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Planning Commission approves conversion of former residential care facility at 255 Tenth Avenue over density concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a conditional use authorization to convert the former Stepping Stone residential care facility at 255 Tenth Ave to a single-family dwelling, 5–2, after debate about a broader trend of small care facilities converting to lower-density homes and staff concerns about operator viability for small RCFs.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Sept. 7 approved a conditional use authorization to convert 255 Tenth Avenue — a building that once housed the San Francisco Women’s Rehabilitation Foundation (Stepping Stone) — back to a single-family dwelling. Planning staff recommended approval, and the motion passed 5–2 with Commissioners Imperial and Moore voting no.
Planning Department staff said the building had originally been constructed as a single-family dwelling and that the residential care facility use was established in 1963 and ceased around 2018. Staff found no proposed changes to the building’s footprint, massing or exterior and concluded the project is consistent with the general plan and planning code. Ryan Balba,…
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