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Committee amends and continues code change to streamline site‑permit review after broad industry input
Summary
Supervisors agreed to limit simultaneous review to electronically submitted site‑permit applications and to include slope‑protection language; after extensive public comment from builders and trade groups the committee continued the building‑code amendments for one week to finalize BIC‑recommended modifications.
San Francisco — An ordinance that would clarify and limit the scope of site‑permit review and require simultaneous, interdepartmental review moved forward in committee on June 10 — but supervisors agreed to a one‑week continuance after extensive public comment and recommended amendments.
Sponsor Supervisor Ahsha Safai said the goal is to codify a streamlined site‑permit process and curb years of scope creep that now delays permits. “Our intent is to say, in very simple terms, let’s look at what’s in the code… and say that is it,” Safai said, arguing that…
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