Supreme Court Decision Tosses Out San Francisco Zoning Changes
(Panama-Guide) By MONICA PALM for La Prensa - A ruling by the Supreme Court just put several apartment buildings under construction in San Francisco in check. A week ago, the judges of the Third Chamber, Víctor Benavides (rapporteur), Jacinto Cárdenas (for Winston Spadafora) and Hipólito Gill (for Adán Arjona), declared null for being illegal a decision by the Ministry of Housing (MIVI) which modified the parameters of zoning rules and eliminated the requirement for 35% of the land to be reserved for landscaping in that area. Until then, the height restrictions for land zoned RM (medium density residential) and RM1 (high density residential) was six and fifteen floors respectively, including levels for parking.
