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This ordinance creates a new Family Housing Opportunity Special Use District in San Francisco, allowing for increased housing density by permitting up to four units on individual lots and additional units on merged lots in certain residential districts. It also exempts eligible projects from various planning requirements and ensures that new units are subject to rent increase limitations.

Ordinance amending 1) the Planning Code to create the Family Housing Opportunity Special Use District; 2) the Planning Code to authorize up to four units on individual lots in the RH (Residential, House) District, excluding lots located in the Telegraph Hill - North Beach Residential Special Use District and the North Beach Special Use District, the greater of up to twelve units or one unit per 1,000 square feet of lot area on three merged lots and the greater of up to eight units or one unit per 1,000 square feet of lot area on two merged lots in RH-1 (Residential, House: One Family) districts, and Group Housing in RH-1 districts for eligible projects in the Special Use District; 3) the Planning Code to exempt eligible projects in the Special Use District from certain height, open space, dwelling unit exposure, and rear-yard requirements, and exempt eligible projects that do not propose the demolition of any units subject to the rent increase limitations of the Rent Ordinance from conditional use authorizations and neighborhood notification requirements; 4) the Subdivision Code to authorize eligible projects in the Special Use District to qualify for condominium conversion or a condominium map that includes the existing dwelling units and the new dwelling units that constitute the project; 5) the Administrative Code to require new dwelling or group housing units constructed pursuant to the density limit exception to be subject to the rent increase limitations of the Rent Ordinance; 6) the Zoning Map to show the Family Housing Opportunity Special Use District; and 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.

Introduced: May 16, 2023
Final action: Sep 15, 2023
Sponsors: Myrna Melgar
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How it got here

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Leg Dig Ver1
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Referral CEQA PC 011723
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CEQA Determination 060123
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How they voted

PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors · Jul 25, 2023Pass
5-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Jul 24, 2023Pass
1-0
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Jul 24, 2023Pass
1-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Jul 17, 2023Pass
1-0
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Jul 17, 2023Pass
1-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Jul 10, 2023Pass
1-0
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Jul 10, 2023Pass
1-0
CONTINUED
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Jun 12, 2023Pass
1-0

Legislative journey

PresidentJan 10, 2023
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
Clerk of the BoardJan 17, 2023 – Jan 24, 2023
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Youth CommissionFeb 16, 2023
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
PresidentMay 16, 2023
SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED
Clerk of the BoardMay 22, 2023
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Planning DepartmentJun 1, 2023
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Clerk of the BoardJun 2, 2023
·NOTICED
Planning CommissionJun 9, 2023
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Land Use and Transportation CommitteeJun 12, 2023 – Jul 24, 2023
CONTINUEDPass
CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass
DUPLICATED AS AMENDED
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORTPass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
Board of SupervisorsJul 25, 2023 – Sep 5, 2023
PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass
FINALLY PASSEDPass
MayorSep 15, 2023
APPROVED
Clerk of the BoardDec 22, 2023
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