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San Francisco committee continues Planning Code amendment on urban mixed-use ground-floor offices
Summary
The Land Use and Transportation Committee continued an ordinance that would restrict ground-floor office uses in the urban mixed-use district, allowing certain client-facing professional, financial and medical services as conditional uses, to the call of the chair after a unanimous roll-call vote. No public comment was received.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors met remotely on May 11, 2020, and voted to continue an ordinance amending the Planning Code regarding ground‑floor uses in the urban mixed‑use district to the call of the chair.
The ordinance, read into the record by Clerk Erica Major, would prohibit all office uses on the ground floor in the urban mixed‑use district except that professional services, financial services and medical services could be allowed as conditional uses when primarily open to the general public on a client‑oriented basis. The clerk described that the measure affirms appropriate findings tied to those restrictions.
The item had been authored by Supervisor Ronan. Amy Beinart, identified as staff to the author, asked the committee to continue the item “to the call of the chair,” saying the office had previously set a date certain but now requested more time. No members of the public registered to speak during the public comment period; the clerk reported there were no callers in the queue.
After the staff request, Chair Supervisor Aaron Peskin moved to continue the item to the call of the chair. The clerk conducted a roll‑call vote. Committee member Supervisor Dean Preston voted “aye,” the clerk recorded “Supervisor Sophyllye, aye,” and Chair Supervisor Aaron Peskin voted “aye.” The clerk announced “you have three ayes,” and the committee continued the ordinance to the call of the chair.
The meeting record includes instructions the clerk read for public participation during the COVID‑19 emergency: callers could provide comment by phone at (888) 204‑5984 using access code 3501008 and pressing 1 then 0 to join the queue; written comments could be submitted by U.S. mail to City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102, and emailed comments would be added to the legislative file. The committee adjourned after the vote.
Next steps: the ordinance remains on the committee’s docket and will be rescheduled at the chair’s discretion.
