San Francisco Planning Department says revised plan to build a skyscraper more than 50-stories high in the city's Sunset District still violates local code.
A plan to build a skyscraper with residential housing that would tower more than 50-stories high in San Francisco's Sunset District near Ocean Beach and the San Francisco zoo is raising debate over development of affordable housing and the desire by some neighbors to preserve the character of the area.
The owners want to build a high-rise residential building more than 500 feet tall, about the size of the Embarcadero Center.Lazear says the owners have filed previous plans over the past several years, ranging from multiple 12-story buildings to an even taller skyscraper than the current plan.San Francisco Planning Department says revised plan to build a skyscraper more than 50-stories high in the citys Sunset District still violates local code.
Under a state law to encourage more housing, developers of affordable housing units are allowed to build 50% more units on a property, beyond current limits. In a statement, the Planning Department's Chief of Staff Dan Sider said, "We recognize that the interaction between State and local law is complicated, but the limits are clear and the building remains a 600-foot-tall tower in a 100-foot district. We’d like nothing more than to partner with the developer to make dense housing a reality here, but we all have to play by the rules."
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