Planning, Building Codes - Accessory Dwelling Units; In-Lieu Fee for Street Trees
Ord. No. 0218-18
in effectFILE NO. 180752
ORDINANCE NO. 218-18
[Planning, Building Codes - Accessory Dwelling Units; In-Lieu Fee for Street Trees]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) authorize expansion of an Accessory
Dwelling Unit (ADU) •.vithin the buildable area, 2) authorize the Zoning Administrator to
v:aive or modify bicycle parking requirements for an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), 3)
allo·.v more than one unauthorized unit constructed without a permit to be legalized, 3
4) exempt from the permit notification requirement ADUs constructed within the
defined existing built envelope, and 5) allow· conversion of an existing stand alone
garage, or storage structure, or other auxiliary structure to an ADU and expansion of
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the existing building envelope to add dormers, and 6) eliminate allow payment of an in-
lieu fee for the an ADU's street tree requirement for an ADU, and 6) allow one ADU to
be added to a new residential building of three units or less as a component of the new
construction; amending the Building Code to provide for a preapplication plan review
for ADUs; affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California
Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and
the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and adopting findings of
public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302-f-3A{t-
directing the Clerk to send a copy of this ordinance to the California Department of
Housing and Community Development.
NOTE:
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Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco:
Section 1. Findings.
(a)
The Planning Department has determined that the actions contemplated in this
ordinance comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources
Code Sections 21000 et seq.). Said determination is on file with the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors in File No. 180268 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
(b)
On June 21, 2018, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No.20213, adopted
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findings that the actions contemplated in this ordinance are consistent, on balance, with the
City's General Plan and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. The Board
adopts these findings as its own. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors in File No. 180268, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c)
Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board of Supervisors finds that this
ordinance will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare for the reasons stated in
Planning Commission Resolution No. 20213.
(d)
Pursuant to Charter Section 03.750 5, the Building Inspection Commission
considered this ordinance at a duly noticed public hearing held on _____ , 2018.
Section 2. As introduced. this ordinance proposed revising Planning Code Sections
102, 138.1,140, 155.1, 207, 207.3, 307, and 317. At its regular meeting on July 17, 2018, the
Board of Supervisors duplicated the file, and amended this ordinance to remove the
amendments to Sections 102, 140, 155.1, 207, 207.3, 307, and 317 such that this ordinance
amends only Section 138.1.
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Section 3. The Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section 138.1, to read
as follows:
SEC. 138.1. STREETSCAPE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
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(c)
Required streetscape and pedestrian improvements. Development projects
shall include streetscape and pedestrian improvements on all publicly accessible rights-of-way
directly fronting the property as follows:
(1)
Street trees. Project Sponsors shall plant and maintain street trees as
set forth in Article 16, Sections 805(a) and (d) and 806(d) of the Public Works Code; provided,
however, that where a property owner is either (A) adding an Accessory Dwelling Unit pursuant
to Section 207(c)(4) or 207 (c)(6) of this Code or (B) legalizing a Dwelling Unit pursuant to
Section 207.3 of this Code, the owner may elect to pay the in-lieu fee authorized by Section
: 807(f) of the Public Works Code a street tree or trees shall not be required for an /\DU
authorized to be constructed pursuant to Section 207(c)(4) or 207(c)(6) of this Code.
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Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after
enactment. Enactment occurs when the Mayor signs the ordinance, the Mayor returns the
ordinance unsigned or does not sign the ordinance within ten days of receiving it, or the Board
of Supervisors overrides the Mayor's veto of the ordinance
Section 5. Scope of Ordinance. In enacting this ordinance, the Board of Supervisors
intends to amend only those words, phrases, paragraphs, subsections, sections, articles,
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numbers, punctuation marks, charts, diagrams, or any other constituent parts of the Municipal
Code that are explicitly shown in this ordinance as additions, deletions, Board amendment
additions, and Board amendment deletions in accordance with the "Note" that appears under
the official title of the ordinance.
Section 6. Directions to Clerk. The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors is hereby directed
to submit a copy of this ordinance to the California Department of Housing and
Community Development vJithin 60 days follmving adoption pursuant to Section 65852.2(h) of
the California Government Code.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DENNIS J
ERRERA, City Attorney
By:
ITH A. BOYAJ IAN
uty City Attorney
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City and County of San Francisco
Tails
Ordinance
City Hall
I Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
File Number:
180752
Date Passed: September 04, 2018
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow payment of an in-lieu fee for an ADU's street tree
requirement; affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental
Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of
Planning Code, Section 101.1; and adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare
under Planning Code, Section 302.
July 17, 2018 Board of Supervisors -AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE
BEARING NEW TITLE
Ayes: 11 - Cohen, Brown, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Tang and Yee
July 17, 2018 Board of Supervisors - RE-REFERRED AS AMENDED
Ayes: 11 - Cohen, Brown, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Tang and Yee
July 30, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED AS
COMMITTEE REPORT
July 31, 2018 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 7 - Cohen, Brown, Mandelman, Ronen, Safai, Stefani and Tang
Noes: 4 - Fewer, Kim, Peskin and Yee
September 04, 2018 Board of Supervisors - Fl NALLY PASSED
City anti County of Sun Franci~·co
Ayes: 9 - Brown, Cohen, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang and
Yee
Noes: 2 - Fewer and Kim
Pagel
Printed at 9:52 am 011 915118
File No. 180752
London N. Breed
Mayor
City {111d County of S(/11 Fr{l11cisco
I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on
9/4/2018 by the Board of Supervisors of the
City and County of San Francisco.
I Date Approved
Printed at 9:52 {Im 011 915118
References
amendsSec. 138.1
amendsSec. 139
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