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Planning staff proposes citywide policy to curb garage additions to older buildings
Summary
Planning staff presented a citywide policy to standardize review of garage additions to existing buildings, identifying factors that would weigh toward approval or disapproval, and invited MTA and DPW coordination; community groups urged clearer standards, mandatory neighbor notice, and stronger preservation protections.
Planning Department staff told the San Francisco Planning Commission on Dec. 17 that it will bring a draft citywide policy for reviewing proposals to add new garages to existing buildings. Anne Marie Rogers, the department—s presenter, said the measure is meant to provide consistent review tools across neighborhoods and to help the department and the Commission respond to Supervisor Carmen Chu—s ordinance proposal.
The policy as presented would not ban garage additions outright, but would list factors that “strongly contribute toward disapproval,” including the loss of an existing dwelling unit, demonstrable adverse impacts on a historic resource, proposals that require an encroachment…
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