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Commission backs narrow TDR change to help nonprofits recoup floor area for affordable housing
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended approval of a text amendment to allow nonprofits that previously sold transferable development rights to recoup gross floor area for affordable housing, and asked staff for a TDR market report; the item advanced to the Board with one commissioner opposed.
The Planning Commission on Feb. 22 voted to advise the Board of Supervisors to approve an ordinance introduced by Supervisor Daly that would amend Planning Code sections to allow certain nonprofit-owned buildings that sold transferable development rights (TDRs) off-site to recoup gross floor area so the building may be adaptively reused for affordable housing.
Dan DeBartolo of the Planning Department said the change would apply only to significant category 1–4 buildings in C3G districts, in conjunction with nonprofits that previously sold TDRs and specifically plan to reuse the building for affordable housing. Staff told the commission the department had no opposition and had received support from San Francisco Heritage.
Counsel for the YMCA said the text was narrowly tailored to avoid creating adverse precedent and that without the amendment some adaptive-reuse projects could not proceed because TDRs are costly or unavailable in the current market. Commissioners asked staff to return with statistics and mapping of the TDR market, what has been sold and where, to better understand precedent and availability.
The commission approved the recommendation to advise the Board to adopt the draft resolution with modifications and asked staff to prepare a briefing on TDR sales; the motion passed with Commissioner Moore voting no and the remainder voting aye.
What’s next: Staff will prepare a TDR market report and the Board of Supervisors will consider the ordinance.
