This ordinance allows for up to four dwelling units per lot, and up to six on corner lots, in residential zoning areas, with specific requirements like replacing protected units. It also ensures that new units built under this exception follow rent increase limits and allows for condominium conversion applications that include both existing and new units.
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to provide a density limit exception to permit up to four dwelling units per lot, and up to six dwelling units per lot in Corner Lots, in all RH (Residential, House) zoning districts, subject to certain requirements, including among others the replacement of protected units; amending the Administrative Code to require new dwelling units constructed pursuant to the density limit exception to be subject to the rent increase limitations of the Rent Ordinance; amending the Subdivision Code to authorize a subdivider that is constructing new dwelling units pursuant to the density exception to submit an application for condominium conversion or a condominium map that includes the existing dwelling units and the new dwelling units that constitute the project; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
How it got here
This resolution extends the time by 12 months for the Planning Commission to decide on an ordinance that would allow up to four dwelling units per lot in certain residential zoning areas. It also affirms the Planning Department's environmental review and ensures consistency with the city's General Plan and priority policies.
The ordinance aimed to rezone certain residential districts to allow for more housing units per lot, including a new category for detached homes, while also imposing rent control on new units created under this plan. It ultimately failed to pass.
The ordinance aimed to rezone certain residential districts to allow for more housing units per lot, including a new category for detached homes, while also imposing rent control on new units created under this plan. It ultimately failed to pass.
This resolution extends the time by 12 months for the Planning Commission to decide on an ordinance that would allow up to four dwelling units per lot in certain residential zoning areas. It also affirms the Planning Department's environmental review and ensures consistency with the city's General Plan and priority policies.
