aaron starr from the planning department. the commission was extremely supportive of establishing neighborhood commercial districts in the outer sunset. naming of district allows for more tailored control and enhance its unique characteristics as is he did with the neighborhood. currently, there are no name to ncd's and the ordinance would change that. we named them after the street rather than what they were proposed as. and we also recommend that the nc1 zoning districts remain nc1 zoning districts and not be named. the commission asked us to clarify how some of the new controls would be implemented. some of those recommendations were incorporated into the ordinance and some were not. will be happy to answer questions. >> i which is going to ask about the, that we got on low frequency noise and vibration and how that might be addressed. >> that was not part of the planning commission meeting, so it was not discussed. but i believe there are certain noise levels and vibration triggers that we can add into the code, in to thi

the second part of 2011, we've actually had five or six hearings and through the diligent work of aaron starrget the wheel the ordinands into its constituent parts. the we have three of those ordnances before you. there are for five more pending. if i could speak briefly to the specifics to each of these three ordnances, i will speak before -- the overall point of the ordinance i would say is twofold. it was to delete obsolete sections, fix redundancies, and clean up the code. and also furthered the widely held principles and policies in the general plan, such as the creation and encouragement of general -- of affordable housing, and sustainable activities like bicycling. and to get those things in line more with these policies. this goes through and lead just -- as the legislative digests expects. one of the things we are removing, to give you an idea, 263.3, which is removing a special height and bulk revisions. the last piece of that dilapidated pier, which is right under the bay bridge, was removed a few years ago and will not be rebuilt. it seems silly to have provisions in the planning