Land-use committee debates higher inclusionary requirements for Divisadero and Fillmore NCTs, votes one-week continuance

SAN FRANCISCO — The Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Transportation Committee on April 3 heard an ordinance from Supervisor London Breed that would raise inclusionary requirements for projects using recently created Divisadero and Fillmore neighborhood commercial transit (NCT) zoning. After hours of discussion and public comment, the committee voted to continue the item one week to allow staff to provide neighborhood-level area median income (AMI) data and to refine proposed amendments.

Breed, the ordinance’s sponsor, told the committee the measure is intended to “provide more homes for people along the Divisadero and Fillmore Street neighborhood commercial transit districts.” Under the draft ordinance, projects that take advantage of NCT density decontrol would be required to provide 23 percent on-site affordable housing or 30 percent off-site. Breed described the proposed on-site split as a three-tier mix: a minimum 6 percent of units for households earning up to 55 percent of AMI, 8 percent at up to 120 percent of AMI and 9 percent at up to 140 percent of AMI.

The sponsor said the mix was chosen to capture…