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Land Use Committee backs amended plan for Irish Cultural Center site, sends ordinance to full board
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted Nov. 27 to recommend an amended ordinance creating the Wawona Street and 40 Fifth Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District for 2740 Fifth Avenue and to transmit a local coastal program amendment for Coastal Commission review, after staff presentations and more than a dozen public commenters voiced both support and procedural concerns.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Transportation Committee on Nov. 27 recommended, as amended, an ordinance to create the Wawona Street and 40 Fifth Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District (SUD) for the parcel at 2740 Fifth Avenue and forwarded a companion local coastal program amendment to the full Board for subsequent review and certification by the California Coastal Commission.
Supervisor Joel Engardia, the item sponsor, said the legislation would facilitate redevelopment of the United Irish Cultural Center and asked the committee to allow a second reading of several non‑substantive changes to comply with Coastal Act notice requirements. Carol Pantoja of the Planning Department described the proposal as a…
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