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Committee forwards map correction tied to proposed 400‑foot Block 1 in Transbay area

Land Use and Transportation Committee, San Francisco Board of Supervisors · April 11, 2016
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Summary

Committee sent a general‑plan map amendment to the full Board as a procedural step required for a proposed Transbay redevelopment plan amendment to increase Block 1's height from 300 to 400 feet; staff said the change is a consistency correction and does not predetermine the substantive height decision, while community speakers raised concerns about EIR adequacy and neighborhood impacts.

Planning staff and the Transbay project manager explained that the general plan amendment before the committee corrects an oversight in downtown Plan Map 5 so the map references the Transbay redevelopment plan development controls instead of an outdated 200‑foot label for parcels that include Block 1 and part of Block 2.

Shane Hart of the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure…

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