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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
3
021598
Name:
Ancillary Units
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Filed
File created:
In control:
9/23/2002
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
4/15/2003
6/14/2004
Enactment date:
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by repealing Section 207.2 [Second Units] in
its entirety, adding a new Section 207.2, and amending Section 209.1 to authorize one additional
ancillary unit limited to 750 square feet of gross floor area within an existing structure on a lot within
1250 feet of a Primary Transit Street or Transit Center (as shown on the Transit Map in the
Transportation Element of the San Francisco General Plan) and also within 1250 feet of a
Neighborhood Commercial or Commercial zoning district, on a lot containing a qualified historical
building or where the unit is specifically designed and constructed for the elderly or persons with
physical disabilities, to provide that this ordinance is not intended to supersede prohibitions against
ancillary units in private agreements binding homeowners, to prohibit subdivision of the main unit and
the ancillary unit, to prohibit the owner from legalizing an illegal unit pursuant to the provisions of this
ordinance, and providing that the ancillary unit shall not be subject to the Rent Ordinance but requiring
that an ancillary unit in a multi-family building shall be subject to affordability requirements; by
amending Sections 135(d), Table 151 of Section 151 and 307(g) to establish the amount of open
space and parking required for these ancillary units; by amending the San Francisco Traffic Code by
adding Section 308.5.1 to prohibit issuance of a residential parking permit to the occupant of an
ancillary unit; by adding new Section 106.4.1.3 to the San Francisco Building Code to require site
inspection prior to issuance of a building permit for the ancillary unit to verify that no unpermitted unit
exists on the property and prohibiting the issuance of a building permit or certificate of occupancy for
the ancillary unit if an unpermitted unit has operated on the property within the previous ten years,
unless that unit was legally demolished prior to January 1, 2003; and by amending Section 37.9 of the
San Francisco Administrative Code to provide that an ancillary unit constructed within an existing unit
exempt from rent control shall continue to be exempt from rent control, to require that notice to vacate
a unit required to be removed or demolished by a City agency shall not be given to the tenant until the
landlord receives the City’s notice requiring demolition or removal, and to require relocation
assistance for persons required to vacate illegal units; and adopting findings.
Sponsors:
Aaron Peskin
Attachments:
1. Legislation_Ver1, 2. Legislation_Ver2, 3. Legislation_Ver3
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
9/23/2002
1
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
11/20/2002
1
TRANSFERRED
President
2/4/2003
1
SUBSTITUTED
Board of Supervisors
4/15/2003
1
ASSIGNED
President
4/15/2003
2
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
4/21/2003
2
RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning Department
4/23/2003
2
SUBSTITUTED
Board of Supervisors
11/4/2003
2
ASSIGNED
President
11/4/2003
3
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
11/7/2003
3
FILED
Clerk of the Board
6/14/2004
3