Supervisors adopt interim controls for Joy/Brewster-Joy area to address sewer, water-pressure and hillside stability concerns

The Board of Supervisors adopted interim zoning controls requiring conditional-use authorization for new development in the Joy/Brewster-Joy area to allow city agencies time to assess infrastructure concerns raised by neighbors.

Supervisor Amiano, sponsor of the resolution, said the measure was driven by long-standing neighborhood complaints about sewer backups, low water pressure at fire hydrants, soil erosion and limited emergency-vehicle access. The resolution is not a moratorium but requires conditional-use review so planning staff and public agencies can examine infrastructure capacity before permits for new development are granted.

At the board hearing the Fire Department reported it had surveyed hydrants in the development area and found pressure and flow below levels required for new single-family construction. Planning staff and other city departments had been asked to provide status reports; language added to the ordinance requires affected departments to give a status report within 90 days.

Supervisor Amiano said he would meet monthly with affected departments (DPW, Public Utilities Commission, Fire Department) during the status period. The board adopted the resolution as amended with a roll-call vote (10 ayes recorded). The resolution directs city departments to coordinate an assessment and report back with findings and recommended permit conditions if needed.

(Notes: Item 33 was introduced as interim zoning controls and passed with amendments adding findings and a 90-day status-report requirement.)