UPDATE: Approved and went into effect 8-4-21.
Ordinance 210285 was introduced on 5-11-21 by Supervisors Safai and Mar.
This legislation includes creation of the small business recovery act, including:
Expanding streamlined permit reviews and inspections for storefront uses,
Elimination of planning definitions for cat boarding, gym, trade shop, and instructional services,
Allows conditional uses to continue after 3 years of abandonment,
Allows outdoor activity areas on rooftops,
Allows catering uses in restaurants,
Allows temporary outdoor entertainment activities,
Removes conditional use findings in specific cases,
Expands expedited conditional use permits,
Removes neighborhood notification requirements for changes of use in eastern neighborhood mixed use districts, and
Reduces the time the historic preservation commission must request review of minor alterations and certificates of appropriateness to 10 days (from 20).