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APPROVED: HOT: Ordinance 250702: All-Electric Building Mandate
This ordinance would require buildings in San Francisco undergoing "major renovations" to convert to all-electric.
Aug 14
Ordinance 250700: Family Zoning Plan; City Re-Zoning
This ordinance would increase heights and densities along major corridors, primarily on the West Side of the City in order to meet State Housing Production goals.
Aug 14
HOT: Ordinance 250701: Local Housing Bonus Program
This ordinance would allow projects providing 100% rent controlled units to take advantage of bonuses for height, density, unit mix, setbacks, open space, and exposure.
Aug 14
Ordinance 250682: Commercial Use Expansions
This ordinance would allow larger commercial uses within North Beach, Polk Street, Pacific Avenue, and Nob Hill.
Aug 14
APPROVED: Ordinance 250680: Development Impact Fee waivers
This ordinance would waive certain development impact fees within the Market and Octavia Area Plan Area.
Aug 14
Ordinance 250657: Development Impact Fee postponement
This ordinance would postpone the collection of development impact fees for residential development projects until the issuance of either a Certificate of Final Completion (CFC), or Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO).
Aug 14


What you need to know about Mayor Lurie's PermitSF Initiative
Mayor Lurie recently introduced 7 new pieces of legislation geared toward cutting red tape for building permits in San Francisco, especially for small businesses.
Jun 18
APPROVED: Ordinance 250608: Public Works Fees
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance, tied to approval of Ordinance 250541, would eliminate DPW fees for cafe table/chairs, merchandise displays, and various projections from the face of the building into the right of way.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250634: Commercial Use Sizes
This ordinance relaxes limits on commercial use sizes in some NCD zones, eliminating the need for Conditional Use for larger businesses. It would also allow large spaces to be subdivided in all zones without conditional use, even if the reduced spaces exceed sf limits in that zone.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250537: Place of Entertainment Permits and Amplified Sound Permits
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes streamlining of reviews for Entertainment and Amplified Noise Permits.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250538: Conditional Use Streamlining
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes streamlining of reviews for Conditional Use applications and a reduced fee for these filings.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250539: Awnings, Signs, and Gates
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes expansion of the Awning Amnesty program to include existing signs and gates.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250540: Temporary Use Permits
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes various Planning Code changes related to temporary use permits.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250541: Public Works Permit Revisions
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes various Public Works (DPW) changes including elimination of permits for cafe tables/chairs, sidewalk merchandise displays, and Minor Street Encroachments for many building elements.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250542: Various Planning Code Changes
This ordinance is part of the Mayor's PermitSF initiative, intended to streamline permitting and to help small businesses. The ordinance includes various Planning Code changes related to non-retail uses, glazing requirements for storefronts, sign requirements, and impact fees.
Jun 9
APPROVED: Ordinance 250284: Rear Yard Structures
This ordinance would allow rear yard structures of up to 120 sf and 10' in height to be constructed within the rear yard setback. It also includes amnesty for nonconforming rear-yard structures constructed prior to 2003.
Jun 6
APPROVED: Ordinance 250259: Business Fees Waived
This ordinance would waive permit, license, and registration fees for new small businesses opening a commercial business in San Francisco. It also waives fees for small businesses expanding into a new location.
Jun 6
APPROVED: Ordinance 250257: Tourist Hotels
This ordinance allows tourist hotel and motel rooms to be used for Interim Housing for people experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness, without loss of the hotel use classification.
Jun 6
APPROVED: Ordinance 250211: Concrete Building Seismic Safety
This ordinance requires all concrete buildings be evaluated for seismic safety and sets a schedule by which reports and studies must be submitted to the City.
Jun 6
Ordinance 250191: Violation Amnesty
If approved, this ordinance would provide limited amnesty for violations on properties impacted by the fraudulent actions of Rodrigo Santos and Bernie Curran.
Jun 6
KILLDED: Ordinance 241087: Development Fee Waivers
If approved, this ordinance would waive certain development impact fees in the Market and Octavia Area.
Nov 15, 2024
APPROVED: Ordinance 241069: ADU's Sold Separately
If approved, this ordinance would allow ADU units to be sold separately as condominiums.
Nov 15, 2024
APPROVED: Ordinance 241067: Tourist Hotels
This ordinance allows tourist hotel and motel rooms to be used for Interim Housing for people experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness, without loss of the hotel use classification.
Nov 15, 2024
ON HOLD: Ordinance 241063: Adjustments to BMR thresholds
If approved, this ordinance would allow certain Below Market Rate (BMR) units to be resold at higher prices.
Nov 15, 2024
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