Land Use and Transportation Committee Regular Meeting – March 11, 2024
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Land Use and Transportation Committee Regular Meeting – March 11, 2024
The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors met on Monday, March 11, 2024, at 9:45 AM. The meeting was chaired by Supervisor Mirna Melgar, joined by Board President Aaron Peskin and Vice Chair Dean Preston. The committee considered two ordinances: one clarifying ministerial approval for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and another amending the Planning Code to correct errors and extend certain programs. Both items were forwarded to the full Board with positive recommendations.
Discussion Items
Item 1: Ordinance on State-Mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit Controls (File 230310)
- Proposed clarification of ministerial approval process for ADUs in single-family and multifamily buildings. Planning Department representative Aaron Starr noted that amendments from the previous week had been incorporated. No public comment was received.
- The committee voted unanimously (3-0) to forward the ordinance as a committee report to the Board of Supervisors.
Item 2: Planning Code Amendments – Exceptions and Extensions for Existing Uses (File 240070)
- Audrey Merlone of the Planning Department explained the ordinance addresses four specific items: modifying height offset requirements in the Bernal Heights Special Use District, permitting large movie theater signage in the Japantown neighborhood commercial district, allowing medical cannabis dispensaries to continue as temporary cannabis retail uses until December 31, 2024, clarifying eligibility for inclusionary housing reductions, and correcting a zoning control table error. The ordinance resolves permitting errors for two specific projects that built non-compliant elements following approved permits, and extends two temporary programs.
- Supervisor Melgar noted she had checked with Supervisor Ronan's office regarding the Bernal Heights height limits, confirming no issues.
- No public comment was received.
- The committee voted unanimously (3-0) to forward the ordinance with a positive recommendation to the full Board.
Key Outcomes
- Both items were forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for the March 18, 2024 meeting with unanimous recommendations.
- No public testimony was provided on either item.
- The meeting adjourned after completing the agenda.
Note: Not all items on the printed agenda (e.g., item under 30-day rule) were discussed.
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon, everyone. Uh, this meeting will come to order. Welcome to the March 11th, 2024 regular meeting of the Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. I am Supervisor Mirna Melgar, Chair of the Committee, joined by Board of Supervisors President Aaron Paskin, and Vice Chair Dean Preston. The committee clerk today is John Carroll. And I would also like to acknowledge and thank Matthew now from SFGov TV for covering this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements? Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Please ensure that you've silenced your cell phones and other electronic devices you may have brought with you into the chamber today. If you have any documents to include as part of the file for any of today's agenda items, please submit them to me by bringing them to the rail. Public comment will be taken on each item on today's agenda. When your item of interest comes up and public comment is called, please line up to speak along your right hand side of the room. Alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways. You may email them to me at J-O-H-N, period C A R R O L L at SFGOV.org. Or you may send your written comments via U.S. Postal Service to our office in City Hall. That is the clerk's office, room 244 and City Hall's addresses. One, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlit Place, San Francisco, California 94102. And finally, Madam Chair, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors' agenda of March 18th, unless otherwise stated. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Please call item number one. Agenda item number one is an ordinance amending the administrative code, building code, business and tax regulations code, and planning code to clarify the ministerial approval process for certain accessory dwelling units, meeting certain requirements in single family, multifamily buildings, affirming the planning department's secret determination, making findings of consistency with the general plan and the eight priority policies of planning code section 101.1 and adopting findings under planning code section 302. This item is agendized as a committee report and may be sent to tomorrow's board meeting. Thank you very much, Mr. Clerk. We have uh Mr. Aaron Starr here from the planning department. Uh no further comments. The amendments we need to be made were made last week. So okay, thank you. Uh do we have any further questions or comments, colleagues, before we vote on this item? Okay, let's uh go to public comment, please. Thank you, Madam Chair. Do we have anyone here in the chamber with us who has public comment on agenda item number one related to accessory dwelling units? Madam Chair, it appears we have none. Okay, public comment on this item is now closed. I'd like to make a motion that we forward this item uh with a positive recommendation to the full board. On the motion offered by Chair Melgar that the ordinance be recommended to the Board of Supervisors as a committee report. Madam Chair. Uh is it a committee? Yes, it's a committee report. Thank you. On the motion to recommend as a committee report, Vice Chair Preston. Preston, I, Member Peskin. All right. Peskin I, Chair Melgar.
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