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Commission hears sharp split over pipeline grandfathering and PDR replacement; staff and Supervisor Daley offer competing fee approaches
Summary
Staff and public clashed over how to treat projects already filed in the Eastern Neighborhoods pipeline: Planning staff proposed grandfathering code-compliant projects before a cutoff and applying Eastern Neighborhoods rules to projects needing rezoning; Supervisor Daley's ordinance would impose a $21/sf fee and offer three PDR-replacement options. Speakers split along developer vs. community lines over cutoff dates and fairness.
A central focus of the June 19 hearing was how to treat the planning "pipeline" — projects already filed with the city but not yet entitled — and how to handle the loss or replacement of PDR (production, distribution, repair) space.
Staff framed the pipeline categories and posed a set of policy choices: which review rules apply, whether projects that remove PDR must replace it, which impact fees and inclusionary housing rules apply, and how other code requirements (heights, parking, ground-floor uses) should be phased in. Staff estimated approximately 4,000 units in the pipeline (February data) and proposed different treatments for two groups: projects that required rezoning (roughly half the pipeline and generally larger, staff proposed…
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