FEEDBACK REQUESTED: Transit Center District Plan Exterior Signage Interim Controls - May Become Permanent

Supervisor Jane Kim recently held a hearing about the Transit Center District Plan exterior signage interim controls last week and permanent control of exterior building signage may be a next step.

BOMA San Francisco members should review the controls and please send your comments to kenc@boma.com and johnb@boma.com if you feel there are any impacts that the City and County of San Francisco should consider. 

The controls essentially do the following:

• Require that signs be dimmable and turned off from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m
• Restricts signs within 200’ of a park or future park to 50 sq ft or less and below 35’
• Restricts signs within the City Park (roof of Transbay) on design, size and height.

Background

The Planning Department has to do a study every 6 months of the interim controls:

Planning Study. Upon the imposition of interim zoning controls by either the Board of Supervisors or the Planning Commission, the Planning Department shall conduct a study of the contemplated zoning proposal and shall propose permanent legislation. As to any controls which are placed in effect for more than six months, the staff of the Planning Department shall report to the entity imposing the controls six months from the date of the imposition of the controls and at least every six months thereafter. The report shall inform that body of (1) the status of the planning study, (2) the findings and recommendations to date, and (3) the estimated time of completion of such study and proposed permanent legislation. These reports shall be considered in a public hearing duly noticed in accordance with the basic rules of the body that imposed the interim zoning controls.

The Planning Department is working on a draft of this study, and we wanted to check in with BOMA members to see if there had been any issues, complaints or concerns with the controls.