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Board sends revised Family and Senior Housing Opportunity Special Use District ordinance back to Land Use after clerical amendments and referral
Summary
Supervisors approved clerical amendments to rename and modify a Family Housing Opportunity Special Use District and agreed to duplicate and re-refer the file to the Land Use Committee to address eligibility and overlap concerns raised for the Richmond neighborhood.
The Board of Supervisors considered an ordinance to amend the planning code to rename the Family Housing Opportunity Special Use District to the Family and Senior Housing Opportunity Special Use District and to change permitted unit limits within the district. The Board approved clerical amendments on the floor, agreed to duplicate the file, and re-referred it to the Land Use Committee for further work on eligibility and overlap with other potential upzoning efforts.
Supervisor Engadio moved clerical amendments clarifying which version of the ordinance the Board was acting on (replacing references to the "third" version with the "fourth" version in several places). The motion was seconded and adopted without objection.
Supervisor Chan moved to duplicate the file and send the duplicate to the Land Use Committee so staff and supervisors could further define eligibility and assess overlap with potential Richmond upzoning. Chan explained concerns about how the ordinance's boundaries might interact with planning work in the Richmond and cited specific intersections to be reviewed. Supervisor Melgar, chairing Land Use, said the committee would take up the duplicated file and work with the sponsor's office.
Outcome and context The Board adopted the clerical amendments, duplicated the file and re-referred the duplicate to the Land Use Committee, and passed the ordinance on first reading as amended by general floor action. The re-referral is intended to allow the Land Use Committee to refine eligibility and resolve potential conflicts with other planning initiatives.
Discussion versus decision This action established the ordinance on first reading and sent a duplicated, amended copy to committee for more detailed policy work; no final zoning map changes or implementation steps were adopted on the floor.
Quotations appear verbatim and are drawn from the Board transcript of the March 5, 2024 meeting.
