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Planning commission backs code changes and urges talks as Flower Mart dispute simmers
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended ordinances aimed at keeping large accredited institutions from qualifying as small "arts" uses and restricting educational services in Western SoMa, while public comment and AAU tenant negotiations continued over the future of the Flower Mart site.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Feb. 22 recommended two amendments to the Planning Code aimed at tightening the distinction between small arts activities and large accredited institutions and at prohibiting educational services in the Western SoMa Special Use District.
The measures, introduced by Supervisor Peskin and presented by Planning Department staff, would (1) clarify definitions in Section 102.2 and related sections so that accredited institutions required to file an institutional master plan cannot qualify as small "arts activities," and (2) amend Section 823 to prohibit educational services in the Western SoMa SUD — the zoning area where the interim moratorium on institutional uses has been in effect. Scott Sanchez of the Planning Department said…
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