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Planning commission adopts tougher rules to limit demolition and loss of dwelling units

San Francisco Planning Commission · May 17, 2007
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Summary

The commission adopted new code language and numerical thresholds to treat large removals as 'demolitions' and to require conditional-use review for sizeable losses of dwelling units; the motion passed 6–1.

The Planning Commission voted to adopt a new code framework to slow the loss of housing and to require discretionary review where projects are tantamount to demolition or remove multiple dwelling units. Staff presented criteria intended to clarify when an alteration becomes a demolition: (a) linear footage thresholds for front/rear facades; (b) perimeter‑wall percentage removed; and (c) thresholds for…

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