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Commission votes 4–3 to disapprove Hill Street unit merger, backs staff flat‑preservation findings
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 4–3 on July 9, 2020 to disapprove an application to legalize a unit merger and variances at 552–554 Hill Street, citing staff analysis that the proposal would create a substandard relocated unit and run contrary to flat‑preservation policy; the zoning administrator said variances for open space and exposure would be denied and the rear‑yard variance taken under advisement.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted 4–3 on July 9 to disapprove an application that sought to legalize a unit reconfiguration and related variances at 552–554 Hill Street.
Planning staff (Kathleen Campbell) recommended denying the conditional use authorization and variances, concluding that the project would merge two residential flats into a single family configuration and would result in a relocated unit that no longer met exposure and open space requirements. Staff told the commission that the merger is not necessary to create family housing, that the relocated unit would be substandard, and that the department could not find the project…
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