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Committee advances overhaul of encroachment-permit rules, adds maintenance endowment and appeal paths
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee forwarded to the full board an ordinance that would update San Francisco's encroachment-permit rules, create an endowment-style maintenance fund for non-fronting permittees, formalize appeals paths and permit triggers, and require communications infrastructure for street reconstruction.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee advanced an ordinance July 17 that would revise San Francisco's public-works code governing street encroachment permits, create a new maintenance endowment for non-fronting permittees and add an appeals path to the Board of Supervisors.
Robin Havens of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development told the committee the changes are intended to modernize an "archaic part of the city code" and increase transparency. She described three core changes: formal appeals of permit denials or revocations to the Board of Supervisors, an…
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