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SEC. 996. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN ARTICLE 9. (a) Terms Defined Elsewhere in the Planning Code. The definition of terms contained in Section 102 shall apply to those terms as used in Article 9, except to the extent expressly modified in Article 9. (b) Definition of Terms Used only in Article 9. This subsection (b) provides definitions for certain terms which are used in this Article 9 and not elsewhere in this Code, as follows. (1) Development Block. Development block refers to the preliminary division of property in Mission Bay districts as shown on Figure 1. The development blocks may be reconfigured and redivided as part of the formal subdivision of property, which occurs from time to time, pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Code. (1-a) Family Day Care. Family day care means child care services provided in a private residence in a manner which does not require a license under State law. (2) Houseboat Community. The houseboat community is a group of 55 houseboats and pleasure boats moored in the southwestern portion of China Basin Channel under a lease with the Port of San Francisco. (3) Live/Work Unit (Any Permitted Work Activity). Live/work unit (any permitted work activity) means a Live/Work Use, as defined in Section 102, in which the Non-Residential Use or Uses are limited to Uses in this district which are Principally Permitted Uses or are Conditional Uses and approved as Conditional Uses. (4) Mid-block Lane. A mid-block lane is an Alley as defined in Section 102 which meets the design and location standards established in the Mission Bay Plan. (5) Mid-block Park. A midblock park is an area of usable public open space within a block bounded by public streets which meets the design and location standards in the Housing and Open Space Design Guidelines of the Mission Bay Plan. (6) Mission Bay Development Agreement. The Mission Bay Development Agreement refers to the agreement between Catellus Development Company and the City and County of San Francisco dated (insert date), 1990, as amended from time to time. (7) Park Pathway. A park pathway is a park-like strip which meets the design and location standards established in Recreation and Open Space Design Guidelines in the Mission Bay Plan. (8) Perimeter Dwelling Unit. A perimeter dwelling unit is a dwelling unit which (i) is located at the lowest story of a building which is entirely above grade, (ii) faces a street or mid block lane and (iii) abuts and screens the parking serving uses in the building in which the unit is located. (9) Small Scale Convenience Retail Uses. Small scale convenience retail uses are retail uses on the ground story of a residential structure which are oriented primarily to a walk-in trade and are intended to provide a limited range of convenience retail goods and services to meet the frequent and recurring needs of nearby residents and users of adjacent open spaces. Such uses are permitted around the perimeter of the MB-R Districts, generally near public open spaces in location generally indicated, for illustrative purposes only, in Figure 14 in the Mission Bay Plan. (10) Single Development Project. A single development project refers to development of more than one development block or lot for which complete building permit applications for all of the units authorized for such blocks or lots were filed at the same time by the same person or entity. (11) Story. A Story is as defined in Section 102 except that parking which is depressed one-half level below grade shall not be considered to constitute a story. (12) Public Transportation Facility. “Public Transportation Facility” shall mean: (A) all rail transportation facilities, including without limitation, passenger terminal facilities, freight facilities, rail rights-of-way, railroad easements, main line corridors, drill tracks, spur tracks, and other railroad, communication, and transportation facilities ancillary thereto, whether publicly or privately owned, operated, or licensed by, among others, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, the Department of Transportation of the State of California, the Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board, and any successors and assigns (collectively, the “Operators”), which lawfully exist as of the Effective Date of Ordinance No. 63-91 (this ordinance), as well as future modifications which may be required by law or are otherwise deemed necessary or desirable by the owner/operator due to a change in rail transportation use, technology, or method of operation, provided that any new buildings or substantial additions to existing buildings accessory to such future rail transportation facilities uses shall not be included within the meaning of this term; and (B) all Municipal Railway facilities, when in conformity with the General Plan. (Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91; amended by Ord. 202-18, File No. 180557, App. 8/10/2018, Eff. 9/10/2018; Ord. 136-21, File No. 210674, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021) AMENDMENT HISTORY Divisions (a), (b), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(11), and (b)(12) amended; Ord. 202-18, Eff. 9/10/2018. Division (b)(3) amended; Ord. 136-21, Eff. 9/4/2021. PART XVI

SEVERABILITY SEC. 999. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of Section 109 apply to this Article 9. (Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91) ARTICLE 10: PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL AND AESTHETIC LANDMARKS Sec. 1001. Purposes. Sec. 1002. Powers and Duties of Planning Department and Historic Preservation Commission. Sec. 1003. Historic Preservation Commission. Sec. 1004. Designation of Landmarks and Historic Districts. Sec. 1004.1. Nomination and Initiation of Landmark and Historic District Designation. Sec. 1004.2. Decision by the Historic Preservation Commission. Sec. 1004.3. Designation by Board of Supervisors. Sec. 1004.4. Appeal to Board of Supervisors. Sec. 1004.5. Notice of Designation by Board of Supervisors. Sec. 1004.6. Notice of Amendment or Rescission of Designation. Sec. 1005. Conformity and Permits. Sec. 1006. Certificate of Appropriateness Required. Sec. 1006.1. Applications for Certificate of Appropriateness. Sec. 1006.2. Review by Planning Department. Sec. 1006.3. Scheduling and Notice of Hearing. Sec. 1006.4. Conduct of Hearing; Decision. Sec. 1006.5. Nature of Historic Preservation Commission Decision. Sec. 1006.6. Standards for Review of Applications. Sec. 1006.7. Appeals of a Certificate of Appropriateness. Sec. 1007. Unsafe or Dangerous Conditions. Sec. 1008. Compliance with Maintenance Requirements. Sec. 1009. Advice and Guidance to Property Owners. Sec. 1010. Property Owned by Public Agencies. Sec. 1011. Recognition of Structures of Merit. Sec. 1012. Referral of Certain Matters. Sec. 1013. Enforcement and Penalties. Sec. 1014. Applicability. Sec. 1015. Severability. Appendix A List of Designated Landmarks. Appendix B Jackson Square Historic District. Appendix C Webster Street Historic District. Appendix D Northeast Waterfront Historic District. Appendix E Alamo Square Historic District. Appendix F Liberty-Hill Historic District. Appendix G Telegraph Hill Historic District. Appendix H Blackstone Court Historic District. Appendix I South End Historic District. Appendix J Civic Center Historic District. Appendix K Bush Street-Cottage Row Historic District. Appendix L Dogpatch Historic District. Appendix M Market Street Masonry Historic District. Appendix N Duboce Park Historic District. Appendix O Clyde and Crooks Warehouse District. Appendix P. Chula-Abbey Early Residential District. Appendix Q. Alert Alley Early Residential District.

Editor's Note: See also Article 11, "Preservation of Buildings and Districts of Architectural, Historical, and Aesthetic Importance in the C-3 Districts." SEC. 1001. PURPOSES. It is hereby found that structures, sites and areas of special character or special historical, architectural or aesthetic interest or value have been and continue to be unnecessarily destroyed or impaired, despite the feasibility of preserving them. It is further found that the prevention of such needless destruction and impairment is essential to the health, safety and general welfare of the public. The purpose of this legislation is to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the public through: (a) The protection, enhancement, perpetuation and use of structures, sites and areas that are reminders of past eras, events and persons important in local, State or national history, or which provide significant examples of architectural styles of the past or are landmarks in the history of architecture, or which are unique and irreplaceable assets to the City and its