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Planning and Building Codes Amendment for Interim Housing in Hotels and Motels

  • When: 2025/04/03
  • Address: Citywide
  • City: San Francisco
  • State: CA
  • Category: Zoning Code Modification
  • Asset Class: Specialized Housing
  • Planning Department: True

This ordinance amends the Planning Code to allow tourist hotels and motels to be used for 'Interim Housing' without losing their original hotel use classification. Interim Housing is defined as a residential use providing shelter and services to homeless or at-risk individuals. The ordinance also amends the Building Code to allow Interim Housing without changing the property's underlying occupancy classification and removes the restriction that emergency housing must be located on city-owned or leased land. This aims to utilize underutilized hotels and motels to address the city's shelter crisis. The Board of Supervisors affirmed the Planning Department's CEQA determination and made findings of consistency with the General Plan and public necessity.

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