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Council approves single-stair midrise option with safety conditions; will track impacts

2956518 · April 10, 2025
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Summary

Council adopted an amendment allowing single-stair apartment buildings (limited height, floor plate and unit counts) with added safety provisions and follow-up studies and reporting requirements.

The City Council on April 10 approved a package of amendments to local building policy to allow single-stair apartment buildings under tightly constrained conditions and with follow-up reporting and study requirements.

Councilmember Chito Vela led the amendment to allow a single staircase in certain midrise multifamily buildings, limited to five stories, a maximum floor plate (initially 4,000 square feet, later modified in committee discussion),…

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