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Planning Commission pauses Divisadero and Fillmore inclusionary-housing ordinance to await feasibility work and public meetings
Summary
The Planning Commission on May 19 continued a proposed ordinance that would set higher inclusionary housing requirements in the Divisadero and Fillmore NCTs, directing staff to run a focused feasibility analysis and convene community meetings before the matter returns June 30. Commissioners and dozens of speakers debated grandfathering, fee levels and reliance on the pending Prop C ballot measure.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on May 19 voted unanimously to continue consideration of an ordinance that would set new inclusionary housing rates for the Divisadero and Fillmore Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) districts, directing staff to produce a short analysis of the value change from NCD to NCT zoning and to convene community meetings before the item returns on June 30.
Commission staff presented the measure as written: if a project sponsor chooses to pay a fee, the fee would be equivalent to 25 percent of the project’s units; on-site affordable housing would be required at a 23 percent rate; and off-site housing would be set at 25 percent. Staff recommended depositing fees into the Citywide Affordable Housing Fund and aligning the NCT rules with the citywide program to avoid creating a precedent that siphons off citywide resources. The staff presentation also linked the ordinance to the charter amendment (Prop C) on the…
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