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Planning commission backs code change to let affordable housing use some underused industrial lots
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended approval of an ordinance to permit 100% affordable housing as a principally permitted use on 24 underused surface parking and similar lots in the city’s SALI (service/arts/light‑industrial) districts, with staff amendments narrowing definitions and clarifying height/bulk provisions.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted to recommend updates to the planning code that would allow 100% affordable housing projects on a set of 24 identified underused SALI properties, a measure supporters said could unlock scarce land for new subsidized homes. Planning staff told commissioners the change would allow surface parking lots and unpermitted parking sites to be eligible while protecting existing light‑industrial and arts businesses.
Staff urged three…
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