Privately-owned public open spaces (POPOS) are publicly accessible spaces in forms of plazas, terraces, atriums, small parks, and even snippets which are provided and maintained by private developers. In San Francisco, POPOS mostly appear in the Downtown office district area. Prior to 1985, developers provided POPOS under three general circumstances: voluntarily, in exchange for a density bonus, or as a condition of approval. The 1985 Downtown Plan created the first systemic requirements for developers to provide publicly accessible open space as a part of projects in C-3 Districts. The goal was to “provide in the downtown quality open space in sufficient quantity and variety to meet the needs of downtown workers, residents and visitors.” (See Planning Code Section 138 for regulations). Since then, project sponsors for residential projects may provide POPOS instead of their required open spaces in the Downtown Residential (DTR) and Eastern Neighborhoods (Section 135 of the Planning Code). Learn more at http://sf-planning.org/privately-owned-public-open-space-and-public-art-popos

Development projects that are located on sites with known or suspected soil and/or groundwater contamination are subject to the provisions of Health Code Article 22A, which is administered by the Department of Public Health (DPH). This layer shows these areas.

Snapshot of San Francisco Development Pipeline. Tracking of construction and entitlement activity based on data from Dept of Building Inspection's Permit Tracking and the Planning Department's Case Tracking enterprise databases, processed quarterly.

Snapshot of San Francisco Development Pipeline. Tracking of construction and entitlement activity based on data from Dept of Building Inspection's Permit Tracking and the Planning Department's Case Tracking enterprise databases, processed quarterly.

Snapshot of San Francisco Development Pipeline. Tracking of construction and entitlement activity based on data from Dept of Building Inspection's Permit Tracking and the Planning Department's Case Tracking enterprise databases, processed quarterly.

Landmarks and Landmark Districts as defined and listed in Article 10 of the San Francisco Planning Code (http://planningcode.sfplanning.org). A map of these Landmarks can be found here: http://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=3313

The Board of Supervisors passed Ordinance No. 53-15 requiring the San Francisco Planning Department to monitor and report bi-annually on the Housing Balance between new market rate housing and new affordable housing production.

Planning Department records from the City's Accela permitting system. A glossay of the field names is available here: http://default.sfplanning.org/GIS/DataSF_PPTS_Fields.xlsx

This dataset (and more metadata) is also available through DataSF here:
https://data.sfgov.org/Housing-and-Buildings/Planning-Department-Records/7yuw-98m5

Snapshot of San Francisco Development Pipeline. Tracking of construction and entitlement activity based on data from Department of Building Inspection's Permit Tracking and the Planning Department's Project & Permit Tracking System, processed quarterly.

Snapshot of San Francisco Development Pipeline. Tracking of construction and entitlement activity based on data from Dept of Building Inspection's Permit Tracking and the Planning Department's Case Tracking enterprise databases, processed quarterly.