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FILE NO. 170941 AMENDED IN COMMITTEE 11/6/17 ORDINANCE NO. 234-17 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - Transit Center Special Sign District] Ordinance amending the Planning Code to create the Transit Center Special Sign District (bounded by Market Street on the north, Folsom Street on the south, Steuart Street on the east, and between New Montgomery and Third Streets on the west, and in the area bounded by Folsom, Harrison, Essex, and Second Streets, but excluding the planned City Park between Mission, Howard, Second, and Beale Streets and those portions of the Transit Center District Plan Area included in Zone 1 of the Transbay Redevelopment Plan Area, which include portions of land bounded by Spear, Mission, Folsom, and Second Streets), to restrict the size and height of new signs within 200 feet of and visible from an existing or planned public park or open space, and to restrict illumination of certain new signs in those areas; amending the Zoning Map to show the Transit Center Special Sign District; affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making a finding of public necessity, convenience, and welfare 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 New Roman font. Board amendment additions are in double-underlined Arial font. Board amendment deletions are in strikethrough Arial font. 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. Findings. Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 1 (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. 170941 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms this determination. (b) On September 14, 2017, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 19993, adopted findings that the actions contemplated in this ordinance are consistent, on balance, with the 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. 170941, and is incorporated herein by reference. (c) On September 14, 2017, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 19993, approved this ordinance, recommended it for adoption by the Board of Supervisors, and adopted findings that it will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare. Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, 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. 170941, and is incorporated herein by reference. Section 2. The Planning Code is hereby amended by adding Section 608.4, to read as follows: SEC. 608.4. TRANSIT CENTER SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT. (a) General. There shall be a Special Sign District known as the "Transit Center Special Sign District" in the area bounded by Market Street on the north. Folsom Street on the south. Steuart Street on the east, and between New Montgomery and Third Streets on the west, and in the area bounded by Folsom, Harrison, Essex, and Second Streets, but excluding the planned City Park between Mission, Howard. Second, and Beale Streets and those portions o{the Transit Center District Plan Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page Area included in Zone 1 ofthe Trans bay Redevelopment Plan Area, which include portions ofland bounded by Spear. Mission, Folsom. and Second Streets, as designated on Sectional Map SSD ofthe Zoning Map oft he City and County of San Francisco. The original copy of said Sectional Map with this Special Sign District indicated thereon is on file with the Clerk oft he Board of Supervisors in File No 170941. (b) Purpose and Findings .. In addition to the purposes stated in Sections 101 and 601 of this Code, the following purposes apply to the Transit Center Special Sign District. These purposes constitute findings that form a basis for these regulations and provide guidance for their application. (1) A new 5.4-acre park called the City Park (which in its early stages ofplanning was known as the Rooftop Park) is planned to be located atop the Transbay Transit Center, which will be located between Mission and Howard Streets on the north and south. respectively, and between Second 'and Beale Streets on the west and east. respectively. The City Park will include an outdoor amphitheater, gardens, trails, open grass areas, a children's play space, a restaurant, and a cafe. and ·will be accessible ftom 10 entry points, including bridges from neighboring buildings and a gondola .from a planned ground-level floor ofthe Transbay Transit Center off Mission Street between the planned Sales-force Tower and Fremont Street, to be known as Mission Square, and the City Park will provide needed open space in an area ofthe City with few parks. (2) The Under Ramp Park is a new 4.2-acre neighborhood park planned to be situated primarilv under the elevated bus ramp that will provide a direct connection from the new Trans bay Transit Center to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, but approximately 25% of the park will be open to the sky. The Under Ramp Park will include a children's play area. cafes. and terraces, a beer garden, and a multilevel pavilion with cultural and retail programs. The area between Folsom, Harrison, Essex, and Second Streets is adjacent to the planned site of the Under Ramp Park. (3) Illuminated signs and other signs visible from a public park or privately owned public open space (POPOS) may negatively impact the aesthetics ofthe park or POPOS and the Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page enioyment ofits users by, among other things, interfering with the natural scenery and landscape afforded by the park or POPOS. as well as creating unwanted illumination and glare. (4) Evening and nighttime illumination of signs in the Plan Area would disturb the sleep o(residents in the area and disrupt their general enioyment oftheir homes. (c) Controls. (1) Illumination for any new sign that is located in the Transit Center Special Sign District, where anypart ofthe face o(the sign is over 35 feet in height. as defined in Section 602. shall meet the following requirements: (A) the sign's illumination shall be dimmable; and, (B) all illumination shall be turned off.from 11:00 p.m. each evening until 6:00 a.m. the following morning. (2) Except as specified in subsection (c)(3) below. a new sign that is within 200 feet of an existing park under the jurisdiction and supervision of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission or any other public agency or planned public park. where a planned park is one that the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission or any other public agency has identified as a site for a park through a public planning process and identified in the Transit Center District Plan, or within 200 feet ofa POPOS of]/4 acre or greater. and that is visible from such a park or POPOS shall be permitted ifit is 50 square feet or less and its highest point reaches a height of35 feet or less. as defined in Section 602. (3) A new Business Sign, as defined in Section 602, that is within 200 feet ofthe City Park and is visible from the City Park shall only be permitted ifit meets the following requirements: (A) !(the new Business Sign is located on the facade of a building directly abutting or with a pedestrian connection to the City Park. Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page4 (i) the sign shall consist of only metal lettering. painted or unpainted. raised otfthe fac;ade ofthe building to which it is attached, with a maximum vertical dimension of30 inches and a total maximum area of50 square feet,· (ii) the highest point ofthe sign shall reach a height of] 5 feet or less from the nearest finished ground plane ofthe City Park,· and, (iii) the sign's illumination shall consist only ofindirect illumination, pursuant to Section 602 ofthis Code, including but not limited to halo-style lighting. (B) Ifthe new Business Sign is not located on thefac;ade ofa building directly abutting or with a pedestrian connection to the City Park, the sign shall comply with Section 607 of this Section 3. The Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Sectional Map SSD of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, as follows: DescriQtion of ProQerty Sign District Hereby AQQroved Assessor's Block Lot 3707 Transit Center Special Sign District 002A Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page5 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page6 1 ' Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 7 3708 3709 3710 3711 3712 3713 3715 3716 3717 3718 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS All Lots Transit Center Special Sign District All Lots Transit Center Special Sign District All Lots Transit Center Special Sign District All Lots Transit Center Special Sign District All Lots Transit Center Special Sign District All Lots Transit Center Special Sign District Transit Center Special Sign District All Lots Transit Center Special Sign District All Lots Transit Center Special Sign District Transit Center Special Sign District Page 8 3719 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Transit Center Special Sign District Page 9 I Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 10 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 11 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 12 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 13 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 14 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 15 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 16 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 17 3720 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Transit Center Special Sign District Page 18 3721 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Transit Center Special Sign District 015A Page 19 3722 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 20 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 21 I Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 22 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 23 3735 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Transit Center Special Sign District Page 24 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 25 3735A 3736 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS All Lots Transit Center Special Sign District Transit Center Special Sign District 083A Page 26 3737 3738 Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Transit Center Special Sign District Transit Center Special Sign District Page 27 3740 Transit Center Special Sign District 3741 All Lots Transit Center Special Sign District 3749 Transit Center Special Sign District Section 4. 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. APPROVED AS TO FORM: DENNIS J. HERRERA, City Attorney By: ~--' ROBB W. KAPLA Deputy City Attorney n:\legana\as2017\1700162\01232501.docx Supervisor Kim BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 28 City and County of San Francisco Tails Ordinance City Hall I Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 File Number: 170941 Date Passed: November 28, 2017 Ordinance amending the Planning Code to create the Transit Center Special Sign District (bounded by Market Street on the north, Folsom Street on the south, Steuart Street on the east, and between New Montgomery and Third Streets on the west, and in the area bounded by Folsom, Harrison, Essex, and Second Streets, but excluding the planned City Park between Mission, Howard, Second, and Beale Streets and those portions of the Transit Center District Plan Area included in Zone 1 of the Transbay Redevelopment Plan Area, which include portions of land bounded by Spear, Mission, Folsom, and Second Streets), to restrict the size and height of new signs within 200 feet of and visible from an existing or planned public park or open space, and to restrict illumination of certain new signs in those areas; amending the Zoning Map to show the Transit Center Special Sign District; affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making a finding of public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302. October 16, 2017 Land Use and Transportation Committee - CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR November 06, 2017 Land Use and Transportation Committee - NOT AMENDED November 06, 2017 Land Use and Transportation Committee - AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE November 06, 2017 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED November 14, 2017 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING Ayes: 11 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang and Yee November 28, 2017 Board of Supervisors - FINALLY PASSED City and County of San Francisco Ayes: 11 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang and Yee Page4 Printed at 9:39 am 011 11/29/17 File No. 170941 City and County of San Francisco Pages I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on 11/28/2017 by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. ;z/ 3/ 20/ 7 Date Approved Prhrted at 9:39 am 01111/29/17