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Planning Commission backs Phase 1 of broad planning-code changes covering signs, bike parking, TDRs and limited commercial uses
Summary
The commission approved a set of Phase 1 planning-code modifications — clerical fixes and changes to transfer-of-development-rights, limited commercial uses, bike parking and signs/awnings — and directed staff to return Phase 2 and Phase 3 items in April.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on March 1 approved a first-phase package of planning-code changes that staff and the Board of Supervisors’ office framed as edits and clarifications intended to streamline rules on signs, awnings, bike parking, limited commercial uses and the transfer of development rights (TDRs).
The package — described by planning staff as largely clerical and modest technical changes — was presented by Aaron Starr of the Planning Department, who asked the commission to adopt modifications now and let remaining, more complex topics return for further hearings. Starr summarized five topics the department considered Phase 1: clerical/minor corrections, TDR adjustments, limited commercial-use (LCU) rules, bike-parking rules and sign/awning/canopy regulations.
Why it matters: The edits aim to reduce ambiguity in the code and to…
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