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Accessory Dwelling Unit Handbook		12/11/2018
Accessory Dwelling Units Waiver ADU No-Waiver ADU		01/02/2018
Accessory Uses for Dwellings		08/03/2011
Action Plan 2008-2010		07/18/2009
Annual Report 2009-2010
Annual Report 2011-2012		03/19/2013
Annual Report 2012-2013  27MB	Interactive Version	12/19/2013
Annual Report 2013-2014  30MB		12/18/2014
Annual Report 2014-2015  26MB	Interactive Version	05/18/2015
Annual Report 2015-2016  13MB	Interactive Version	04/20/2017
Annual Report 2016-2017  13MB	Interactive Version	05/25/2018
1% for Art Program & Today's Downtown Gallery		10/28/2011
Awnings Canopies & Marquees Handout		01/09/2013
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Balboa Park Station Area Plan Monitoring Report 2007-2011		10/31/2013
Bayshore Boulevard Home Improvement District Design Guidelines		11/2010
Bayview Hunters Point Project Area B Project Sponsor Handout
Bayview Hunters Point Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Review		03/2014
Bernal Heights East Slope Building Guidelines		03/2010
Better Streets Plan
Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings		10/07/2010
Design Guide Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings		6/04/2012
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Cannabis Related Land Uses Guide		04/13/2018
Car-Share Requirements and Guidelines
Central Waterfront Plan Monitoring Report 2006-2010		02/2012
Chinatown Broadway Street Design Final Report		02/2013
Citywide Policy Planning Reports & Publications
Commerce & Industry Inventory Reports	Interactive Version	11/2015
Cow Hollow Neighborhood Design Guidelines Cow Hollow Neighborhood Design Guidelines Resolution		03/2017
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Department Analysis of June 2014 Ballot Initiative - Voter Approval of Waterfront Development Height Increases		05/06/2014
Design-for-Development, Hunters View		05/2008
Design Guidelines - Residential		12/2003
Development Impact Fee (web site)
Development Stimulus and Fee Deferral Legislation		03/19/2010
Deck Handout		01/01/2019
Discretionary Review (DR) Reform Information
Discretionary Review (DR) Policy Findings - Pre-Application		03/04/2010
Downtown Plan Monitoring Report (Annual and 5-Year)	Interactive Version
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East SoMa Plan Monitoring Report 2006-2010		02/2012
Environmental Review Process Summary Handout		10/25/2011
Executive Park Design Guidelines		05/2011
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Fact Sheet for Proposed Ordinance 181216		01/30/2019
Family Friendly Housing Report		01/17/2017
Flood Plain Management Program
Fee Calculator for Environmental Review and Entitlements		08/31/2016
Fee Calculator for Building Permit Applications		08/31/2016
Fee Schedule		08/31/2018
Fence Handout		01/03/2019
Formula Retail - Commission Guide		08/2018
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General Advertising Sign Inventory
Guide to the San Francisco Green Landscaping Ordinance		04/22/2010
Guidelines for Adding Garages and Curb Cuts Formerly known as: Zoning Administrator Bulletin Nos. 2006.1a and 2006.1b		04/2010
Guidelines for Fine Arts		07/1986
Guidelines for Formula Retail		08/2018
Guidelines for Ground Floor Residential Design		11/2008
Guidelines for Industrial Area Design		08/2001
Guidelines for Residential Design		12/2003
Guidelines for Storefront Transparency		11/2013
Guidelines for Western SoMa Design Standards (Draft)		08/2011
Guidelines for Window Replacement		04/2010
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Historic Preservation Bulletins
Historic Preservation Publications and Applications
Housing Element Update 2014  |  2009
Housing Balance Reports
Housing Inventory
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In-Kind Agreements: Planning Commission Policy		09/09/2010
Inclusionary Housing Procedures Manual		05/14/2013
Inner Mission North - Context Statement		2005
Institutional Master Plans
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Large Tourist Hotel Room Annual Inventory
Letter of Determination Handout		08/03/2011
Limited Commercial Uses Handout		01/01/2019
Living Roof Manual		10/28/2015
LIZ (Living Innovation Zones) - Manual		07/01/2015
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Map Library
Market & Octavia Plan - Historic Context Statement		12/20/2007
Market & Octavia Plan Monitoring Report 2010-2014		March 2016
Market & Octavia Plan Monitoring Report 2005-2009		02/16/2011
Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Application - update coming from the Office of Cannabis Guide to Cannabis Related Land Uses General Planning Handout		04/13/2018
Miscellaneous Permit Referrals Handout		11/15/2011
Mission District Context Statement - City Within a City		11/2007
Mission Dolores Context Statement		12/2007
Mission Plan Monitoring Report 2006-2010		02/2012
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NC@20 - Looking Back on Twenty Years of Neighborhood Commercial Zoning		12/2009
Neighborhood Commercial Districts Zoning Controls Table	Reference Only - see SF Planning Code	06/07/2006
Neighborhood Groups Map and Organizations List
Neighborhood Quadrants Map		07/2012
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Office Development Annual Limit Program Update
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Pipeline Report
Planning Commission Centennial Brochure		12/18/2017
Planning Director Bulletin No. 1: Overview of Development Impact Fees		11/2014 Rev 04/2016
NEW - Effective 09/01/2017 Planning Director Bulletin No. 2: Department Priority Application Processing Guidelines		05/2006 rev 08/2017
Planning Director Bulletin No. 3: Condominium Application, New Construction and Conversion		03/2007
Planning Director Bulletin No. 4: Review of Projects in Identified Areas Prone to Flooding		04/2007
UPDATED - Planning Director Bulletin No. 5: Senate Bill No. 35 Affordable Housing Streamlined Approval		12/2017 Rev 01/2019
UPDATED - Planning Director Bulletin No. 6: Implementing the State Density Bonus Program		02/2019
Preliminary Project Assessment Letters		06/2011
Privately-Owned Public Open Spaces Informational Plaque (ZA Bulletin)		12/2012
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Reconstruction of Destroyed Buildings and Uses		07/24/2012
Recreation & Open Space Element Update 2009
Residential Design Guidelines		01/2018
Residential Nexus Analysis supporting San Francisco's Residential Affordable Housing Program		04/04/2007
Residential Pipeline Quarterly Dashboard
Rincon Hill Infrastructure Finance District - Infrastructure Financing Plan		12/2010
Rincon Hill Streetscape Master Plan  49MB		08/2015
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Shadow Analysis Procedures and Scope Requirements	Example No. 1 Example No. 2	07/2014
Showplace Square/Potrero Hill Plan Monitoring Report 2006-2010		02/2012
Sign Handout		01/09/2013
Stormwater Management Ordinance		04/13/2011
San Francisco Neighborhoods Socio-Economic Profiles		12/06/2017
San Francisco Supervisor District Profiles		05/31/2011
San Francisco Supervisor Districts At A Glance		05/31/2011
Standards for Storefront Transparency		11/2013
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Tobacco Paraphernalia Handout		02/12/2013
Transit Center District Plan		11/2009
Transportation Impact Analysis Guidelines		11/2002
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Urban Design Guidelines		03/30/2018
Urban Forest Plan - Phase 1: Street Trees	Interactive Version	01/15/2014
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WalkFirst: Improving Safety & Walking Conditions in San Francisco		10/2011
Western SOMA - Design Standards (Draft)		08/2011
Wireless Telecommunications Services (WTS) Facilities
Wireless Telecommunication Services Handout		03/28/2012
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Zoning Administrator Bulletin 1: Developing Ground Floor Accessory Rooms In Residential Buildings		06/1993
Zoning Administrator Bulletin 2: Curb Cuts		04/1996
Zoning Administrator Bulletin 3: Dormer Windows		01/2019
Zoning Administrator Bulletin 4: Public Notification for Building Permits in Residential and Neighborhood Commercial Districts		10/2018
Zoning Administrator Bulletin 5: Buildable Area for Lots in RH, RM, RC, and RTO Districts		04/2005
Zoning Administrator Bulletin 6: Car-Share Requirements and Guidelines for Car-Share Spaces		08/2010
Zoning Administrator Bulletin 7: Planning Code Interpretations for the Eastern Neighborhoods - RESCINDED
Zoning Administrator Bulletin 8: Privately-Owned Public Open Spaces Informational Plaque		12/2012
Zoning Administrator Bulletin No.9: Bicycle Parking Standards: Design and Layout		09/2018
Zoning Administrator Bulletin No.10: Designation Priorities for Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program		12/2018
Zoning Administrator Bulletin 11: Better Roofs Ordinance		04/2017
Zoning Administrator Interpretations
Zoning Administrator Letters of Determination
Zoning Map - San Francisco Citywide

 

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