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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
4
131063
Name:
Planning and Administrative Codes - Construction of
In-Law Units in Existing Residential Buildings or
Auxiliary Structures on the Same Lot; Rent Control
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
3/18/2014
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
4/17/2014
Enactment date:
049-14
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow the construction of an additional dwelling unit or
units entirely within the existing built envelope as it existed three years prior to the time of the
application of a residential building or auxiliary structure on the same lot (In-Law Unit) on any parcel in
the Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District and within 1,750 feet of the District boundaries,
excluding any lot within an RH-1(D) zoning district or any lot within 500 feet of Block No. 2623, Lot
Nos. 116 through 154; authorizing the Zoning Administrator to waive density and other Planning Code
requirements in order to create the In-Law Units, and requiring the Department to monitor rents and
publish a report evaluating the effectiveness of the ordinance; amending the Administrative Code to
provide that an In-Law Unit constructed with a waiver of Code requirements shall be subject to the
provisions of the San Francisco Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance if the existing
building or any existing dwelling unit is already subject to the Rent Ordinance; making environmental
findings and findings, of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning
Code, Section 101.1; and directing the Clerk to send a copy of this Ordinance to the California
Department of Housing and Community Development, in accordance with State law.
Sponsors:
Scott Wiener, Malia Cohen, David Chiu
Attachments:
1. Leg_Ver1, 2. Leg_Dig_Ver1, 3. Response_Plan_111213, 4. Leg Ver2, 5. Leg Dig Ver2, 6.
Response Pln Comm 031714, 7. Leg Dig Ver3, 8. Leg Ver3, 9. Comm Pkt 033114, 10. Leg Ver4, 11.
Leg Dig Ver4, 12. Board_Pkt_040814, 13. Board_Pkt_041514, 14. Leg_Final, 15. Certified Mail
093015, 16. Certified Mail 101615
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
10/29/2013
1
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
11/12/2013
1
RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning Department
11/12/2013
1
SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED
President
2/11/2014
2
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
2/19/2014
2
RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning Commission
3/17/2014
2
SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED
President
3/18/2014
3
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use and Economic
Development Committee
3/31/2014
3
Pass
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Economic
Development Committee
3/31/2014
4
Pass
PASSED, ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
4/8/2014
4
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
4/15/2014
4
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
4/17/2014
4
NOTICED
Clerk of the Board
9/30/2015
4
NOTICED
Clerk of the Board
10/16/2015
4