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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
2
010528
Name:
Redefine Live/Work as Loft Housing and Classify
them as Residential Uses
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Filed
File created:
In control:
3/26/2001
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
9/4/2002
Enactment date:
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the Planning Code by amending Sections 102.7 and 102.13 to redefine
"live/work" units as "loft housing" and classify them as residential uses, by repealing Section 233
(Live/Work Units), and by adding new Section 232 (Loft Housing) that subjects loft housing to both
existing live/work controls and also to additional controls that permit loft housing where housing is
permitted, require a conditional use where housing requires a conditional use and require a
conditional use where live/work is currently permitted, that require the loft housing unit to be the
primary residence of at least one of the occupants, that provide there will be no accessory use
limitations or restrictions on the nature of work which could be performed in the unit (with some
exceptions) and no requirement that any of the occupants work in the unit, that require loft housing to
comply with existing inclusionary housing policies, that set density limits for loft housing projects, that
authorize the Planning Commission to permit additional height up to 20 feet within the South of Market
Residential Service District (RSD) in return for additional affordable housing, that require loft housing
constructed in or abutting a residential zoning district to comply with all requirements for residential
uses including the Residential Design Guidelines, that require loft housing constructed in areas not
zoned residential and not abutting a residential zoning district to comply with adopted design
guidelines and all requirements for residential uses except for height, front setback and open space
requirements, that require conditional use authorization to convert loft housing units or previously
existing live/work units to entirely office space that require conditional use authorization to convert
existing live/work units to loft housing, that establish a 15-foot rear yard requirement subject to
modification; providing that this ordinance supersedes any inconsistent Planning Commission policies;
requiring the Planning Department to complete its rezoning studies of the IPZs and forward
appropriate rezoning legislation to the Board by December 31, 2001; adopting findings.
Sponsors:
Tony Hall, Sophie Maxwell, Jake McGoldrick, Aaron Peskin, Gerardo Sandoval, Leland Y. Yee
Attachments:
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
3/26/2001
1
SUBSTITUTED
Supervisor(s)
4/30/2001
1
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
4/30/2001
2
TRANSFERRED
President
2/1/2002
2
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.37
Clerk of the Board
9/4/2002
2