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Planning staff briefs Board of Appeals on Section 309 rules for downtown projects
Summary
Senior planner Craig Nikitas told the Board of Appeals that Planning Code Section 309 governs downtown (C3) projects, triggers hearings for certain height/size thresholds and lists 12 exception types—covering setbacks, sunlight, parking and bulk—which aim to tailor downtown projects while protecting streetscape and Transit First goals.
Craig Nikitas, a senior planner with the Department of Planning, gave the Board of Appeals an overview of Planning Code Section 309 and the circumstances that bring large downtown projects to public hearing. He told the board Section 309 applies to projects that construct new buildings or substantially alter existing ones in the C3 Commercial District and that hearings are required when a project exceeds 75 feet in height, 50,000…
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