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Planning Commission backs group-housing definition changes, sends revised ordinances to Board with exceptions
Summary
After hearing a four-hour presentation from California College of the Arts and extensive public testimony, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended Supervisor Peskin's ordinances to revise the "group housing" definition and create a Chinatown/Tenderloin special use district, with staff-suggested modifications and targeted exemptions for nonprofits and student housing.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend two ordinances that tighten the city—s rulebook for so-called "group housing," citing a need to preserve living conditions and common amenities in high-density neighborhoods. The commission approved staff—s recommended changes and asked staff and the sponsor to craft clarifying exemptions for nonprofit short-term family-stay facilities and student housing.
The ordinances, introduced by Supervisor Peskin, would redefine group housing to require substantially larger usable common space, increase the minimum provision of communal kitchens, and prohibit limited in-unit cooking facilities (small sink/fridge/2-burner setups) that have been allowed by interpretation. Planning staff also recommended a group-housing special use district (SUD) that would restrict new market-rate group housing in Chinatown and the Tenderloin, neighborhoods…
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