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Land-use committee backs ADU tree in-lieu fee, urges fire-building planning coordination
Summary
The committee advanced an ordinance allowing an in-lieu fee for required street trees on accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) projects and pressed Planning, the Department of Building Inspection and the Fire Department to align review processes to avoid delays and inconsistent requirements for ADUs.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee on July 30 advanced an amendment allowing homeowners to pay an in-lieu fee instead of planting a street tree when building an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), and spent substantial time pressing city departments for clearer, earlier coordination on life-safety requirements that can stall ADU projects.
Chair Katie Tang presided over a wide-ranging discussion that balanced the committee’s interest in preserving street trees…
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