 842.49 to delete the automatic prohibition on hotels with 75 rooms or more and to clarify that hotels of any size could be allowed in MUO with conditional use authorization. "Initiation does not involve a decision on the substance of the amendments," Sophie Hayward, planning staff,…
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