# Board of Supervisors Minutes: August 2, 2016

- Meeting date: 2016-08-02
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 36
- [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/378/2016-08-02-minutes)
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## Structured legislative records

### File 151122: Administrative Code - Preferences in Affordable Housing Programs

- Pages: 8-9
- Sponsors: Mayor; Cohen, Breed, Wiener, Farrell and Campos
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: 151122 [Administrative Code - Preferences in Affordable Housing Programs] Sponsors: Mayor; Cohen, Breed, Wiener, Farrell and Campos Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to create a fourth preference for people who live or work in San Francisco, in addition to existing preferences in allocating City affordable housing units, and to create an additional category of eligible displaced tenants that includes tenants displaced by fire; 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. Ordinance No. 164-16 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Peskin, Tang, Wiener, Yee

### File 160477: Planning Code - Wireless Telecommunications Services Facilities

- Pages: 9
- Sponsors: Avalos; Mar
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: de to 1) define Wireless Telecommunications Services (WTS) Facilities; 2) create distinct WTS Facility land use controls and, among other things, require a conditional use authorization (CU) for Macro WTS Facilities in most Article 2, 7, and 8 Districts; 3) regulate Micro WTS Facilities in all Districts; 4) require that a WTS Facility’s CU shall expire after ten years; 5) regulate WTS Facilities in certain Mission Bay Districts and P Districts; 6) exempt certain telecommunications equipment accessory uses from height limitations; 7) allow screening elements for WTS Facilities to exceed height limits, consistent with existing height limit exemptions for antennas; 8) define and regulate Temporary WTS Facilities; 9) allow the Historic Preservation Commission to delegate determinations on applications for Administrative Certificates of Appropriateness and Minor Permits to Alter to Planning Department staff; and 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. Ordinance No. 166-16 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Peskin, Tang, Wiener, Yee

### File 160590: Public Works Code - Street Space Occupancy Permits

- Pages: 9-10
- Sponsors: Farrell
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: 160590 [Public Works Code - Street Space Occupancy Permits] Sponsor: Farrell Ordinance amending the Public Works Code to place additional limits on the duration of street space occupancy permits, and to limit the number of such permits including permit extensions that can be issued at the same address during a three-year period in Residential, Urban Mixed-Use, and Neighborhood Commercial Districts, and precluding the issuance of such permits at the same address for two years after that three-year period; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Ordinance No. 167-16 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Peskin, Tang, Wiener, Yee
- Vote 2: other
  - Action: City and County of San Francisco Page 684 Printed at 10:15 am on 10/26/16 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 8/2/2016 Supervisor Farrell Excused from Voting Supervisor Mar, seconded by Supervisor Campos, moved that Supervisor Farrell be excused from voting on File No. 160790. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Kim, Mar, Peskin, Tang, Wiener, Yee
  - Excused: Farrell

### File 160790: Administrative Code - Short-Term Residential Rentals

- Pages: 10-11
- Sponsors: Campos; Peskin, Avalos and Mar
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: 160790 [Administrative Code - Short-Term Residential Rentals] Sponsors: Campos; Peskin, Avalos and Mar Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to revise the Residential Unit Conversion Ordinance to require Hosting Platforms to verify that a Residential Unit is on the City Registry prior to accepting a fee for booking a short-term rental transaction, and to provide an affidavit of compliance to the City and retain certain records; authorize the Office of Short Term Rentals to issue an administrative subpoena to obtain records; provide for civil, administrative, and criminal penalties against Hosting Platforms for violations of their obligations under the Residential Unit Conversion Ordinance; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Ordinance No. 178-16 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Kim, Mar, Peskin, Tang, Wiener, Yee
  - Excused: Farrell

## Extracted text

### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/378/2016-08-02-minutes#page-9)

Board of Supervisors                             Meeting Minutes                                                 8/2/2016



160477 [Planning Code - Wireless Telecommunications Services Facilities]
            Sponsors: Avalos; Mar
            Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) define Wireless Telecommunications Services
            (WTS) Facilities; 2) create distinct WTS Facility land use controls and, among other things, require
            a conditional use authorization (CU) for Macro WTS Facilities in most Article 2, 7, and 8 Districts;
            3) regulate Micro WTS Facilities in all Districts; 4) require that a WTS Facility’s CU shall expire
            after ten years; 5) regulate WTS Facilities in certain Mission Bay Districts and P Districts; 6)
            exempt certain telecommunications equipment accessory uses from height limitations; 7) allow
            screening elements for WTS Facilities to exceed height limits, consistent with existing height limit
            exemptions for antennas; 8) define and regulate Temporary WTS Facilities; 9) allow the Historic
            Preservation Commission to delegate determinations on applications for Administrative
            Certificates of Appropriateness and Minor Permits to Alter to Planning Department staff; and
            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.
            Ordinance No. 166-16
            FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Peskin, Tang, Wiener, Yee


160590 [Public Works Code - Street Space Occupancy Permits]
            Sponsor: Farrell
            Ordinance amending the Public Works Code to place additional limits on the duration of street
            space occupancy permits, and to limit the number of such permits including permit extensions that
            can be issued at the same address during a three-year period in Residential, Urban Mixed-Use,
            and Neighborhood Commercial Districts, and precluding the issuance of such permits at the same
            address for two years after that three-year period; and affirming the Planning Department’s
            determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.
            Ordinance No. 167-16
            FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Peskin, Tang, Wiener, Yee




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### [Page 10](https://sfbos.info/documents/378/2016-08-02-minutes#page-10)

Board of Supervisors                             Meeting Minutes                                                8/2/2016




Supervisor Farrell Excused from Voting
            Supervisor Mar, seconded by Supervisor Campos, moved that Supervisor Farrell be excused from
            voting on File No. 160790. The motion carried by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Kim, Mar, Peskin, Tang, Wiener, Yee
                 Excused: 1 - Farrell



Referred Without Recommendation from the Land Use and Transportation Committee

160790 [Administrative Code - Short-Term Residential Rentals]
            Sponsors: Campos; Peskin, Avalos and Mar
            Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to revise the Residential Unit Conversion Ordinance
            to require Hosting Platforms to verify that a Residential Unit is on the City Registry prior to
            accepting a fee for booking a short-term rental transaction, and to provide an affidavit of
            compliance to the City and retain certain records; authorize the Office of Short Term Rentals to
            issue an administrative subpoena to obtain records; provide for civil, administrative, and criminal
            penalties against Hosting Platforms for violations of their obligations under the Residential Unit
            Conversion Ordinance; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the
            California Environmental Quality Act.
            Ordinance No. 178-16
            FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Cohen, Kim, Mar, Peskin, Tang, Wiener, Yee
                 Excused: 1 - Farrell




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