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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
011424
Name:
Legislative Analyst Request
Status:
Type:
Motion
Passed
File created:
In control:
7/30/2001
Board of Supervisors
On agenda:
Final action:
8/6/2001
Enactment date:
Enactment #:
Title:
Motion asking the Legislative Analyst to prepare the following information about floor area ratio
restrictions used in the cities (mentioned below) to limit the scale of residential buildings:
(1) When were the cities Residential FAR established (what year)?
(2) How did the cities establish the applicable Residential FAR standards (i.e., what was the
methodology that resulted in the established residential FARs)?
(3) What have they learned from the establishment of these controls? Are there new problems as a
result of these controls? Are they anticipating amending these jurisdictional controls based on what
they have learned through the process of administering residential FAR controls?
(4) Have there been staffing impacts as a result of the residential FAR controls?
Research on the following cities: Albany, Berkeley, Menlo Park, Cupertino, Danville, Fremont, Long
Beach, Los Gatos, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Richmond, San Jose Emeryville, Belvedere, Larkspur,
Mill Valley, Novato, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon and Marin County.
Sponsors:
Mark Leno
Attachments:
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED
President
7/30/2001
1
APPROVED
Board of Supervisors
8/6/2001
1
Pass