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Commission opens informational hearing on broad planning‑code rewrite; schedules December follow‑up
Summary
An omnibus planning‑code update introduced by Supervisor David Chiu drew strong praise for code simplification and sharp critique over scope and process. Stakeholders flagged concerns about surface parking lot phase‑out, parking‑rate language, port/Burton Act conflicts and grandfathering. Commissioners scheduled an informational hearing on December 15 and asked staff for targeted recommendations.
Planning staff and Supervisor David Chiu’s office presented a sweeping set of code changes that seek to simplify the planning code, reduce parking requirements in transit‑rich neighborhoods, incentivize adaptive reuse and affordable housing, expand transfer‑of‑development‑rights (TDR) flexibility, and tighten sign controls.
Supervisor Chu’s legislative aide, Justin True, framed the ordinance as a policy package to make the code coherent with objectives in the General Plan — encouraging transit use, protecting historic buildings, and making it easier to produce…
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