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Committee endorses code change to replace "family" with "household" to legalize shared housing
Summary
The committee voted 3-0 to send to the Board an ordinance that replaces the Planning Code's definition of "family" with an objective "household" standard, eliminates numeric limits on related family members, and aligns rules with fair housing and contemporary shared-housing practices.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee on Dec. 15 voted to forward to the full Board an ordinance that replaces the Planning Code's antiquated definition of "family" with a modern "household" definition intended to legalize chosen-family and shared-housing arrangements.
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, the item's sponsor, said…
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