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Committee advances ordinance to require Planning Commission review before laundromats can be converted
Summary
The committee advanced a temporary code change to add 'laundromat' as a defined use and require conditional use authorization for conversions and for ADUs that would reduce on‑site laundry services; Planning Commission recommended approval and the item will go to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
Supervisor Erin Peskin presented an ordinance to add a definition of "laundromat" to the Planning Code and to require Planning Commission conditional use authorization before a laundromat could be converted to another use. Peskin said the measure responds to a steep decline in laundromats citywide and seeks to protect an essential community service that disproportionately serves low‑income renters, seniors and people with disabilities.
Peskin cited research assembled by her staff and the Public Utilities Commission,…
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