249.95

900 KEARNY STREET SPECIAL USE DISTRICT

San Francisco Planning Code · SF Planning Code § 249.95

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SEC. 249.95. 900 KEARNY STREET SPECIAL USE DISTRICT. (a) Purpose. The 900 Kearny Street Special Use District is intended to facilitate the reuse of the ground and basement floors of 900 Kearny Street, which were previously occupied by a Formula Retail Financial Services Use that vacated the space in 2021. (b) Location. The 900 Kearny Street Special Use District consists of Assessor’s Block 0176, Lot 011. Its boundaries are shown on Special Use District Map SU01 of the Zoning Map, and consists of the area within a perimeter established by Columbus Street to the east, Jackson Street to the south, and Kearny Street to the west, and adjacent to the Sentinel Building/Columbus Tower to the north. (c) Controls. Applicable provisions of the Planning Code shall apply to the 900 Kearny Street Special Use District except as otherwise provided in this Section 249.95. In the event of a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section, this Section shall control. (1) Non-Retail Professional Services Uses shall be permitted on all floors, including the First Story and Basement. (2) The non-residential use size limits and use size maximums in Sections 121.4 and 810 shall not apply to Non-Retail Professional Services Uses. (3) Arts Activities Uses shall be permitted on all floors. (4) An enclosed building addition is permitted at the roof level provided it is 1) no more than 735 square feet, 2) no more than 11 feet above the finished roof, and 3) only occupied as an Arts Activities Use, subject to the following provisions. Such a building addition is permitted notwithstanding the bulk limits of Section 270, the sun access requirements of Section 132.3, the height limit exemptions for the features specified in Section 260(b), and the limit on the horizontal area for the features specified in Section 260(b)(1). However, such a building addition shall be included in the calculations of the horizontal area for any other proposed building additions or features to determine if other such additions or features meet applicable Code requirements. (Added by Ord. 60-24, File No. 231006, App. 3/27/2024, Eff. 4/27/2024; amended by Ord. 105-24, File No. 240260, App. 5/24/2024, Eff. 6/24/2024) AMENDMENT HISTORY Division (c)(4) added; Ord. 105-24, Eff. 6/24/2024. SEC. 249.96. WAWONA STREET AND 45TH AVENUE CULTURAL CENTER SPECIAL USE DISTRICT. (a) General. A special use district entitled the “Wawona Street and 45th Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District” consisting of Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 2513, Lot No. 026, is hereby established for the purposes set forth below. The boundaries of the Wawona Street and 45th Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District are designated on Sectional Map No. SU13 of the Zoning Map. (b) Purpose. The purpose of this special use district is to provide for the development of a community center with related educational, cultural, social, entertainment, recreational, and retail uses to serve both the immediate neighborhood and the larger San Francisco community. (c) Development Controls. Applicable provisions of the Planning Code shall control except as otherwise provided in this Section 249.96. If there is a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section 249.96, this Section 249.96 shall prevail. (1) The following uses and use categories shall be permitted as principal uses on all floors: General Office, Institutional, Retail Sales and Service, Wireless Telecommunications Facility, and Nighttime Entertainment. (2) The provisions of Planning Code Sections 121.1 (Development of Large Lots, Neighborhood Commercial Districts) and 121.2 (Non-Residential Use Size Limits in Neighborhood Commercial and Neighborhood Commercial Transit Districts) shall not apply. (3) For the purposes of compliance with Planning Code Section 169 (Transportation Demand Management Program), development projects shall be subject to 30% of the applicable target. All other provisions of Section 169 shall apply. (4) The applicable height limit shall be 100 feet. (d) Additional Exceptions. The following exceptions from otherwise applicable requirements of the Planning Code may be appropriate to further the purpose of the Wawona Street and 45th Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District. The Planning Commission may authorize the following exceptions from Planning Code requirements through a Conditional Use