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Commission upholds PND for hotel-conversion ordinance amendments after appeal arguing displacement risk
Summary
The commission rejected an appeal and upheld the Planning Department's preliminary negative declaration for proposed 2022 hotel conversion ordinance amendments, finding the CEQA analysis adequate; appellants had argued the change would cause substantial SRO displacement.
The Planning Commission on Jan. 26 rejected an appeal and upheld the Planning Department's preliminary negative declaration (PND) for proposed 2022 amendments to the hotel conversion ordinance, voting 7-0 to accept staff's finding that an environmental impact report (EIR) was not required under CEQA.
Staff described the 2022 legislation as the department's response to a court order that had found the 2017 ordinance amendment should have been studied under CEQA. The current draft would add a definition of "tourist or transient use," set an initial amortization period that would allow stays of less…
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