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Planning commission adopts interim policy to flag and review removal of "residential flats"
Summary
The Planning Commission adopted an interim policy requiring mandatory discretionary review for projects that remove a defined "residential flat" typology, exempting projects that add net new units and tying the policy to a sunset once residential expansion thresholds are adopted.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Oct. 12 adopted an interim policy that defines the city’s "residential flat" housing typology and requires mandatory discretionary review for projects that would remove such flats.
The policy, presented by Planning Department staffer Britney Bendix, would treat a residential flat as a single dwelling unit that generally occupies a full story and has exposure to both the front and rear of a building. Bendix said the policy is intended to create a mechanism to track and publicly notice projects that remove this…
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