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Planning Commission to hold hearing after debate over City College's zoning exemption
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted 6-1 to schedule a hearing on City College's decision to exempt its Chinatown campus from local planning rules and to seek city attorney guidance on the commission's role, after commissioners and members of the public raised concerns about compliance, CEQA and potential legal remedies.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted to schedule a special hearing to examine City College's recent exemption from local zoning rules and to request written guidance from the City Attorney on the commission's legal options.
Commissioner O'Malley led a broad inquiry into whether the college's trustees could lawfully exempt a Chinatown campus from local planning and zoning ordinances, citing public concern about the project's design and its consistency with the city's planning code. "I have been receiving calls from members of the public who are…
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