Ordinance amending the Planning Code to add new standard required streetscape improvements under the Better Streets Plan; modifying the triggers that would require project sponsors to construct streetscape improvements in the public right-of-way; clarifying the recommended sidewalk width for street types; expanding curb cut restrictions for off-street parking and loading to nearly all zoning districts and certain designated streets, including those on the Citywide Transit Network and any officially adopted bicycle routes or lanes, and requiring a Conditional Use authorization or a Section 309 or 329 exception for new or expanded curb cuts in the applicable areas; adding criteria for the Planning Commission to consider when granting a Conditional Use authorization or an exception as part of a Downtown C-3-O(SD) (Downtown, Office (Special Development)) or large project authorization in mixed-use districts for such curb cuts; prohibiting new curb cuts in bus stops and on Folsom Street between Essex and Second Street; eliminating minimum off-street parking requirements for projects subject to the curb cut restrictions or prohibitions; and making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.

Committee

Clerk of the Board

Introduced

October 16, 2018

Passed

November 20, 2018

Enacted

November 20, 2018

Enactment no.

277-18