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Planning Commission backs ADU-to-condo ordinance with staff modifications, 5-1
Summary
The commission voted 5-1 to recommend approval of a planning-code amendment that would let certain accessory dwelling units be converted into separate condominium units, subject to staff'recommended restrictions to protect rent-controlled housing and tenant occupancy.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Feb. 13 recommended approval, with staff modifications, of a local planning-code amendment to allow specified accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to be converted into condominiums, voting 5-1 with Commissioner Williams in opposition.
The ordinance, sponsored at the Board of Supervisors level and informed by state law authorizing local ADU-to-condo conversions, would create a local pathway for some newly built or newly permitted ADUs to be conveyed as separate condominium units. Planning staff and the sponsor described the proposal as intended to expand homeownership options and to encourage ADU construction while limiting tenant displacement and preserving rent-controlled housing where required.
Adrien Marloney of the Planning Department gave the commission a detailed refresher on ADU pathways and how they interact with rent-control rules. Natalia Fossey, the department's ADU specialist, explained that ADUs created under the state ministerial program…
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