202.7

SEC. 202.7. DEMOLITION OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS IN PDR DISTRICTS, REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS. (a) In order to preserve the existing stock of buildings suitable for industrial activities and to create new viable space for Industrial Uses, as defined in Section 102, in PDR Districts, an industrial building that is not unsound and is proposed for demolition must be replaced by a new building that complies with the criteria set forth below: (1) If the building proposed for demolition represents greater than 0.4 FAR, then the replacement building shall include at least one square foot of Industrial Use for each square foot of Industrial Use in the building proposed for demolition. (2) If the building proposed for demolition represents 0.4 FAR or less, then the replacement building shall include at least two square feet of Industrial Use for each square foot of Industrial Use in the building proposed for demolition. (b) Definitions. For the purpose of this Subsection, the following definitions shall apply: (1) Unsound shall refer to buildings in which rehabilitation would cost 50 percent or more to construct a comparable building. (2) An industrial building shall mean any building containing any Industrial Use. (Added as Sec. 231A by Ord. 99-08, File No. 080339, App. 6/11/2008; redesignated as Sec. 230 and amended by Ord. 196-11 , File No. 110786, App. 10/4/2011, Eff. 11/3/2011; redesignated and amended; Ord. 22-15, File No. 141253, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015) AMENDMENT HISTORY Former Sec. 231A redesignated as Sec. 230; division (b)(2) amended; Ord. 196-11, Eff. 11/3/2011. Former Sec. 230 redesignated as Sec. 202.7; division (a) amended; former division (b)(2) deleted and former division (b)(3) redesignated as (b) (2); Ord. 22-15, Eff. 3/22/2015. SEC. 202.8. LIMITATION ON CONVERSION OF PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND REPAIR USE, INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNITY USE, AND ARTS ACTIVITIES USE. The following controls shall apply in the following Eastern Neighborhoods Plans Areas: Mission; Eastern SoMa; Western SoMa; and, if adopted, Central SoMa. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, conversion of building space where the prior use in such space was a Production, Distribution, and Repair (PDR) use of at least 5,000 square feet, an Institutional Community use of at least 2,500 square feet, or an Arts Activities use, all as defined in Section 102, through change in use or any other removal, including but not limited to demolition of a building that is not unsound, shall be subject to the following requirements; except that this Section 202.8 shall not apply to conversions of any use listed above to any other use listed above or to Institutional uses, in buildings under 25,000 ground floor square feet, in the areas that, as of July 1, 2016, were zoned SALI, MUO, SLI, MUG, or MUR: (a) To preserve the existing stock of building space suitable for PDR, Institutional Community, and Arts Activities uses, such conversion shall, if located within the following zoning districts, require conditional use authorization under Section 303 and the space proposed for conversion shall be replaced in compliance with the following criteria: (1) In the areas that, as of July 1, 2016, are zoned SALI, the replacement space shall include one square foot of PDR, Institutional Community, or Arts Activities use for each square foot of the use proposed for conversion. (2) In the areas that, as of July 1, 2016, are zoned UMU, MUO, or SLI, the replacement space shall include 0.75 square foot of PDR, Institutional Community, or Arts Activities use for each square foot of the use proposed for conversion. (3) In the areas that, as of July 1, 2016, are zoned MUG or MUR, the replacement space shall include 0.50 square foot of PDR, Institutional Community, or Arts Activities use for each square foot of the use proposed for conversion. (4) For any project located in the areas that, as of July 1, 2016, are zoned SALI, UMU, MUO, SLI, MUG, or MUR, that would convert at least 15,000 square feet of PDR, Institutional Community, or Arts Activities use, and for which an Environmental Evaluation application was submitted to the Planning Department by June 14, 2016, the replacement space shall include 0.4 square foot of PDR, Institutional Community, or Arts Activities use for each square foot of the use proposed for conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, should the Board of Supervisors overturn any such project’s environmental review on appeal, such project shall provide replacement space as re