PROPOSED CONTROLS ON DEMOLITIONS AND ALTERATIONS
Internal Remodels (without expanding the exterior envelope) that remove 25% of the internal structural walls would not be allowed if:
- the existing building resembles the surrounding building with respect to mass or architecture; or
- the replacement building does not match the surrounding buildings with respect to mass and architecture; or
- the replacement building requires a variance; or
- the replacement building contains a garage; or
- the replacement building exceeds 1200sq ft.
“Major Expansion of a Residential Building” (expanding the total sq ft by 10% or more through a vertical addition or 20% through a horizontal addition) would not be allowed if:
- the existing building resembles the surrounding building with respect to mass or architecture; or
- the replacement building does not match the surrounding buildings with respect to mass and architecture; or
- the replacement building requires a variance; or
- the replacement building contains a garage; or
- the replacement building exceeds 1200sq ft.
“Major Expansion of a Residential Building” that removes more than half of a building’s walls; or more than a quarter of a building’s interior structural walls; or more than a quarter of a building’s façade would not be allowed if:
- a unit that was occupied by a tenant within the last five years or
- a below market rate or rent-control unit
Demolition
A project would be prohibited if it would remove a below market rate or rent-control unit or a unit that was occupied by a tenant within the last five years.
Proposed controls defines a demolition as removing:
- more than half of a building’s walls; or
- more than a quarter of a building’s interior structural walls; or
- more than a quarter of a building’s façade
The demolition would not be allowed if:
- the existing building resembles the surrounding building with respect to mass or architecture; or
- the replacement building does not match the surrounding buildings with respect to mass and architecture; or
- the replacement building requires a variance; or
- the replacement building contains a garage; or
- the replacement building exceeds 1200sq ft.