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Building Inspection Commission delays action on hotel-conversion ordinance amid legal, community concerns
Summary
The commission unanimously voted to continue consideration of a proposed repeal/readoption of hotel-conversion provisions to March after stakeholders raised legal and process objections tied to recent litigation; the proposal would reinstate housekeeping provisions while excluding the litigated definition change.
The San Francisco Building Inspection Commission on Feb. 19 voted unanimously to continue consideration of a proposed ordinance that would repeal a court-vacated 2017 package of hotel-conversion amendments and readopt unlitigated housekeeping provisions.
John Murray, legislative affairs, told the commission the measure is a response to a court order that voided portions of prior amendments and that the proposed ordinance would reinstate the provisions that were not challenged, while excluding the definition of "tourist or transient use" that prompted litigation. "This ordinance is a response to a court order that…
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