152.3

PERMITTED OFF-STREET ACCESSORY PARKING IN DRIVEWAYS

San Francisco Planning Code · SF Planning Code § 152.3

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SEC. 152.3. PERMITTED OFF-STREET ACCESSORY PARKING IN DRIVEWAYS. (a) Off-street accessory parking for Residential Uses shall be permitted in driveways. A driveway is defined for purposes of this Section 152.3 to mean a vehicular path that provides access from the public right-of-way to authorized parking located on the subject property, where the vehicular path is limited to the minimum width needed for such access. Operable vehicles may be parked within the confines of such driveways, subject to the following limitations: (1) Boats, trailers, recreational vehicles, mobile homes, and buses shall not be parked in the driveway; (2) No more than two vehicles may be parked in a driveway per Lot, regardless of the Lot size, number of driveways, or driveway length; and (3) Vehicles parked in the driveway shall not encroach onto the public right-of-way. (b) Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) or Junior ADU (JADU) Conversions. Off-street parking shall be permitted in any driveway that existed immediately prior to the conversion of a garage at the property into an ADU or JADU, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections (a) and (c). (c) This Section 152.3 does not authorize the creation of a new curb cut, the restoration of prior existing curb cuts, or the expansion of an existing curb cut. (Added by Ord. 10-26, File No. 250887, App. 2/13/2026, Eff. 3/16/2026) SEC. 153. RULES FOR CALCULATION OF PARKING SPACES. (See Interpretations related to this Section.) (a) In the calculation of off-street parking, freight loading spaces, and bicycle parking spaces permitted or required under Sections 151.1, 152, 152.1, 155.2, 155.3, and 155.4 of this Code, or pursuant to any Special Use District, the following rules shall apply: (1) In the case of mixed uses in the same structure, on the same lot, or in the same development, or more than one type of activity involved in the same use, the total permitted off- street parking and requirements for loading spaces shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses or activities computed separately, including fractional values. (2) Where an initial quantity of floor area, rooms, seats, or other form of measurement is exempted from loading requirements, such exemption shall apply only once to the aggregate of that form of measurement. If the initial exempted quantity is exceeded, for either a structure or a lot or a development, the requirement shall apply to the entire such structure, lot, or

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