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Commission approves Parcel H1A affordable building at India Basin with design exceptions; asks for softer facade palette
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously granted major modifications to India Basin's design standards for a 179-unit, 100%-affordable building (Parcel H1A) after the sponsor requested relief from active-frontage and upper-floor stepback rules; commissioners asked for further façade and material refinements.
San Francisco ' The Planning Commission on May 1 approved major modifications to the India Basin Special Use District (SUD) design standards to allow a 100%-affordable building on Parcel H1A to deviate from several frontage and stepback standards, while directing the sponsor to refine materials and the color palette before final design sign-off.
The approved project is a six-story, 179-unit affordable housing building with retail, resident amenities and 137 vehicular parking spaces in a partially below-grade garage. The developer told staff the site's steep grade and programmatic constraints (transformer/electrical rooms, separate building lobbies for multiple cores and a required…
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