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Supervisors Press Planning Department on Academy of Art IMP Compliance; Public Calls for Enforcement
Summary
The committee held a prolonged discussion on Institutional Master Plan compliance, with speakers urging faster enforcement against the Academy of Art University for acquiring properties and operating changes without permits. The Planning Department outlined the IMP process and said an EIR certification hearing is expected in spring; the committee continued the matter for additional action.
At a Jan. 21 hearing on Institutional Master Plans (IMPs) and student housing, supervisors, planning officials, former planning commissioners and members of the public pressed the Planning Department over long‑running enforcement actions involving the Academy of Art University (AAU).
Supervisor Aaron Peskin opened Item 5 by recounting the I.M.P. ordinance’s purpose — a 1976 tool to require early public notice and planning commission review for hospitals and postsecondary institutions — and said AAU’s history of incremental property acquisitions and unpermitted changes has produced years of enforcement work. Former Planning Commissioner Engman described the ordinance’s origin as…
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