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Planning Commission moves hearing rules into Appendix A, raises presentation limits
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to remove Section 13 from its rules and place detailed hearing procedures in an Appendix A that staff will return with for final adoption; commissioners also endorsed up-to-20-minute presentation windows and clarified staff packet timing and public‑comment protections.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on April 17 unanimously approved a package of procedural changes that move the bulk of hearing procedures out of the main rules text and into an Appendix A, establishing new expectations for how and when staff materials must be released and updating time limits for presentations and rebuttals.
Commissioners began the discussion after a lengthy public comment period in which multiple neighborhood advocates and design professionals urged clearer, more consistent guidance for…
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