962
OFF-STREET PARKING IN MB-O AND MB-CI DISTRICTS
San Francisco Planning Code · SF Planning Code § 962
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SEC. 962. OFF-STREET PARKING IN MB-O AND MB-CI DISTRICTS. (a) Amount. The maximum amount of off-street parking permitted in the MB-O and MB-CI Districts is an amount equal to one space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area (as defined in Section 923(b)) of uses permitted in the districts plus one space for each live/work unit excluded from gross floor area pursuant to Section 923(b)(4), except for property zoned MB-CI located east of Owens Street for which the maximum amount of off-street parking shall be equal to 2.5 spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. There is no minimum
parking requirement. (b) Location. Parking may be located under-ground, in surface lots, above grade in office and commercial-industrial buildings or in above-grade parking structures. Parking in above- grade structures may serve more than one building and may be located anywhere in the same district as the use which it serves. In the MB-O District no more than 55 percent of the off- street parking may be provided above grade. Parking which is below ground level by half a parking level or more shall be excluded from this calculation. (c) Preferential Use. Short-term business visitor parking and vanpool and carpool commuter parking shall be given preference in the use of the off-street parking spaces which are provided pursuant to this Section. This preference shall be implemented in the manner provided in the Parking Management component of the Mission Bay Transportation Management Program, a part of the Mission Bay Plan. (Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91; amended by Ord. 249-97, App. 6/18/97) SEC. 963. OFF-STREET PARKING IN THE MB-H DISTRICT. (a) Amount. The number of off-street parking spaces required in the MB-H district shall be as provided for districts other than NC Districts in Table 151.1 of Section 151.1. Additional parking is permitted provided that the number does not exceed an amount equal to one space for each three guest bedrooms. (b) Location. Parking shall be located on site and underground. (Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91; amended by Ord. 245-25, File No. 250701, App. 12/12/2025, Eff. 1/12/2026, Oper. 1/12/2026) AMENDMENT HISTORY Division (a) amended; Ord. 245-25, Eff. 1/12/2026. SEC. 964. OFF-STREET PARKING IN MB-CF DISTRICTS. The number of off-street parking spaces required for various uses permitted in the MB-CF Districts shall be the number of spaces specified for the particular use in Table 151.1 in Section 151.1 of this Code, calculated in the manner provided in Section 153. (Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91; amended by Ord. 245-25, File No. 250701, App. 12/12/2025, Eff. 1/12/2026, Oper. 1/12/2026) AMENDMENT HISTORY Section amended; Ord. 245-25, Eff. 1/12/2026. SEC. 965. OFF-STREET PARKING IN MB-OS DISTRICTS. In the MB-OS District there is no off-street parking requirement for recreation uses or for the small scale convenience retail uses in Crescent Park as generally indicated in the Mission Bay Plan. The maximum number of parking spaces for the houseboat community on the southern edge of China Basin Channel shall be fifty spaces, located in accordance with the provisions of Recreation and Open Space Design Guidelines Section 5 (Channel Edge at Houseboats) of the Mission Bay Plan. (Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91) SEC. 966. OFF-STREET PARKING, CALCULATIONS, DIMENSIONS AND STANDARDS. Rules for calculating of required spaces shall be as provided in Section 153 (a)1 - 5 and (b). The minimum dimensions for required off street parking spaces shall be as provided in Section 154 and the general standards for their location and arrangement shall be as provided in subsections (h) through (o) of Section 155, except as otherwise provided in Sections 960 through 967. (Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91) SEC. 967. SCREENING OF OFF-STREET PARKING. Off-street parking areas in Mission Bay Use Districts shall be screened from view as provided in the Mission Bay Plan. Housing Design Guideline Section 2.14 applies in MB-R districts and Commercial and Industrial Design Guideline Section 2.13 applies in all other districts. (Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91) SEC. 968. OFF-STREET FREIGHT LOADING AND SERVICE VEHICLE SPACES. (a) Permit Required in MB-O, MC-CI, MB-H, and MB-CF Districts. Off-street freight loading spaces shall be provided in MB-O, MB-CI, MB-H and MB-CF Districts in the minimum quantities specified in the following table, except as otherwise provided in Sections 153(a)6 and 161 of this Code. The measurement of gross floor area shall be as defined in Section 102.9 and Section 953(b), except that non-accessory parking spaces and driveways and their incidental maneuvering areas shall not be counted. TABLE 968 OFF-STREET FREIGHT LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS IN MB-NC-S, MB-O, MB-CI, MB-H AND MB-CF DISTRICTS Use or Activity Gross Floor Area of Structure or Use (square feet) Number of Off-street Freight Loading Spaces Required Use or Activity Gross Floor Area of Structure or Use (square feet) Number of Off-street Freight Loading Spaces Required