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Planning Commission backs citywide ‘amended certificate’ route for secondary units with affordability caveat
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended approval of a proposal to allow amended certificates of occupancy that make it easier to legalize existing secondary units where zoning permits, while urging supervisors to address affordability concerns and fee collection. The measure passed the commission 5–2.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Thursday recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a building-code amendment to create an “amended certificate of occupancy” permitting property owners to legalize secondary units without automatically triggering retrofit requirements for the entire building.
Planning staff described the change as a way to bring tens of thousands of existing accessory or “in-law” units into compliance where those units already meet current codes, and to track the date each unit was legalized without forcing whole-building upgrades in cases where the new unit would not change the building’s…
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