Effective April 28, 2024, the Board of Supervisors enacted legislation amending various sections of the San Francisco Planning Code regarding the removal of an unauthorized dwelling unit (UDU) in a single-family home. The legislation also amends Rent Ordinance Sections 37.2(r)(4)(D) and 37.3(d)(1)(D). The amendments create a new exemption from the requirement to obtain Conditional Use Authorization for removal of a UDU in a single-family home if all of the following criteria are met:
- the owner resides in the primary dwelling unit at the time of the application for removal of the UDU;
- the UDU has not been rented for consideration in the last 10 years, except to a qualifying family member, as defined in the legislation;
- the owner intends to reside in the single-family home for a period of three years after removal of the UDU is approved; and
- the owner enters into a regulatory agreement with the City that permanently subjects the single-family home to local rent control under the San Francisco Rent Ordinance.