Planning Code - Transit-Oriented Residential Development

Title Ordinance 1) temporarily excluding certain sites from the provisions of California Senate Bill No. 79 (SB 79) that require local jurisdictions to allow residential uses at various densities, heights, and floor area ratios on sites within one-half mile of a transit-oriented development stop; 2) permanently excluding from those provisions of SB 79 sites located in industrial employment hubs, including certain sites zoned M (Industrial), SALI (Service/Arts/Light Industrial), PDR (Production, Distribution, Repair), WMUO (WSoMa Mixed Use-Office), and P (Public), and sites with a walking path of more than one mile to the closest transit development stop; 3) amending the Planning Code to permit additional density and height for residential projects on certain parcels within one-half mile of a transit-oriented development stop; 4) adopting an Alternative Plan to SB 79, including making findings that the Alternative Plan provides equivalent development capacity; 5) making findings that these exemptions and the City’s residential capacity meet the requirements of SB 79; and 6) directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to transmit a copy of this ordinance to the California Department of Housing and Community Development; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302. Version (Version 4) Amendment 4/28/2026 - AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 10, Lines 6-14, by adding ‘Section 10. Updates to Tables of Exemptions. If any parcel identified in the “Table of Permanent Exclusions” referenced in Section 3, or the “Table of Temporary Exemptions-Low Resource Parcels” referenced in Section 4, becomes ineligible for the applicable exemption for any reason, including administrative interpretation from HCD, the Board of Supervisors authorizes the Director of Planning to update those tables to remove the ineligible parcels such that only the remaining eligible parcels are listed in the table for the relevant exemption. Any changes to add previously unidentified parcels to either table or that would result in increased density or heights for a parcel listed in either table shall require approval from the Board of Supervisors.’