HOT: Small Business Recovery Act

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).

Read More