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Supervisors split and amend major RH1-to-RH2 rezoning and density-exception after look-back debate
Summary
The committee duplicated and amended legislation to rezone RH1 to RH2 and create a density-exception allowing up to four units per lot (six on corners), added rent-control and reporting fixes, agreed to split the rezoning and density-exception into separate files, and set a 4-year ownership look-back to deter speculation; the item was continued to Oct. 3.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on Sept. 19 took steps to move a broad residential zoning and density package forward while splitting the measure into two separate ordinances to ease political and technical debate. The package would rezone most RH1 parcels to RH2 and create a density-exception allowing up to four dwelling units per lot (and up to six on corner lots), with administrative changes to subdivision and the administrative code.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelmann, the item’s author, reviewed the bill’s history and urged the committee to accept a set of amendments including rent-control cleanup language and annual reporting requirements; he asked the committee to split the file so rezoning (RH1→RH2) is handled separately from the density-exception program and related implementation rules.…
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