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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Hotel Des Arts, LLC against the City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit was filed on June 14, 2023, in the Northern District of California, Case No. 3:23-cv-02933; entitled Hotel Des Arts, LLC v. City and County of San Francisco, et al; the lawsuit challenges 2023 amendments to the Residential Hotel Unit Conversion and Demolition Ordinance (Board File No. 220815, Ordinance No. 36-23) that define Tourist or Transient use as a stay of less than 30 days and establish a two-year amortization period; material terms of the settlement require the City to permit the conversion of the existing 38 Residential Hotel Rooms at Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 0287, Lot No. 020, also known as 447 Bush Street, currently operated as the Hotel des Arts, to Tourist Hotel Rooms under Administrative Code Chapter 41 in exchange for conversion of 27 Group Housing rooms and associated amenities at 412-422 Hayes and seven Group Housing rooms and associated amenities at 319-321 Ivy Street to Residential Hotel Rooms, subject to Administrative Code, Chapter 41.
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