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Missing middle housing San Francisco

San Francisco Drafts a Single-Stair Rule for Four- to Six-Story Apartment Buildings

October 12, 2026 by Brian (Local SF Guide)
Three- and four-story mid-block apartment buildings on Lombard Street, the scale a single-stair rule would cover - San Francisco

San Francisco’s building department has drafted rules letting some four- to six-story apartment buildings use one interior stair plus a second exit, with a committee review on October 14.

Categories News Tags Housing, Missing middle housing San Francisco, San Francisco building code
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