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San Francisco Amends Planning and Building Codes to Allow Interim Housing in Hotels and Motels

  • When: 2024/11/20
  • Address: Citywide
  • City: San Francisco
  • State: CA
  • Category: Zoning Code Modification
  • Subcategory: Definitions update
  • Asset Class: Specialized Housing
  • Property Type: Supportive Housing
  • Planning Department: True

The San Francisco Building Inspection Commission recommended approval of an ordinance that amends the Planning and Building Codes. This ordinance allows tourist hotels and motels to be used for "Interim Housing" without losing their original hotel use classification or changing their underlying occupancy classification. Interim Housing is defined as a residential use providing shelter and services to persons experiencing homelessness. The amendments also remove restrictions in Appendix P of the Building Code that required emergency housing to be on city-owned or leased land. This aims to utilize underutilized hotel and motel properties for emergency housing and streamline the process. The Code Advisory Committee and the Building Inspection Commission both voted unanimously to recommend approval of these changes.

Source

Applicant - Mayor London N. Breed


City Representative - John Carroll