SEC. 169.4. TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN REQUIREMENTS.

(a) A property owner shall submit a proposed TDM Plan along with the Development Project’s first Development Application. For all projects that require a community meeting occur prior to project application, the Project Sponsor shall discuss potential TDM measures and program standards at that meeting and solicit feedback from the local community to be taken into consideration in preparing the proposed TDM Plan for submittal to the Planning Department. If the Planning Department requires any preliminary application or assessment prior to the project application, the project sponsor shall submit a draft TDM plan at that time. The proposed TDM Plan shall document the Development Project’s proposed compliance with Section 169 and the Planning Commission’s TDM Program Standards.

(b) The proposed TDM Plan shall be reviewed in conjunction with the approval of the first Development Application for the Development Project.

(c) Compliance with the TDM Program, including compliance with a finalized TDM Plan, shall be included as a Condition of Approval of the Development Project. The Planning Commission shall not waive, reduce, or adjust the requirements of the TDM Program through the approval processes described in Sections 304, 309, 329 or any other Planning Commission approval process that allows for exceptions.

(d) The Development Project shall be subject to the TDM Program Standards in effect at the time of its first Development Project Application. If the Planning Commission has issued revised TDM Program Standards subsequent to the date of the Development Project’s first Development Application was filed, then the property owner may elect to have the Development Project be subject to the later-approved TDM Program Standards, but if so, must meet all requirements of such revised Standards.

(e) The Zoning Administrator shall approve and order the recordation of a Notice in the Official Records of the Recorder of the City and County of San Francisco for the subject property prior to the issuance of a building or site permit. The Planning Department shall maintain the Development Project’s final TDM Plan and detailed descriptions of each TDM measure for public view and access.

(f) Upon application of a property owner, after a TDM Plan is finalized and the associated building or site permit has been issued, a Development Project’s TDM Plan may be modified in accordance with procedures and standards adopted by the Planning Commission in the TDM Program Standards. However, if such modification to an existing TDM Plan is required pursuant to Section 169.3(a)(5) above, the modified TDM Plan shall be finalized in accordance with the procedures and requirements of the TDM Standards in effect at the time of the modification.

(g) Property owners shall pay administrative fees with the application, periodic compliance review, and voluntary update review of their TDM Plans, as set forth in the Planning Department Fee Schedule. (Added by Ord. 34-17, File No. 160925, App. 2/17/2017, Eff. 3/19/2017; amended by Ord. 33-24, File No. 231144, App. 2/21/2024, Eff. 3/23/2024)

AMENDMENT HISTORY Division (e) amended; Ord. 33-24, Eff. 3/23/2024.