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Planning Department outlines updated residential design guidelines, signals 2016–17 refresh
Summary
San Francisco Planning Department staff outlined how the Residential Design Guidelines (RDG) and the Residential Design Team (RDT) review projects in small‑scale residential districts, and said the guidelines and processes will be updated in 2016–17 to give clearer, neighborhood‑specific examples and reduce delays for small projects.
The San Francisco Planning Department on Feb. 24 told the Board of Appeals that its Residential Design Guidelines (RDG) are the principal tool planners use to evaluate small residential projects and vertical additions in zoning districts such as RH1, RH2, RH3, RTO and RM. Jeff Joslin, the department’s Director of Current Planning, and David Winslow, a staff architect, described the guidelines’ focus on building scale, mid‑block open space, light and air, and context‑sensitive materials and detailing.
Joslin said the RDGs date to the late 1980s and were substantially updated in 2003, but he called the current documents “not…
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