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Committee advances C3 protections against illegal commercial‑to‑residential conversions; in‑law/legalization work continued
Summary
The committee duplicated Supervisor Avalos's ordinance and moved the C3 (commercial districts) portion forward as a committee report to preserve housing where commercial space was converted to residential without permits; the in‑law/single‑family legalization portion was continued for DBI review and additional amendments.
Supervisor Avalos introduced an ordinance to require conditional use authorization for removal of any residential unit and to amend the building code to require notices of violation and mandate legalization of illegal units unless infeasible. Supervisor Kim and tenant advocates described long-standing conversions in C3 districts in which properties that had been used as residential units for years were later reverted to commercial use and residents displaced when commercial rents rose.
Planning and building officials described the technical approach. Aaron Starr (Planning) said the ordinance would require legalization of an unauthorized unit unless the Planning…
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