Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) limit lot sizes in the Pacific Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District (“Pacific NCD”) and the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District (“Polk NCD”); 2) limit the size of Non-Residential Uses in the Pacific NCD and Polk NCD, and exempting movie theaters in the Polk NCD from certain size limits; 3) restrict lot mergers in the Pacific NCD and Polk NCD; 4) require ground floor Commercial Uses in the Polk NCD and on certain portions of Pacific Avenue; 5) modify residential and non-residential off-street parking requirements in the Pacific NCD and Polk NCD; 6) prohibit garage entries, driveways, or other vehicular access to off-street parking or loading on certain streets and alleys in the Pacific NCD and Polk NCD; 7) deem nonconforming uses in the Polk NCD to be discontinued after 18 months of non-use; 8) modify the maximum concentration of Eating and Drinking Uses in the Polk NCD; 9) prohibit massage establishment, chair/foot massage, and kennel uses in the Polk Street NCD; 10) restrict medical services in the Polk NCD and Pacific NCD; 11) prohibit storefront mergers in the Polk NCD; 12) require a dwelling unit mix in the Pacific NCD and Polk NCD; 13) prohibit the loss of residential units through demolition, merger, or conversion and allow division if it meets a dwelling unit mix requirement in the Polk NCD and Pacific NCD; 14) require Conditional Use authorization before replacing a legacy business in the Polk NCD and Pacific NCD; 15) correct, clarify, and simplify language in other Planning Code Sections; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public convenience, necessity, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.

Committee

Clerk of the Board

Introduced

September 26, 2017

Passed

November 3, 2017

Enacted

November 3, 2017

Enactment no.

205-17