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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

Authorization: (1) Floor Area Ratio. The maximum Floor Area Ratio shall be 7.0:1. (2) Rear Yard Setbacks. The provisions of Section 134 do not apply, and thus there shall be no required rear yard. (3) Bulk. The applicable Bulk limits shall be a maximum length of 130 feet and a maximum diagonal of 176 feet, applying at a height of 40 feet and above. (e) Principal Permitted Use Under the Local Coastal Program. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code or the City and County’s Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan that identify principal permitted, conditional, and other types of uses, within the Wawona Street and 45th Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District, the principal permitted use for the purposes of California Public Resources Code Section 30603(a)(4) shall be Commercial, where, solely for the purposes of this Special Use District, that shall be understood to mean a community center with related educational, cultural, social, office, entertainment, recreational, wireless telecommunications services, and retail uses. The designation of the principal permitted use for the purpose of the Local Coastal Program does not alter the uses permitted on the site under the Planning Code or applicable requirements under the Planning Code to establish such uses. (Added by Ord. 241-23, File No. 230505, App. 12/13/2023, Eff. 1/13/2024, Oper. 7/11/2024; amended by Ord. 111-24, File No. 240228, App. 6/13/2024, Eff. 7/14/2024, Oper. 7/11/2024) AMENDMENT HISTORY Divisions (c)(4) and (e) added; divisions (d) and (d)(2) amended; Ord. 111-24, Eff. 7/14/2024. SEC. 249.97. PRIORITY EQUITY GEOGRAPHIES SPECIAL USE DISTRICT. (a) General. A Special Use District entitled the Priority Equity Geographies Special Use District (SUD) is hereby established, the boundaries of which are designated on Sectional Maps SU01, SU02, SU07, SU08, SU09, SU10, SU11, SU12, and SU13, of the Zoning Maps of the City and County of San Francisco. (b) Purpose. The Priority Equity Geographies SUD is comprised of areas or neighborhoods with a higher density of vulnerable populations. The 2022 Update of the Housing Element of the General Plan (2022 Housing Element) identifies several neighborhoods in the City that qualify as Priority Equity Geographies, based on the Department of Public Health’s Community Health Needs Assessment. The 2022 Housing Element encourages targeted direct investment in these areas, and identifies them as requiring improved access to well-paid jobs and business ownership; where the City needs to expand permanently affordable housing investment; where zoning changes must be tailored to serve the specific needs of the communities that live there; and where programs that stabilize communities and meet community needs need to be prioritized. The purpose of the Priority Equity Geographies SUD is to help implement the goals and policies outlined in the 2022 Housing Element. (c) Controls. In addition to all other applicable provisions of the Planning Code, the specific controls applicable in the Priority Equity Geographies SUD are set forth in Sections 311 and 317. (Added by Ord. 248-23, File No. 230446, App. 12/14/2023, Eff. 1/14/2024) SEC. 249.98. POTRERO YARD SPECIAL USE DISTRICT. (a) Location. A Special Use District entitled the Potrero Yard Special Use District (the “SUD”) is hereby established, comprising Lot 001 in Assessor’s Parcel Block 3971 (the “Project site”), located at 2500 Mariposa Street, to facilitate the purpose set forth in subsection 249.98(b). (b) Purposes. The purpose of the Potrero Yard SUD is to facilitate development of the Potrero Yard Modernization Project by allowing uses beyond San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s growing facility, maintenance, and operational needs, including residential uses and non-residential uses. The Potrero Yard Modernization Project will include the construction and operation of a modern, multi-story, efficient bus maintenance and storage facility equipped to serve the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s growing and future needs, as well as the construction of high-density residential development and ground floor commercial space. The controls set forth in this Section 249.98 shall be in addition to the requirements of any agreement between the City and another party for developing and operating uses at the site. (c) Controls. In addition to controls applicable to the Public District set forth in Planning Code Sections 211 et seq., applicable provisions of the Planning Code shall apply in the Potrero Yard SUD, except as otherwise provided in this Section 249.98. In the event of a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section 249.98, this Section 249.98 shall control. (d) Uses. (1) Public Uses. Public Facilities, including Public Transportation Facility and Public Utility Yard, shall be principally permitted uses. (2) Residential Uses. (A) Planned Unit Development. Residential Uses shall be authorized as a Planned Unit Development subject to Conditional Use Authorization in accordance with the provisions of Planning Code Sections 303 and 304. (B) Density. No density limit. Density is regulated by the permitted height and bulk, and required setbacks, exposure, and open space of each development lot. (3) Non-Residential Uses. On the first floor, the following non-residential uses shall be principally permitted or conditionally permitted as set forth in Table 838 of Planning Code Section 838, the Urban Mixed Use District Zoning District: all uses within the following use categories: “Sales and Service Category,” “Entertainment, Arts and Recreation Use Category,” “Industrial Use Category,” “Institutional Use Category”; and “Non-Retail Professional Services” use within the “Non-Retail Sales and Services Use Category.” All other uses and use categories in Table 838 shall not be permitted. Commercial Use Characteristics shall be principally permitted or conditionally permitted as set forth in Table 838. (e) Residential Development Controls. (1) Usable Open Space. Each dwelling unit shall have access to 80 square feet of private or common usable open space or 54 square feet of publicly accessible usable open space. In the event that Public Facilities or Public Transportation Facilities are constructed on portions of the building above 75 feet in height, the amount of usable open space required for each dwelling unit shall be reduced to 50 square feet of private or common usable open space. (2) Dwelling Unit Mix. Dwelling unit mix requirements shall be those applicable to the Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use Districts under Planning Code Section 207.6. Additional dwelling unit mix requirements may be determined by future agreement between the City and another party for developing and operating uses within the SUD. (3) Affordability. Additional affordability requirements may be determined by future agreement between the City and another party for developing and operating uses within the SUD. (f) Non-Residential Development Controls. The following controls shall apply to all non-residential uses within this SUD, except for public uses. (1) Street frontage requirements. The active use requirements in Planning Code subsection 145.1(c)(3) shall apply to non-public uses fronting on Bryant Street, 17th Street, and Hampshire Street. (2) Transparency requirements. The transparency requirements in Planning Code subsection 145(c)(6) shall apply to frontages with non-public, active uses. (3) Gates, railings, and grillwork requirements. The gates, railings, and grillwork requirements in Planning Code subsection 145.1(c)(7) shall apply. (4) Location and operating conditions. Location and operating conditions in accordance with Planning Code Section 202.2 shall apply. (5) Parking Requirements. Off-street parking is not required for the non-residential uses permitted under subsection 249.98(d)(3). (g) Building Standards. (1) Sign Regulations. The provisions of Planning Code Article 6 shall apply to all signs within this SUD. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the following signs are permitted. Such signs shall otherwise conform to the provisions of the Planning Code, and shall require any other applicable approvals, including, if necessary, an encroachment permit under Section