Public Meetings to Discuss Proposed Legislation to Remove Parking Requirements

Supervisor Kim’s Office and the San Francisco Planning Department will be hosting three public meetings to discuss Supervisor Kim’s proposed legislation to remove remaining minimum parking requirements in San Francisco. Details on dates, times, and locations are listed at the bottom of this page.

Background

All zoning districts in San Francisco have parking maximums. These maximums essentially limit the number of off-street parking spaces (such as parking spaces in private garages or parking lots) a developer may build into a project.

Some zoning districts have parking minimums. These minimums determine a specific amount of off-street parking spaces developers are required to build into a project.

For Example

In many Neighborhood Commercial Districts, the Planning Code establishes a minimum parking requirement of one parking space for every dwelling unit or apartment, and a maximum of 1.5 parking spaces per dwelling unit. This means a project with ten planned units must construct a garage with 10 to 15 parking spaces.

Over time, the City has removed parking minimums from most zoning districts.

For districts where parking minimums remain, the City has created numerous pathways for projects to reduce or remove their required off-street parking, such as: under the existing Planning Code in all zoning districts throughout the City, developers may replace any required off-street car parking space with a bicycle parking space.

Effectually, this means it’s possible to construct buildings with less or no off-street parking in all zoning districts with remaining parking minimums. Unfortunately, this has led to unnecessary complexity in the Planning Code and confusion for the public.

Proposed Legislation

Supervisor Kim’s proposed legislation would simplify the Planning Code and remove remaining minimum parking requirements in San Francisco.

What it would do: The legislation would remove all remaining minimum parking requirements in San Francisco. This means new development projects would not be required to include any off-street parking spaces.

What it would not do: The legislation would not change any of the maximum parking requirements in the Planning Code. Using the above example, this means a developer building a 10-unit apartment building could construct anywhere between zero and 15 off-street parking spaces. The legislation would also not change any of the existing minimum requirements for off-street loading.

Public Meetings

Supervisor Kim’s Office and the Planning Department will be hosting three public meetings to provide more information and discuss the proposed legislation. Please note that all of the meetings will have the same content and format. 

Meeting Agenda (all meetings)

  • Item 1 – Paul Chasan with Planning Department will give a presentation regarding minimum parking requirement removal  
  • Item 2 – Q&A

Community Meeting 1

Wednesday November 14, 2018
12pm – 1:00pm
San Francisco City Hall,  Room 278 
1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102

  1. 12:15pm: Presentation
  2. 12:30pm: Q&A

Community Meeting 2

Thursday November 15, 2018
9:00am – 10:00am
San Francisco City Hall, Room 278
​1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102

  1. 9:15am: Presentation
  2. 9:30am: Q&A

Community Meeting 3

Monday November 19, 2018
6:00pm – 7:00pm
San Francisco City Hall, Room 278
​1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102

  1. 6:15pm: Presentation
  2. 6:30pm: Q&A

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