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Planning Commission supports citywide street-frontage controls with targeted exceptions
Summary
The commission recommended expanding street-frontage design controls (transparency, higher ceilings, mid-block alleys) to more commercial and mixed-use districts but limited alley-height controls in higher-density RC districts; motion passed 5'2.
The Planning Commission on Feb. 18 voted to recommend approval of a package of street-frontage controls introduced by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi to extend urban-design standards (high ground-floor ceilings, minimum transparency of frontage, limits on garage frontage width and mid-block alley requirements) to additional mixed-use districts.
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