249.85
1550 EVANS AVENUE SPECIAL USE DISTRICT
San Francisco Planning Code · SF Planning Code § 249.85
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SEC. 249.85. 1550 EVANS AVENUE SPECIAL USE DISTRICT. (a) A Special Use District entitled the 1550 Evans Avenue Special Use District (“1550 Evans SUD” or “SUD”), consisting of Assessor’s Parcel Block 5203, Lot 035 and shown on Special Use District Map SU08 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, is hereby established for the purposes set forth in subsection (b). (b) Purposes. The purposes of the 1550 Evans SUD are to facilitate the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s development of the Southeast Community Center Project and to allow uses beyond the immediate plans for the Southeast Community Center in order to reflect changing community needs for a publicly owned site over time. Thus, in addition to the Southeast Community Center Project and uses otherwise allowed in the PDR-2 zoning district, the SUD will allow below market rate Residential Buildings as set forth in subsection (c). (c) Controls. In the 1550 Evans SUD, exceptions from otherwise applicable requirements of this Code may be appropriate to further the goals set forth in this Section 249.85. Therefore, applicable provisions of the Planning Code shall apply to the 1550 Evans SUD except as otherwise provided in this Section. In the event of a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section, this Section shall control. (1) Principally Permitted Uses. In addition to the uses that are otherwise permitted as principal or conditional uses in the PDR-2 zoning district in which the 1550 Evans Avenue property is located, the SUD shall allow the following uses as principally permitted uses: Institutional Community Uses (including but not limited to Child Care Facilities and Public Facilities providing multi-purpose rooms, classrooms, parks and open space, and event spaces); Institutional Education Uses; Restaurants; Limited Restaurants; Arts Activities; and below market rate Residential Buildings. (2) Residential Density. Density of residential uses in the 1550 Evans SUD shall not be limited by lot area; rather, residential density in the SUD shall be subject to the applicable requirements and restrictions set forth elsewhere in this Code, including but not limited to, height, bulk, setbacks, open space, exposure, and unit mix, as well as any applicable design guidelines and the elements and area plans of the General Plans. (3) Accessory Parking. Parking uses in the SUD shall be exempt from the accessory parking limits set forth in Planning Code Section 151.1(c). (4) Demolition of Industrial Buildings. The requirements set forth in Planning Code Section 202.7 (Demolition of Industrial Buildings in PDR Districts, Replacement Requirements) shall not apply in the 1550 Evans SUD. (Added by Ord. 306-18, File No. 180935, App. 12/21/2018, Eff. 1/21/2019; amended by Ord. 245-25, File No. 250701, App. 12/12/2025, Eff. 1/12/2026, Oper. 1/12/2026) AMENDMENT HISTORY Division (c)(3) amended; Ord. 245-25, Eff. 1/12/2026.
SEC. 249.86. 3333 CALIFORNIA STREET SPECIAL USE DISTRICT. (a) Location. A Special Use District entitled the 3333 California Special Use District (“SUD”), the general boundaries of which are California Street to the north, Presidio Avenue to the east, Masonic Avenue to the southeast, Euclid Avenue to the south, and Laurel Street/Mayfair Drive to the west, as more specifically shown on Section Map SU03 of the Zoning Maps of the City and County of San Francisco, is hereby established for the purpose set forth below. (b) Purpose. The purpose of the SUD is to facilitate the development of a mixed use project in a transit-rich location with residential, non-residential, child care, open space, and related uses, and to give effect to the Development Agreement for the 3333 California Street Mixed-Use Development Project, as approved by the Board of Supervisors in the ordinance in File No. 190845. The SUD will provide benefits to the City including but not limited to: replacement of a large-scale office building with a series of smaller buildings designed to be consistent with the scale and character of the neighborhood; construction of hundreds of new housing units, including family-sized units and on-site senior housing with affordability levels exceeding on- site City requirements; an on-site child care facility; and construction and maintenance of new, publicly accessible open spaces and new connections to the surrounding street grid, including new pedestrian connections, and other street and streetscape improvements. (c) Development Controls. Applicable provisions of the Planning Code shall apply to the SUD except as otherwise provided in this Section 249.86. In the event of a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section, the provisions of this Section shall control. (1) Additional Permitted Uses. In addition to the uses permitted in the RM-1 zoning district, the non-residential land use controls of the NC-S zoning district shall apply for the first and second story of all buildings with frontage on California Street, except that the following uses shall be principally permitted on such floors: (A) Flexible Retail Uses; (B) Social Service or Philanthropic Facilities; and, (C) Arts Activities. (2) Uses Not Permitted. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Code, the following uses shall not be permitted in the SUD: (A) Automotive Service; (B) Drive-Up Facility; and, (C) Mortuary. (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the following uses shall require conditional use authorization pursuant to the provisions of Section 303: (A) Liquor Store; (B) Massage, Chair/Foot; and, (C) Neighborhood Agriculture. (4) In addition to the restrictions set forth in this subsection (c), the hours of operation for commercial uses within the SUD shall be from 6:00am to 12:00am. (5) Usable Open Space Requirements. Usable open space required under Section 135 has been designed on an SUD-wide basis. The open space requirement shall be met through a combination of private and common usable open spaces, as defined in Section 135, that will be associated with individual buildings as well as approximately 56,000 square feet of privately owned, publicly accessible parks and plazas that will be counted as common usable open space, provided such space is otherwise compliant with Section 135(g) and developed in accordance with the Development Agreement for the project, including without limitation, Schedule 1 (Community Benefits Linkages and impact Fee Schedule) thereof. The open space plan depicted below in this subsection (c)(2) generally sets forth the approximate location and size of such privately owned, publicly accessible open space. Accordingly, compliance with usable open space requirements for any building in the SUD shall be evaluated on a project-wide basis and for consistency with the terms of the Development Agreement. Upon expiration or termination of the Development Agreement, the then-applicable open space requirements of the Planning Code shall apply to any future development, provided however, that any building which has satisfied its open space requirements in accordance with this subsection (c)(2) prior to the expiration of the Development Agreement shall be deemed to be Code- conforming as to open space requirements and shall not constitute a noncomplying structure or nonconforming use under the provisions of Article 1.7, notwithstanding the expiration of the Development Agreement. [image] (6) Off-Street Parking. Article 1.5 of this Code shall apply to this SUD, except as follows: (A) Child Care Facility Parking. Off-street parking spaces for any child care facility shall be permitted at a rate of 1.5 parking spaces for each nine children who could be accommodated in the child care facility under the applicable child care licensing requirements. (B) Affordable Housing Parking. Off-street parking spaces for any building containing residential uses, all of which are 100% affordable housing units (with the exception of the manager’s unit), shall be permitted at a rate of no more than 0.5 parking spaces per unit. (7) Inclusionary Housing. For so long as the Development Agreement is in effect, the affordable housing requirements of the Development Agreement shall govern. Upon expiration or termination of the Development Agreement, the then-applicable Inclusionary Affordable Housing requirements set forth in Planning Code Sections 415 et seq., as amended from time to time, shall apply to any future development, without reference to the date of any earlier development application. (8) Child Care Requirements. For so long as the Development Agreement is in effect, the Child Care requirements of the Development Agreement shall govern. Upon expiration or termination of the Development Agreement, the then-applicable Child Care requirements set forth in Planning Code Sections 414 and 414A et seq., as amended from time to time, shall apply to any future development, without reference to the date of any earlier development application. (9) Director Determination. During the term of the Development Agreement, all site and/or building permit applications for construction of new buildings or alterations of, or additions to existing structures (“Applications”) submitted to the Department of Building Inspection shall be forwarded to the Planning Department for consistency review. For purposes of this subsection (c)(6), Applications do not include any interior modifications or alterations, provided however, that any such modification or alteration shall otherwise comply with the applicable requirements of the Planning Code. In no event may the Planning Director or Planning Commission approve an Application that is not in substantial conformance with this Section 249.86, the Development Agreement, or any conditional use authorization and planned unit development authorization. (10) Discretionary Review. No requests for discretionary review shall be accepted or heard for projects within the SUD. (Added by Ord. 275-19, File No. 190844, App. 11/27/2019, Eff. 12/28/2019, Oper. 12/28/2019) SEC. 249.87. POTRERO POWER STATION SPECIAL USE DISTRICT. (a) Purpose and Boundaries. A Special Use District entitled the “Potrero Power Station Special Use District” (the SUD) is hereby established, generally bounded by 22nd Street and the southern portion of the newly created Craig Lane to the north, the San Francisco Bay to the east, 23rd Street to the south, and Illinois Street to the west, in the southeast part of San Francisco. The precise boundaries of the SUD are shown on Sectional Map SU08 of the Zoning Map. The purpose of the SUD is to implement the land use controls for the Potrero Power Station Mixed-Use Project, which is subject to a Development Agreement, approved by the Board of Supervisors in the ordinance contained in Board File No. 200040. The Project will provide several benefits to the City, such as a significant amount of publicly accessible open space and Community Facilities, increased public access to the waterfront, neighborhood- serving retail, extensive infrastructure improvements, and affordable housing, while creating jobs, housing, and a vibrant community. (b) Role of the Port. Within the SUD, certain open space properties are subject to the jurisdiction of the Port of San Francisco. The Developer will develop, operate and maintain the public parks and open spaces subject to the Public Trust in accordance with a lease with the Port. A copy of the lease with the Port is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in Board File No. 200217. (c) Relationship to Other Planning Code Provisions. Applicable provisions of the Planning Code shall control except as otherwise provided in this Section 249.87. If there is a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section 249.87, this Section 249.87 shall prevail. (d) Relationship to Design for Development. The Design for Development, adopted by the Planning Commission by Motion No. 26038 on January 30, 2020, and as may be