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FILE NO. 210810 ORDINANCE NO. 223-21 [Planning Code - Business Signs on Awnings and Marquees] Ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow business signs on awnings or marquees in addition to projecting signs in various neighborhood commercial and residential-commercial districts, and in certain Chinatown mixed use districts; applying business sign controls to additional Neighborhood Commercial Districts; affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and public necessity, convenience, and general welfare findings pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302. NOTE: Unchanged Code text and uncodified text are in plain Arial font. Additions to Codes are in single-underline italics Times New Roman font. Deletions to Codes are in strikethrough italics Times Ner+· Roman font. Board amendment additions are in double-un lined Arial font. Board amendment deletions are in · . Asterisks (* * * *) indicate the omission of unchanged Code subsections or parts of tables. Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco: Section 1. Environmental and Land Use Findings. (a) The Planning Department has determined that the actions contemplated in this ordinance comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.). Said determination is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File No. 210810 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms this determination. (b) On October 14, 2021, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 21010, adopted findings that the actions contemplated in this ordinance are consistent, on balance, with the Supervisors Stefani; Chan, Melgar, Ronen, Mandelman BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 1 City's General Plan and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. The Board adopts these findings as its own. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File No. 210810, and is incorporated herein by reference. (c) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board of Supervisors finds that the actions contemplated in this ordinance will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare for the reasons set forth in Planning Commission Resolution No. 21010. Section 2. Article 6 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Sections 607.1 and 607.2, to read as follows: SECTION 607 .1. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL-COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. * * * * (f) Business Signs. Business Signs, as defined in Section 602,_ shall be permitted in all Neighborhood Commercial and Residential-Commercial Districts subject to the limits set forth below. (1) Cole Valley, Lakeside Village, NC-1 and NCT-1 Districts. * * * * (D) Signs on Awnings. Sign copy may be located on permitted Awnings in ~addition to Wall Signs and projecting s~igns. The Area of such sign copy as defined in Section 602 shall not exceed 20 square feet. Such sign copy may be Nonilluminated or Indirectly Illuminated. (2) RC, NC-2, NCT-2, NC-S, Inner Balboa Street, Outer Balboa Street, Broadway, Castro Street, Inner Clement Street, Outer Clement Street, Cortland Avenue, Divisadero Street, Excelsior Outer Mission Street, Fillmore Street, Upper Fillmore Street, Folsom Street, Glen Park, Inner Sunset, Irving Street, Haight Street, Lower Haight Street, Hayes- Supervisors Stefani; Chan, Melgar, Ronen, Mandelman BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 2 Gough, Japantown, Judah Street, Upper Market Street, Noriega Street, North Beach, Ocean Avenue, Pacific Avenue, Polk Street, Regional Commercial District, Sacramento Street, San Bruno Avenue, SoMa, Taraval Street, Inner Taraval Street, Union Street, Valencia Street, 24th Street-Mission, 24th Street-Noe Valley, and West Portal Avenue Neighborhood Commercial Districts. * * * * (D) Signs on Awnings and Marquees. Sign copy may be located on permitted Awnings or Marquees in l:i-eu-ef_addition to projecting Signs. The Area of such sign copy as defined in Section 602 shall not exceed 30 square feet. Such sign copy may be nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated; except that sign copy on Marquees for Movie Theaters or places of Entertainment may be directly illuminated during business hours. * * * * (3) Bayview, Geary Boulevard, Mission Bernal, Mission Street, Lower Polk Street, NCT, NC-3, and NCT-3 Neighborhood Commercial Districts. * * * * (D) Sign Copy on Awnings and Marquees. Sign copy may be located on permitted Awnings or Marquees in l:i-eu-ef_addition to projecting Signs. The Area of such Sign copy, as defined in Section 602, shall not exceed 40 square feet. Such sign copy may be nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated; except that sign copy on Marquees for Movie Theaters or places of Entertainment may be directly illuminated during business hours. II II II II * * * * Supervisors Stefani; Chan, Melgar, Ronen, Mandelman BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 3 SEC. 607 .2. MIXED USE DISTRICTS. * * * * (f) Business Signs. Business Signs, as defined in Section 602,_ shall be permitted in all Mixed Use Districts subject to the limits set forth below. (1) Chinatown Residential Neighborhood Commercial District. * * * * (D) Signs on Awnings. Sign copy may be located on permitted Awnings in He-u-ef_addition to Wall Signs and projecting Signs. The area of such sign copy shall not exceed 20 square feet. Such sign copy may be nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated. * * * * (2) Chinatown Visitor Retail District. * * * * (D) Signs on Awnings and Marquees. Sign copy may be located on permitted Awnings or Marquees in He-u-ef_addition to projecting Signs. The area of such sign copy shall not exceed 30 square feet. Such sign copy may be nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated, except that sign copy on Marquees for Movie Theaters or places of Entertainment may be directly illuminated during business hours. * * * * (3) Chinatown Community Business District, Eastern Neighborhoods, South of Market Mixed Use Districts, and the Downtown Residential Districts. * * * * (D) Sign Copy on Awnings and Marquees. Sign copy may be located on permitted Awnings or Marquees in lieu of projecting Signs, except that in the Chinatown Community Business District, sign copy may be located on permitted Awnings or Marquees in addition to projecting Signs. The area of such sign copy shall not exceed 40 square feet. Such sign copy Supervisors Stefani; Chan, Melgar, Ronen, Mandelman BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 4 may be nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated; except that sign copy on Marquees for Movie Theaters or places of Entertainment may be directly illuminated during business hours. * * * * Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after enactment. Enactment occurs when the Mayor signs the ordinance, the Mayor returns the ordinance unsigned or does not sign the ordinance within ten days of receiving it, or the Board of Supervisors overrides the Mayor's veto of the ordinance. 1 O Section 4. Scope of Ordinance. In enacting this ordinance, the Board of Supervisors intends to amend only those words, phrases, paragraphs, subsections, sections, articles, numbers, punctuation marks, charts, diagrams, or any other constituent parts of the Municipal Code that are explicitly shown in this ordinance as additions, deletions, Board amendment additions, and Board amendment deletions in accordance with the "Note" that appears under the official title of the ordinance. APPROVED AS TO FORM: DENNIS J. HERRERA, City Attorney By: /s/ Victoria Wong VICTORIA WONG Deputy City Attorney n:\legana\as2021\2100362\01539766.docx Supervisors Stefani; Chan, Melgar, Ronen, Mandelman BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 5 City and County of San Francisco Tails Ordinance City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 File Number: 210810 Date Passed: December 07, 2021 Ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow business signs on awnings or marquees in addition to projecting signs in various neighborhood commercial and residential-commercial districts, and in certain Chinatown mixed use districts; applying business sign controls to additional Neighborhood Commercial Districts; affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and public necessity, convenience, and general welfare findings pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302. November 15, 2021 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED November 30, 2021 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING Ayes: 11 - Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani and Walton December 07, 2021 Board of Supervisors - FINALLY PASSED Ayes: 10 - Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani and Walton Excused: 1 - Melgar File No. 210810 London N. Breed Mayor City and County of San Francisco Page 1 I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on 12/7/2021 by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. rf;.., Angela C~lvillo Clerk of the Board Date Approved Printed at 9: 12 t1111 on 1218121