# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 13, 2018 - Meeting date: 2018-11-13 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 42 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/550/2018-11-13-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=649075&GUID=939C159C-9DD6-40F6-BA4A-F4674A9324B2) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 180490: General Plan Amendments - Central South of Market Area Plan - Pages: 20-21 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 180490 [General Plan Amendments - Central South of Market Area Plan] Ordinance amending the General Plan by adding the Central South of Market (SoMa) Area Plan, generally bounded on its western portion by Sixth Street, on its eastern portion by Second Street, on its northern portion by the border of the Downtown Plan Area, and on its southern portion by Townsend Street; making conforming amendments to the Commerce and Industry Element, the Housing Element, the Urban Design Element, the Land Use Index, and the East SoMa and West SoMa Area Plans; and making environmental findings, including adopting a statement of overriding considerations, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Planning Commission) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 180184: Administrative, Planning Codes - Central South of Market Area Plan - Pages: 21 - Vote 1: amendment - Action: along Folsom, Howard and Stevenson Streets), and on its southern portion by Townsend Street; making approval findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, including adopting a statement of overriding considerations; and making 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. (Economic Impact) Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Yee, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, by adding a new Planning Code, Section 249.78(f), entitled ‘Effect of Litigation’; by adding a new Planning Code, Section 249.78(g), entitled ‘Non-Severability’; and a new Planning Code, Section 263.34(B), that states ‘Notwithstanding Sections 145.1(c)(4) and 249.78(d)(10), non-residential and PDR uses on the ground floor shall have a minimum floor-to-floor height of 14 feet, measured from the ground floor slab’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: (Economic Impact) (Proposition X, November 2016, requires a two-thirds vote (eight votes) of the membership to amend the requirements imposed by Planning Code, Section 249.78.) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 180185: Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central South of Market Special Use District - Pages: 21-22 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 180185 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central South of Market Special Use District] Sponsors: Mayor; Kim Ordinance amending the Zoning Map of the Planning Code to create the Central South of Market (SoMa) Special Use District and make other amendments to the Height and Bulk District Maps and Zoning Use District Maps consistent with the Central SoMa Area Plan, encompassing an area generally bounded on its western portion by Sixth Street, on its eastern portion by Second Street, on its northern portion by the border of the Downtown Plan Area (an irregular border that generally jogs along Folsom, Howard and Stevenson Streets), and on its southern portion by Townsend Street; 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. (Economic Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ## Extracted text ### [Page 21](https://sfbos.info/documents/550/2018-11-13-minutes#page-21) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/13/2018 180184 [Administrative, Planning Codes - Central South of Market Area Plan] Sponsors: Mayor; Kim Ordinance amending the Administrative and Planning Codes to give effect to the Central South of Market Area Plan, encompassing an area generally bounded on its western portion by Sixth Street, on its eastern portion by Second Street, on its northern portion by the border of the Downtown Plan Area (an irregular border that generally jogs along Folsom, Howard and Stevenson Streets), and on its southern portion by Townsend Street; making approval findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, including adopting a statement of overriding considerations; and making 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. (Economic Impact) Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Yee, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, by adding a new Planning Code, Section 249.78(f), entitled ‘Effect of Litigation’; by adding a new Planning Code, Section 249.78(g), entitled ‘Non-Severability’; and a new Planning Code, Section 263.34(B), that states ‘Notwithstanding Sections 145.1(c)(4) and 249.78(d)(10), non-residential and PDR uses on the ground floor shall have a minimum floor-to-floor height of 14 feet, measured from the ground floor slab’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee (Economic Impact) (Proposition X, November 2016, requires a two-thirds vote (eight votes) of the membership to amend the requirements imposed by Planning Code, Section 249.78.) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee 180185 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central South of Market Special Use District] Sponsors: Mayor; Kim Ordinance amending the Zoning Map of the Planning Code to create the Central South of Market (SoMa) Special Use District and make other amendments to the Height and Bulk District Maps and Zoning Use District Maps consistent with the Central SoMa Area Plan, encompassing an area generally bounded on its western portion by Sixth Street, on its eastern portion by Second Street, on its northern portion by the border of the Downtown Plan Area (an irregular border that generally jogs along Folsom, Howard and Stevenson Streets), and on its southern portion by Townsend Street; 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. (Economic Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 868 Printed at 1:08 pm on 1/10/19