SEC. 1332. HEARINGS ON CONVERSIONS; MASTER PLAN.
§ 1332
Large residential property conversions (5+ units including at least one residential unit) require a public hearing before the City Planning Commission, and any subdivision must be reviewed for consistency with the Master Plan; the Director can disapprove or conditionally approve subdivisions based on the Planning Department's Master Plan consistency findings, subject to Board of Supervisors appeal.
When someone wants to convert five or more units of property (including at least one residential unit), the City Planning Commission must hold a public hearing so residents can comment. Whenever property is subdivided (divided into smaller parcels), the Planning Department checks whether it matches the city's Master Plan. If the Planning Department decides the subdivision doesn't match the Master Plan, the Director can reject it—though the Board of Supervisors can appeal that decision. If the Planning Department thinks the subdivision will only work if certain conditions are met, the Director can approve it but require those conditions as part of the approval.
- Complex:The section involves cross-references (Section 1313(b)), appeal procedures, and overlapping authority between the Director, Planning Department, and Board of Supervisors that may be hard for lay readers to parse.
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Official text
(a) The City Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing in the case of Conversions of five or more units which include one or more residential units. The City Planning Department shall give notice of such hearings as provided in Section 1313(b).
(b) Whenever a property is to be subdivided, the Department of City Planning shall report on the question of consistency of the subdivision with the Master Plan.
(c) The Director shall disapprove the proposed subdivision when the Department of City Planning finds that the proposed subdivision is not consistent with the Master Plan, subject to any decision on appeal by the Board of Supervisors.
(d) When the Department of City Planning finds, subject to any decision on appeal by the Board of Supervisors, or when the Board of Supervisors finds, that a proposed subdivision will be consistent with the Master Plan only upon compliance with certain conditions, the Director shall incorporate said conditions in his or her conditional approval of the proposed subdivision.
(Amended by Ord. 427-85, App. 9/12/85)