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Planning staff urge code change to require review before residential demolitions
Summary
Planning staff proposed amending the planning code (section 3.17) to require discretionary review for most residential unit removals, codify a quantitative definition of demolition and restore a single 50% "soundness" threshold; commissioners pressed officials on appraisal timing, notice and compatibility with state rent‑control law.
Creighton Nikitas, senior planner for the Planning Department, told the Board of Appeals that the Planning Commission will recommend an amendment to the planning code to codify a long‑standing policy requiring discretionary review for the removal of dwelling units. The draft amendment would add a new section (3.17) to the code, treat live‑work units as dwelling units for removal purposes, require replacement building permits to be approved before demolition permits issue, and adopt a three‑part, numerical definition of demolition that looks at DBI determinations, wall removals and…
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