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Last Updated: 06/27/2024

Institutional Master Plans

All medical and post-secondary educational institutions in the City and County of San Francisco must file a current Institutional Master Plan ("IMP") with the Planning Department.

An IMP is a document that describes existing and anticipated institutional development. With certain minor exceptions, no building permit or Conditional Use authorization may be approved for institutions that are out of compliance with applicable IMP requirements.

IMPs are required in order to:

  1. provide notice and information to public agencies and the public so that early and meaningful involvement may occur prior to substantial investment by the institution,
  2. enable the institution to make modifications in response to comments prior to more detailed planning, and
  3. provide public agencies and the public with information that may help guide land use decisions.

Following the Planning Commission's acceptance of an IMP, an institution must submit updates to the Zoning Administrator every two years. Updates are also required if the institution's plans or the implementation of any plans significantly diverge from the IMP. New IMPs are typically required every ten years.

IMPs may be either "full" or "abbreviated." An institution is eligible to submit an abbreviated IMP if it occupies either (a) less than 50,000 square feet outside the C-3 District or (b) less than 100,000 square feet within the C-3 district. All other institutions must submit full IMPs. While full IMPs are reviewed by the Planning Commission at a public hearing, filings of abbreviated IMPs are simply reported to the Commission so that it may decide whether or not to hold a hearing.

The full scope of IMP requirements is found in Planning Code Section 304.5.

The following list describes the current filings of all institutions in San Francisco which are subject to IMP requirements. Questions about this list and the IMP process should be directed to the Office of the Zoning Administrator.

Name of InstitutionMost Recent
IMP Acceptance Date (1)
Most Recent
Biennial Update Submittal Date (2)
Academy of Art University7/25/2019 (accepted)
03/23/2018 (not accepted)
Feb 2018 (not accepted)
10/16/2017 (not accepted) 
11/17/2011
07/08/2021
07/03/2017 (revised
from 05/01/2017)
05/01/2017
11/17/2015
11/08/2013
Alliant International University04/05/2012 
American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine12/20/2002 
Art Institute of California - San Francisco02/05/2009 
Babson College05/12/2011 
California College of the Arts 01/18/2018
04/25/2013
04/22/2016
California Culinary Academy exemptexempt
California Institute of Integral Studies  
California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)11/19/200906/20/2024
Chinese Hospital05/19/201106/23/2014
City College of San Franciscoexemptexempt
DeVry University / Keller Graduate School of Management06/21/200103/09/2005
Embassy CES (aka Center for English Studies LLC)06/24/2010 
Everest College10/28/2010 
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising04/21/200803/04/2015
Golden Gate University12/07/201712/01/2022
10/02/2020
12/13/2019
Great Western University  
Groupe INSEEC09/08/2016 
Haight Ashbury Free Clinics11/02/2006 
Heald College08/12/2010 
HealthRIGHT 36004/16/2015 
Holberton School07/21/2016 
Hult International Business SchoolJune 2018 
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals12/05/2013
01/31/2024
09/26/2018
Letter Update - 11/15/2016
07/05/2006
Laguna Honda Hospital06/03/2022
11/17/1994
 
Lehigh University03/29/201810/12/2020
Make School09/05/2019 
Miami Advertising School06/21/2012 
Minerva School (1145 Market Street)10/22/2020 
Northeastern University07/20/201710/06/2020
09/04/2018
12/29/2017
Northwestern University01/28/2016 
Samuel Merritt University07/28/2011 
San Francisco Art Institute07/20/2017 
San Francisco Conservatory of Music05/09/201705/06/2019
San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center04/10/2008 
San Francisco State Universityexemptexempt
School for Self-Healing11/19/1998 
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute05/17/2001 
St. Francis Hospital07/22/2010 
St. Mary's Medical Center02/18/201007/30/2018
University of California, Hastings College of Law12/23/2015exempt
University of California, San Franciscoexemptexempt
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, West Coast Campus06/02/2011 
University of Phoenix08/09/2007 
University of San FranciscoIMP (hearing date 03/13/2014)
IMP Supplements A & B
Updated Transportation Memo (05/12/2013)
08/26/2022
02/04/2022
11/01/2019
12/12/2016
University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry09/15/201112/31/2013
08/19/2014
Veterans Administration Medical Centerexemptexempt
Westmont College / San Francisco Urban Program11/14/2002 

NOTES:
1. A full IMP is accepted upon the closure of the Commission's public hearing, while an abbreviated IMP is accepted upon the ZA's reporting of such filing to the Commission unless the Commission requests a hearing, in which case it is accepted upon the closure of the hearing.
2. An update is required every two years from the date of acceptance of an IMP describing the current status of the IMP.