This resolution calls for the creation of a working group to explore the safe use of single-stair designs in four to six-story buildings. It also asks city departments to provide recommendations for updating local building codes accordingly.
Resolution urging the establishment of the Sensible Density Working Group; urging the Fire Marshall, Department of Building Inspection, and Planning Department to convene a working group to study how to safely allow single-stair building typologies on four, five and six story buildings, and make recommendations for the promulgation of local building code equivalencies.
How it got here
The legislation originated from the need to address housing density requirements in San Francisco while adhering to safety regulations.
San Francisco is required to rezone for an additional 36,000 units to accommodate 82,000 additional housing units by 2032, including 46,000 affordable units.
The city has ended single-family zoning and increased its zoned capacity by allowing fourplexes and sixplexes, but few have been built due to the two-stair requirement for buildings over three stories.
Supervisor Peskin introduced the resolution urging the establishment of the Sensible Density Working Group to study single-stair building typologies.
The Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 547-24, urging the creation of a working group to study single-stair buildings.
The resolution was returned unsigned by the Mayor but became effective without her approval due to the time limit.
The Clerk of the Board transmitted the resolution to relevant city departments for further action.
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