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Committee renews fee waiver for legalizing unauthorized dwelling units, adds tenant reporting requirement
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted unanimously June 4 to accept amendments and recommend an ordinance reauthorizing planning and building fee waivers for unauthorized dwelling‑unit legalization through Dec. 31, 2024. The measure adds annual DBI reporting on tenant presence and is expected to cost roughly $1.8 million in permit revenue over the waiver term.
Chair Gordon Marr introduced an ordinance June 4 to reauthorize planning and building permit fee waivers that encourage homeowners to legalize unauthorized dwelling units and bring those units up to code.
Marr said the program is intended to "incentivize the establishment of safe and relatively affordable units to stabilize housing for the community," and proposed two committee amendments. The first would require the Department of Building Inspection (DBI) to include in its annual report whether an unauthorized unit had a tenant at the time of a legalization application and whether there had been a tenant in the five years prior to that application. The…
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