GENERAL INFORMATION
Initiation:
BOS
BOS File Number:
160185
CODE SECTIONS
Amendment Type:
Planning Code Text Amendment (BOS)
Amendment Desc:
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to require Conditional Use authorization for the removal of any residential unit (whether authorized or unauthorized) and to exempt from the Conditional Use application requirement unauthorized units where there is no legal path for legalization, residential units that have received prior Planning approval, and single-family homes that are demonstrably unaffordable or unsound; amending the Building Code to require that notices of violation order the filing of an application to legalize an unauthorized unit unless infeasible under the Building Code, the Planning Commission approves its removal, or a serious and imminent hazard exists on the property; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, Planning Code, Section 302, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.