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Planning staff reports progress on Academy of Art enforcement; commission plans code changes on student housing
Summary
Staff told the Planning Commission Dec. 9 that the Academy of Art University owns or leases 36 facilities (17 residential), has approximately 1,688 students in campus housing and that about 70% of required life‑safety permit work is complete. Commissioners asked staff to return with planning‑code amendments and an institutional master plan process in early 2011.
Planning Department staff on Dec. 9 delivered a wide‑ranging update on the Academy of Art University enforcement program and the university’s campus housing footprint, and commissioners directed staff to return with code amendments early next year.
Chris Hall, planning enforcement manager, told the commission the department has inventory showing 36 Academy facilities in the city, including 17 residential properties, and cited fall 2010 enrollment of 17,711 students with roughly 11,182 on‑site. The Academy reports approximately 1,894 bed spaces; the university’s contractor, Campus Living Villages,…
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