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Planning Commission adopts PDR zoning for Bayview to preserve industrial jobs amid neighborhood debate
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to adopt text and map amendments establishing PDR 1 and PDR 2 zoning in Bayview Hunters Point (Case No. 2006.0074), intended to preserve light industrial space and buffer residential areas. The vote followed hours of public testimony from residents, business owners and community leaders, with arguments both for job preservation and against rezoning impacts on Third Street and open‑space edges.
The San Francisco Planning Commission adopted text and map amendments to create two Production/Distribution/Repair (PDR) zones in Bayview Hunters Point (Case No. 2006.0074), a move staff and supporters said will protect roughly the current light industrial land base and the estimated 15,000 jobs it supports while opponents warned the change could affect Third Street commerce, open‑space buffers and residents’ long‑term affordability.
Planning staff described the proposal as the implementation of the Bayview Hunters Point area plan: replace older M‑1/M‑2 industrial districts with PDR 1 and PDR 2 to preserve job‑intensive uses, limit large offices and restrict certain heavier industrial operations, and create buffer mechanisms along residential edges. John Lau (formerly the planning department’s Bayview lead, now legislative aide to Supervisor Sophie Maxwell) and Supervisor Maxwell stressed preserving…
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