HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 663-1974ORI)INANCE NO. 663
ORI)INANCE Of THE CITY COUNCIL OF
TI-Itl CITY OF S.OUTI-] SAN ['RANCISCO
SUSPENI)Ii'~G CONVERSION O1:' APARTMENT
BUTLDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTUR]]S TO
CONI)OMINIUMS DURING T[tI] PENDENCY
OF STUDS ES ,AND PROVIDING AN
EXCEPTION PROCEDURE
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'fhe Ci'uy Cou[~cil o'£ .tile City of Soutlt San l!'ranc.isco
hereby :['inds:
1. Numc~rous al>aPt:mcnts exist .in the City of South
San Franc is;co.
7. Irt 1:be last scvepal months .inqui. r[es hu. ve been
received regarding [he proposed co~vcr',~Jon of apaptmenis and
othep s'tructures to con~k)miniums, a[~.l al>~][ca't~ionr; ape pending
or exl,ccted.
3. Suct conver'sior,~; apo ~nir~ if,¢~ l ] V r'egtl.l,-~ I +~d I~y r;'l. cito
].aw or S'ot~tll
q. t'irc su:f'ery, noi.~e, I)ork[ng, main't.(,r,an(~r~, co~t:-:urnep
probcct:.i, on and other ma'tl.'er's roi_at:ed
pub}it hea'ltl~ and safety ape of so.r'Jous c:cmcer'r~.
5. Conw,'r's.ion o.[' c:xis'ting ,qt~ar'l. mc,~t: l)l~i.].dtngr; ,nnd
other sl:ruct upcs
and relocation pr'Ob]em~ for exisl:ing 1-Chant':-; and r'cduces t. he
suppty of rental hou~;Sng in Lbe Cil. y.
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6. '.~'nc (]'[ Iv I'.lamlin?, Col~niss.J.on and staff have
eml)arked upon stud'i.~s o[' l'his problem wit.h a vi. ow toward new
]..egisla'Lion regulating such eonversi_ons in t.h[~ ~nl-er'est oi
the public health, safety a.~d we]~a~.
7. l-'u~ther conversion o[ a[)art~n(,~ll I~u.i'l.d'ings an~l
other stz'uctunes ro c~r~d, omi~,iums wJJ I binder, impede and
hampep suoh s-ludies; the effecl;s of such col~ver'siol~ dur'ing
the study l)eriod will be lamge]y irreversible; and Lhe resu'Lts
and recommendnl [~ns. o[' such studies may we].] be ma(jo moot l~y
conversi, r~nr; ~lur'i.~g Lh~' ~er'.iod of such studios.
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The Cily (h)u~lc-LJ of the Ci y o[- S~,~l:h San
DOES ORDAIN a~; Iol.l~wn:
SJ:C'/'LON 1.. For four lllolll]i~.; t:pom l'h{, (,'t'l-'(,.cl. ive date of
t:his o~d.[~ance, no cxi:;-l, ing a[~a~l, men-L htli.'l.,li~g of ol. her
.stabdiv:Jsion man ~r any 'type of 1-~arce.l. map :;hail be
processed or apl)pOverl fo.P oonver'sion of ,:ti)ar'k-merits I_o condo-
miniums, excel.:L ~;I. ruc[ur'~s wh'i. ch were denigned lo be ho.Id as
condominiums aL I_he [-imo of' ~'eview a~d apt)roved by Lhe Plannirtg
Co~issio~t.
SECTION 2. An~ I:~?not~ havi~g a [;inanci.al. i.~l~,r'enl i'n
Francisco and who claitns that the moral:or[um established by
this ordinance creates 'an extraordinary hards~p for such person,
may file a pe-t[t~on, not less than twelve (12) d~ys prior to
the' date requested for hear_lng, with th.e C']_ty Clerk fop
relief from the provis].ons of' this ordJt~anee. Said petition
shall be accompanied by a filing' fee of Thirty-five ($35.00)
Dollars. Said a[~plicatlon shall be in writing and shall set
forth wit]~ particular~_ty ail facts and other information which
petitioner avers established an extraord[nar~y hardship upon
him. Notice of a hearing upon petitioner's application shall
be published at ]_east once in a newspaper of general circula-
tion in the City ol_ South San I'rapcisco, ~ot ].ess 'than four
(4) days prior to %he date at which said~app%ication will be
considered by the City Coucnil.
Al: .r~aid t-~.mo and pi. ace shown in said notice as
published the Ci~:y Council. sha]~'l hear i)et[t:[one~ and such
other persons a.s a~e it~'ter~ested in said pa,'ce] o[' parcels, or
the appJication, and may grant thc Pel~ef requested if:
(a) I~etJ. tioner o~ his p~opePty or properties
are so si tuated that the ord_inai~ce creates
an extraordinary hardship upot~ either oP
bo th; and
(b) Petitioner's situakion,t~a~ce] of parcels
are affecbed %0 a subsl]an-t'ia].]y gpeate~
o
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(leg~ee by the operat'ion
nar/ce than othe. r p~rsons or property
situat(:d ].n the City o'[ South Sari
F~ancisco; and
(c) An unu'sualiy adver, se effect upon the
st'ual[es s~ec~.f[ed ~.rt this ord:lnance, or
which may t'~er~ea~ter be con~enced dur~ing the
term h~re~f, or upon the po.[[cies of the
City Council, will not be erected by grant:-
lng 'the relief requested. The burden
p:r'oof shall be upon 'the pe.'t~tioner; and
(d) The ~oposed conve~si, on off the a.pa~tment
house or o-ther structure 'complies w]'th
applicable sta'te sic[utes, Lhe gene?al plan,
building 'code, fire cod~, ~:ubdivisi~:n ordi-
nance and o'l:he~ related ~rd.[nances o['. t~e
City of Sou-th San Frat~c].sco;
The pr'ol~osed convers]or~ of-the a~artment
house o~ other structure will_ not under
~.he cipeumstances o[ the particula~ c:ase
be det. r'im~.~ta.l_ to the heal_-th~ safel:y,
peace, mo~,a]_s, comfort and general we tfare
of persons resid]_~g of worq<:i_ng J_n the
ne]ghborhood of such proposed u:~e, or
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SECTION 3. Tttfin opdiit;in(?e [:; declared to 'be an
upgenc,y meosu'r'e adop'~ed [)~]r':-:th']~tt. Lo 'tl~e [)rovi_s:ions o~ Gvt.
Code Seet:ion.s. 3693'/ and [~58[,8, in t:hat i.l: i_s; lop the i;mediat:e
ppeservat :ion o fJ the {,ul)l [c 'l~(?,.t(:c:~ , h(,a J 1 h ~ind ~;aic'ty, and t)Po-
t:ects I:he l)Ub] i.~ ~;alc,'/:y, hea l_l.h dnd wei 1 ripe. 'i'he Cotincci].
may 1)e in coni:l.[e"t: wT:lrh 'tile genex',~] [-)]a~t~ Ibc eon'templa'bed
zon:Lr~g pr'ol)oaa_l:'; atld/op ()t. her' ]egT_slat.Jve ackL-'; which ape tlrideI"
exir;t in-the City of Sou'l:h S;i~ Fp,~T~e_i. seo and inquipies ]~ave
been pec?c:ived ,~nd app]icdt[ons; ape penal.Lng op ex[)ecl:ed pegapd-'
lng conver's;Jon o]' said al)aptmenl.:.; and oL'l~ep ~;l:puctur'es to cond()-
mi]lium[;, which c:ohvepsfiong ape mi~J_m,J.l'ly regu]
law or South San t'pa. nc isco ordinance, arm aa'id eondo~n,inium
conver'sion.a:ffeel:'s the ].:[pe safety
consumer' pr'otec'L.[on aisc] otl,ep mattez's ~o].at.'ed [o p:peaerval-[on
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reduces the supply of reutal hnuuJng in the C.[ty,
to the zoning orc~inances and genera] plan of the City,and
that conversion of apartment bu'].]dings and othep structures
to condominiums pr:lop to completion of the study a~d the enact-
ment of appropriate legi~;].a'tJ, ot~ will hindep', impede and hamper
such studies and adverse'ly af[ect the ge.~era]_ p.l_a;~,
or'dinance and fei. areal ordin,'~nc~:~ o.[ the City of South San
Francisco.
SECTTON q. This or'dinal~ce :~hal] be published o~ce
as required by law i~t the [h~terI~r[ae-Jo~wna], a newspaper of
general ciz,culatJ.o~ i~ the Ci ['y .of South San Francisco, and
shall take e['fec't as an urgency men, sure immediately upon its
adopl: J
In tr'o~uco, d thi :~ ___l~.th_ day o f March
Passed and ad(')l;t(~,d ,is art Or'd'inar~cc. of 'the City o[:
South San t'ranc:i.,sco at a ..... _[e~9_uJ_a_c ............ mo, eL.ina o[ the City
Council of-the City o.[ South ,.gan i'rancisco', thJ. s Isf
day of April
.......................... , 19'111, by the fo]]ow:ing vote:
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'~' COUI~CII~MEN Richard A. Baftaglia, F Frank Mammini, Terry J Mirri,
AYLo, . ,
NOES
ABSENT, "
Leo Padreddii, and Warren S~einkamp
None
None
:Mayor