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Board amends planning code to speed housing production, approves ordinance on first reading
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to pass on first reading an amended ordinance that changes multiple sections of the city Planning Code to streamline housing production, and adopted a related policy resolution urging the state Department of Housing and Community Development to revise its policy review and extend deadlines.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to pass on first reading an amended ordinance that changes multiple sections of the city Planning Code to streamline housing production, and adopted a related policy resolution urging the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to revise its policy review and extend deadlines.
The ordinance (file number cited by members as 230446) combines language previously carried in a duplicate file (item 32) into item 8, makes targeted changes to conditional-use, setback and minimum-lot-size provisions in specified districts, expands some ground-floor uses in residential buildings, and authorizes the Planning Director to approve certain state density-bonus projects. The board approved item 8 as amended on a roll-call vote of 9 ayes and 2 noes; Supervisors Peskin and Chan voted no. The duplicate file, item 32, was then tabled by unanimous vote.
Why it matters: the package is the board’s response to state housing deadlines…
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