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SEC. 323. OFFICE DEVELOPMENT: PREAPPLICATION PROCEDURE. The Planning Commission may by rule permit such persons as elect to do so, to submit a preliminary application on a proposed office development before submitting any application for a project authorization. Such a preliminary application shall contain such information as the Commission may require. With respect to each proposed office development for which all the information required by the Planning Department is timely submitted to the Department, the Director of Planning or his designee shall, in writing, issue an advisory opinion to the person submitting such information, as to whether he or she at that time intends to recommend, based on the information submitted to him or her, the proposed development for denial by the Planning Commission. The advice and recommendation of the Director shall neither convey, nor foreclose, any right to proceed with a project authorization application or the development and shall constitute neither approval nor denial of the development. The Director's recommendations under this Section shall be governed by Section 321(b) of this Code. (Added by Ord. 414-85, App. 9/17/85; amended by Ord. 188-15 , File No. 150871, App. 11/4/2015, Eff. 12/4/2015) AMENDMENT HISTORY Nonsubstantive changes; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015. SEC. 324. FINDINGS. (a) The Board of Supervisors declares that it is the policy of the City and County of San Francisco to: (1) Provide a quality living and working environment for residents and workers; (2) Foster the diversified development of the City, providing a variety of economic and job opportunities; (3) Maintain a balance between economic growth, on the one hand, and housing, transportation and public services in general, on the other, and encourage a rate of growth consistent with transportation and housing capacity; (4) Prevent undesirable effects of development on local air quality and other environmental resources; and (5) Encourage development projects of superior design, optimum location and other desirable characteristics. (b) In recent years, office development in the City has increased dramatically. Office develop