Planning Commission, December 18, 2025
Recommends approval: Discretionary review at 1 Montgomery Street - rooftop terrace conditions, 5-1
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The Planning Commission approved 86% of 59 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Gilbert Williams (10 of 65 recorded votes).
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On December 18, 2025, the Planning Commission recommended approval of Discretionary review at 1 Montgomery Street - rooftop terrace conditions (5-1).
The San Francisco Planning Commission's most consequential action was approving (5-1, Commissioner Moore dissenting) a mandatory discretionary review at 1 Montgomery Street (case 2025-007116DRM), allowing Empire (founder Ghazi Shami) to close the ~7,500 sq ft public rooftop terra…
- Jurisdiction
- San Francisco, CA
- Governing body
- Advisory (makes a recommendation)
- Date
- December 18, 2025
- Decisions
- 3 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Recommends approval, 5-1
Free sample: decision 1 of 3
Continuance of multiple items
Item 1 (case 2024-010467CUA at 50 Quint Street, CUA) continued to 01/08/2026; Item 2 (case 2025-007500CUA at 2785 San Bruno Avenue, CUA) continued to 01/22/2026; Item 3 (case 2023-005928ENV, Westside potable emergency firefighting water system project appeal of preliminary mitigated negative declaration) continued to 03/26/2026; Item 11 (case 2025-006120DRP at 2620 20th Street, DR) continued to 01/22/2026. Passed unanimously 6-0.
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Key Decisions (3)
Continuance of multiple items
Discretionary review at 2338 19th Avenue - switch to in-lieu fee
Discretionary review at 1 Montgomery Street - rooftop terrace conditions
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Development Activity (2)
Empire headquarters at 1 Montgomery Street
Commercial
Five two-family residential buildings at 2338 19th Avenue
Residential
Market Signals (5)
Commercial Demand
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Infrastructure
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Housing Demand
Below-market-rate ownership units of larger size (~2,000-3,000 sq ft, ~90%…
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Who spoke
43 distinct speakers; 19 identified names.
All speaker roles: 5 Commissioner, 3 Applicant Rep, 1 Clerk, 1 Chair, 2 Applicant, 8 Staff, 22 Public, 1 Attorney.
Identified name roles: 5 Commissioner, 3 Applicant Rep, 1 Chair, 2 Applicant, 8 Staff.
Speaker sample: Cyril Hackett, Applicant.
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Zoning terms (11)
41 recorded timestamps
- conditional use (5 timestamps)
- zoning (5 timestamps)
- land use (4 timestamps)
- duplex (1 timestamps)
- historic preservation (3 timestamps)
- residential (4 timestamps)
Decision moments (2)
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