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SEC. 145.2. OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AREAS IN NC DISTRICTS. (See Interpretations related to this Section.) The following provisions governing Outdoor Activity Areas shall apply in NC Districts. In order to provide for limited commercial Outdoor Activity Areas, which promote active street life, but do not detract from the livability of surrounding uses, Outdoor Activity Areas in NC Districts shall be regulated below, except in the Outer Clement Street Neighborhood Commercial District, where Outdoor Activity Areas shall be a Principally Permitted Use if they existed prior to 1985. These provisions shall not apply to those Uses excepted from the requirement for location in an enclosed building. (a) An Outdoor Activity Area operated by a Commercial Use is permitted as a Principal Use if located outside a building and contiguous to the front property line of the lot on which the Commercial Use is located. In NC-S Districts, an Outdoor Activity Area is permitted as a Principal Use if located within the boundaries of the property and in front of the primary facades which contain customer entrances and if it does not obstruct pedestrian traffic flow between store entrances and parking facilities. (b) An Outdoor Activity Area which does not comply with the provisions of Paragraph 1 of this subsection (b) is permitted as a Conditional Use. In addition to the criteria of Section 303(c) of this Code, the Planning Commission shall find that: (1) The nature of the activity operated in the Outdoor Activity Area is compatible with surrounding uses; (2) The operation and design of the Outdoor Activity Area does not significantly disturb the privacy or affect the livability of adjoining or surrounding residences; (3) The Hours of Operation of the activity operated in the Outdoor Activity Area are limited so that the activity does not disrupt the viability of surrounding uses. (Added by Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; amended by Ord. 445-87, App. 11/12/87; Ord. 463-87, App. 11/19/87; Ord. 42-89, App. 2/8/89; Ord. 235-14 , File No. 140844, App. 11/26/2014, Eff. 12/26/2014; Ord. 129-17, File No. 170203, App. 6/30/2017, Eff. 7/30/2017) AMENDMENT HISTORY Section header and undesignated first paragraph amended; former division (a) amended and designation deleted (i.e., material retained as undesignated second paragraph); former divisions (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(2)(A)-(C) redesignated as current divisions (a), (b), and (b)(1)-(3) respectively; former division (b) deleted; Ord. 235-14 , Eff. 12/26/2014. All divisions amended; Ord. 129-17, Eff. 7/30/2017.

SEC. 145.3. MAXIMUM STREET FRONTAGES – CHINATOWN. (a) General. In the Chinatown Mixed Use Districts, including the Chinatown Community Business District, the Chinatown Visitor Retail District and the Chinatown Residential Neighborhood Commercial Districts, the street frontage of a building shall not exceed 50 feet in width. Street frontage exceptions may be approved as a conditional use in accordance with procedures and criteria of Section 303 of this Code and the criteria set forth in Subsection (b) below. (b) Criteria for Exceptions. (1) Projects having more than 50 feet of street frontage shall be divided in architectural treatment to appear as two or more independent buildings reflecting the typical scale of older buildings in the Chinatown area. Architectural treatments may include varied types of windows and entries, individual storefronts and the use of differing colors and textures. (2) Flat facade surfaces shall be broken up at least every 30 feet by the projection of bay windows or by vertical recesses. (3) Facade divisions shall be reinforced by matching changes in height for portions of the building. (Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87) SEC. 145.4. REQUIRED GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL USES. (a) Purpose. To support active, pedestrian-oriented commercial uses on important commercial streets. (b) Applicability. The requirements of this Section 145.4 apply to the following street frontages. (1) Folsom Street for the entirety of the Rincon Hill DTR and Folsom and Main Residential/Commercial Special Use Districts, pursuant to Sections 827 and 249.1; (2) The entirety of the C-3-R District, along any block frontage that is entirely within such district or partly in such district and partly in the C-3-O District, where such block frontage faces a street 40 feet or more in width; (3) Van Ness Avenue, in the Van Ness & Market Residential Special Use District, from Fell Street to Market Street; (4) South Van Ness Avenue, for the entirety of the Van Ness & Market Residential Special Use District; (5) Market Street, for the entirety of the Upper Market NCT, NCT-3, and all C-3 Districts; (6) Third Street, in the UMU districts for parcel frontages wholly contained within 100 linear feet north or south of Mariposa Street or 100 linear feet north or south of 20th Street; (7) Fourth Street, between Folsom and Townsend Streets in the Central SoMa Special Use District; (8) Hayes Street, for the entirety of the Hayes-Gough NCT; (9) Octavia Boulevard, between Fell Street and Hayes Street, in the Hayes-Gough NCT; (10) On building frontages facing Destination Alleyways, as defined in the Downtown Streetscape Plan, in all C-3 Districts; (11) Church Street, for the entirety of the NCT-3 and Upper Market NCT Districts; (12) 22nd Street, between Third Street and Minnesota Streets within the NCT-2 District; (13) Valencia Street, between 15th and 23rd Streets in the Valencia Street NCT District; (14) Mission Street, for the entirety of the Mission Street NCT District and Van Ness & Market Residential Special Use District; (15) 24th Street, for the entirety of the 24th Street-Mission NCT; (16) 16th Street, between Guerrero and Capp Streets; (17) 22nd Street, between Valencia and Mission Streets; (18) 6th Street for its entirety within the C-3 and SoMa NCT Districts; (19) Ocean Avenue, for the entirety of the Ocean Avenue NCT District, except on the north side of Ocean Avenue between Plymouth and Brighton Avenues; (20) Geneva Avenue, between I-280 and Delano Avenue within the NCT-1 and NCT-2 Districts; (21) Fillmore Street, in the Fillmore Street NCD from Bush Street to McAllister Street; (22) Diamond Street, for the entirety of the Glen Park NCT District; (23) Chenery Street, for the entirety of the Glen Park NCT District; (24) Buchanan Street, between Post Street and Sutter Street; (25) Post Street, between Fillmore Street and Laguna Street on the south side and between Webster Street and Laguna Street on the north side; (26) Divisadero Street for the entirety of the Divisadero Street NCT District; (27) The entirety of the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District; (28) Any street frontage that is in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District; (29) Pacific Avenue, between Van Ness Avenue and Jones Street, on lots where the last known ground floor use was a commercial or retail use; (30) Folsom Street, between 4th and 6th Streets in the Central SoMa Special Use District; (31) Second Street, on the west side, between Dow Place and Townsend Street in the Central SoMa Special Use District; (32) Third Street, between Folsom Street and Townsend Street in the Central SoMa Special Use District and C-3-O District; (33) Brannan Street, between Third Street and Fourth Street, in the Central SoMa Special Use District; (34) Townsend Street, on the north side, between Second Street and Fourth Street; and (35) Otis Street, for the entirety of the Van Ness and Market Residential Special Use District. (c) Definitions. “Active commercial uses” shall include the following uses: (1) Retail Sales and Services Uses, except Hotel or Motel; (2) Institutional Uses, except Residential Care Facility; (3) Arts Activities, General Entertainment, Movie Theater, Outdoor Entertainment, and Nighttime Entertainment uses; (4) Automobile Sale or Rental uses where curb-cuts, garage doors, or loading access are not utilized or proposed, and such sales or rental activity is entirely within an enclosed building and does not encroach on surrounding sidewalks or open spaces; (5) Designated Child Care Units as defined in Section 102, provided that each such unit meets all applicable criteria set forth in Section 414A.6 of this Code; (6) In the Ocean Avenue NCT, shall include Arts Activities, Nighttime Entertainment, and Institutional Community Uses, as those uses are defined in Section 102; and