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Supervisors advance broad ADU ordinance with amended limits, notice and subdivision restrictions
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee forwarded an amended proposal to expand accessory dwelling units (ADUs) citywide, adding a defined 'built envelope,' subdivision limits, seismic-retrofit coordination, and proposed minimum unit sizes pending data from planning staff.
Supervisor Rosa Farrell and colleagues moved the committee forward on a major rewrite intended to spur new housing by allowing accessory dwelling units citywide while limiting potential neighborhood impacts.
Farrell said the package combines prior proposals and a negotiated compromise with Supervisor Aaron Peskin and Supervisor Scott Wiener. "The components and new amendments ... represent a deal and a compromise moving forward with one ADU policy," Farrell said.
The ordinance would allow unlimited ADUs in buildings of five or more units and cap new ADUs at one unit in buildings of four units or fewer. It would bar ADU use as short-term rentals, prohibit subdivision or separate sale of most ADUs in apartment buildings, and require notice in…
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