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Board committee backs planning-code overhaul to speed affordable projects, tighten notice rules and streamline small rear-yard additions
Summary
The Land Use Committee advanced amendments to the planning code to speed 100% affordable housing approvals, standardize notification procedures, and allow modest rear-yard 'pop-outs' to be approved over the counter while directing the Planning Commission to preserve pre-application notice in certain cases.
The San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee on June 11 advanced a package of planning-code changes aimed at cutting permit delays for affordable housing and simplifying neighborhood notice rules.
The ordinance groups changes into four categories: administrative approval for 100% affordable housing projects, streamlined review for downtown residential projects, fewer hurdles for minor alterations to historic structures, and a uniform approach to public notification. Kanishka Karnarathna of the mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development told the committee that roughly 1,700 affordable units in the city’s pipeline could benefit from administrative approvals and that roughly 1,100 downtown residential units are approved annually under current review processes.
Supporters said the changes would remove duplicative reviews and reduce backlog. Corey Smith of the San Francisco…
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