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Building Inspection Commission backs one-year pilot to waive DBI fees for ADUs and 100% affordable projects
Summary
The Building Inspection Commission unanimously approved sending a one-year pilot ordinance to waive select Department of Building Inspection fees for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and projects that are 100% deed-restricted affordable to the Board of Supervisors; staff will report two months before the pilot sunsets and the mayor's office and departments will evaluate deferral options.
The San Francisco Building Inspection Commission on March 20 voted unanimously to send a one-year pilot ordinance (Supervisors' file no. 190,214) to the Board of Supervisors recommending waivers of specified Department of Building Inspection (DBI) fees for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and projects in which 100% of the units are deed-restricted as affordable.
Sofia Kittler, a policy adviser to Mayor London Breed, told commissioners the pilot would waive DBI plan-review fees, inspection fees, records-retention fees and planning surcharge fees and would be retroactive to the date of introduction. "The legislation before you is a pilot program of just over 1 year to waive DBI plan review fees, inspection fees, records retention fees and planning surcharge fees for…
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