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Planning Commission backs ordinance to let neighborhoods protect historic signs
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of legislation by Supervisor David Campos to let the city and neighborhood commissions designate so‑called commemorative signs outside historic sign districts, with staff modifications on relocation and limits to legal protection.
San Francisco — The Planning Commission voted unanimously June 2 to recommend changes to the city planning code that would allow neighborhood and citywide consideration of signs with historic or commemorative value even if those signs are not inside an established historic sign district.
The ordinance, introduced by Supervisor David Campos, would remove a provision requiring a sign to be located within a historic sign district to obtain conditional-use status under the code section staff presented. Aaron Star of the planning department said the department supports the legislation with modifications: changing the term “historic sign” to…
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