263.17

SEC. 263.17. SPECIAL HEIGHT EXCEPTION: HAIGHT STREET SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIAL USE DISTRICT. (a) General. In the Haight Street Senior Affordable Housing Special Use District, located on Lots 11 and 14 in Assessor's Block 1234, as designated on Sectional Map No. 7H of the Zoning Map, located within the boundaries of the 40-X Height and Bulk District, exception to the 40-X limit up to a maximum of 60-X limit may be approved in accordance with the conditional use procedures and criteria provided in Section 303 of this Code, and the criteria and conditions set forth below. (b) Seniors Use and Affordability. In determining whether to allow exceptions under this Section, the Planning Commission shall, in addition to the criteria set forth in Section 303(c) of this Code, consider the extent to which the project seeking the exception would include units for seniors housing, and the extent to which such units would be affordable. (Added by Ord. 50-03, File No. 030156, App. 4/3/2003)

SEC. 263.18. SPECIAL HEIGHT AND BULK DISTRICT: TRANSBAY DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. Development controls, including height and bulk, in the "TB" bulk district are governed by the Development Controls and Design Guidelines for the Transbay Redevelopment Project document and companion documents as part of the Transbay Redevelopment Plan as approved by the Planning Commission on December 9, 2004 and January 13, 2005. Building heights, locations, setbacks, and bulk limits are specifically established in these documents. Building heights associated with bulk designation "TB" on Sectional Map No. 1H of the Zoning Map are generalized, and describe a range of building heights per block, with the largest number describing the maximum tower height per block, and the smallest number describing the lowest maximum building height per block. (Ord. 94-06, File No. 050182, App. 5/19/2006) Editor's Note: After the addition of this section to the Code, Ord. 72-08, approved 4/30/2008, enacted a new section with the same number as this section. That new section was redesignated 263.20 by the editor. SEC. 263.19. HEIGHT LIMITS: PERMITTED TOWER HEIGHTS IN THE R BULK DISTRICTS. (a) This Section 263.19(a) shall apply to R Bulk Districts, except for the R-4 Height and Bulk District. (1) Intent. The general development concept for R Bulk Districts is of podium buildings that vary from 65 to 170 feet in height depending on the district and location, with adequately spaced slender towers up to 650 feet in height rising above the podium buildings. (2) Maximum Height Controls for Podiums and Towers. In the R, R-2, and R-3 bulk districts as designated on Sectional Map No. HT01, HT02, and HT07 of the Zoning Map, maximum permitted building heights for both podiums and towers are expressed as two numbers separated by a slash. The number preceding the slash represents the height limit for podium buildings. The number following the slash represents the height limit for towers. No building may exceed the podium height limit except for towers meeting the bulk and tower spacing controls established in Section 270(e) and (f). (3) Maximum Height Controls for Podiums and Towers in the R-2 Bulk District and the Van Ness & Market Residential Special Use District. In the R-2 bulk district and within the Van Ness & Market Residential Special Use District, maximum permitted building heights for both podiums and towers are expressed as two sets of numbers separated by a double slash in the format described above, in subsection (a)(2). Each set of numbers represents the maximum heights for podium and tower applicable to the parcel and as regulated per subsection (a)(2) above as follows: The first set of numbers represents the principally permitted height limits for the parcel, both for the podium and for the tower. The second set of numbers after the double slash represents the maximum height limits for podium and tower that can be granted by the Planning Commission for that parcel through an exception pursuant to the procedures and findings of Section 309(a)(17). (b) This Section 263.19(b) shall apply to the R-4 Height and Bulk District. (1) Intent. The general development concept for the R-4 Height and Bulk District is for buildings that vary in height depending on the location, and in some locations providing for adequately spaced slender towers rising above the podiums of lower height(s). In addition to establishing bulk controls for all buildings in the district as further described in Section 270(i), the R-4 district implements the Housing Choice-San Francisco (HC-SF) program by providing for a secondary height limit for projects using the HC-SF Program per Section 206.10. (2) Maximum Height Controls for the HC-SF Program. In the R-4 Height and Bulk District, as designated on Sectional Maps Nos. HT01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, and 13 of the Zoning Map, the permitted building heights are expressed as two sets of numbers separated by a double slash. Preceding the double slash is the permitted building height limit for projects not using the HC-SF Program. Following the double slash is the height limit for projects using the HC-SF Program per Section 206.10. Where there is a set of two numbers separated by a single slash, the number preceding the single slash is the maximum height for podium buildings and the number following the single slash is the maximum tower height subject to the bulk and tower spacing controls of Section 270(i). The following represents an example of height limits subject to both podium and tower controls, and high limits for projects not using the HC-SF Program and projects using the HC-SF Program.

(Added by Ord. 217-05, File No. 050865, App. 8/19/2005; amended by Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; Ord. 126-20, File No. 200559, App. 7/31/2020, Eff. 8/31/2020; Ord. 245-25, File No. 250701, App. 12/12/2025, Eff. 1/12/2026, Oper. 1/12/2026) AMENDMENT HISTORY Section header and divisions (a) and (b) amended; division (c) added; Ord. 126-20, Eff. 8/31/2020. Section header amended; divisions (a)- (c) redesignated as (a)(1)-(3) and amended; new divisions (a), (b)-(b)(2) and image added; Ord. 245-25, Eff. 1/12/2026. SEC. 263.20. SPECIAL HEIGHT EXCEPTION: ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET HEIGHT FOR ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USES IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS AND ALL GROUND FLOOR USES IN THE R-4 HEIGHT AND BULK DISTRICT. (a) Intent. In order to encourage generous ground floor ceiling heights for commercial and other active uses, encourage additional light and air into ground floor spaces, allow for walk- up ground floor residential uses to be raised slightly from sidewalk level for privacy and usability of front stoops, and create better building frontage on the public street, up to an additional 5' of height is allowed along major streets in NCT districts, or in specific districts listed below, for buildings that feature either higher ground floor ceilings for non-residential uses or ground floor residential units (that have direct walk-up access from the sidewalk) raised up from sidewalk level. (b) Applicability. The special height exception described in this Section 263.20 shall only apply to projects that meet both of the following criteria: (1) project is located in a 30-X, 40-X, or 50-X Height and Bulk District, or in the R-4 Height and Bulk District with a height limit of 40, 50, or 80 feet, as designated on the Zoning Map;