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Committee advances 'family housing' special use district amendments, duplicates file for additional planning review after heavy public comment
Summary
Chair Melgar read multiple amendments to create a Family Housing Opportunities special use district ("domicity") to allow modest density increases in well‑resourced RH zones with tenant protections; the committee duplicated the file for further Planning Commission review and continued the original as amended to next week after extensive public comment.
San Francisco — The Land Use and Transportation Committee on June 10 advanced a high‑profile package to create a Family Housing Opportunities Special Use District intended to allow modest additional housing capacity on single‑family lots in selected "well‑resourced" neighborhoods while adding tenant protections.
Chair Supervisor Mirna Melgar said the proposal responds to generational changes on the West Side and is intended primarily for owner‑occupied, single‑family homes seeking to add units for family needs. Melgar read in a suite of amendments that, among other changes, would:
• Allow up to one unit per 1,000 square feet of lot area in certain…
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