Planning Code - Nighttime Entertainment Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District
Ord. No. 0225-23
in effectFILE NO. 220709
AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
10/16/2023
ORDINANCE NO.
225-23
[Planning Code - Nighttime Entertainment Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to change the zoning controls in the Castro
Street Neighborhood Commercial District to exclude Article 10 Landmark buildings
from use size limitation and allow Nighttime Entertainment with a Conditional Use
authorization on the second floor; affirming the Planning Department's determination
under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency
with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1,
and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code,
Section 302.
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Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco:
Section 1. Findings.
(a) The Planning Department has determined that the actions contemplated in this
ordinance comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources
Code Sections 21000 et seq.). Said determination is on file with the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors in File No. 220709 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
Supervisors Mandelman; Dorsey
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(b) On June 15, 2023, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 21333, adopted
findings that the actions contemplated in this ordinance are consistent, on balance, with the
City's General Plan and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. The Board
adopts these findings as its own. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors in File No. 220709, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board of Supervisors finds that this
ordinance will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare for the reasons set forth in
Planning Commission Resolution No. 21333, and incorporates such reasons by this reference
thereto. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File
No. 220709, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Article 7 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section 715,
to read as follows:
SEC. 715. CASTRO STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
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Table 715. CASTRO STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
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Zoning Category
§ References
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NON-RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
Development Standards
Floor Area Ratio
Supervisors Mandelman; Dorsey
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§§ 102, 123, 124
Controls
3.0 to 1
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Use Size
§§ 102, 121.2
P to 1,999 square feet; C 2,000
square feet to 3,999 square feet;
NP(1) 4,000 square feet and above
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Controls by Story
1st
I
2nd I
3rd+
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Entertainment, Arts and Recreation Use Category
Entertainment, Arts and
§ 102
NP
NP
NP
Recreation Uses*
Arts Activities
§ 102
p
p
p
Entertainment, General
§ 102
p
p
NP
Entertainment, Nighttime
§ 102
C
CNF
NP
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* Not listed below
(1) USE SIZE EXEMPTION
Per Planning Code Section 121.2(b), Use Size shall generally not exceed 4,000 square feet
except that a Child Care Facility, School, Post-Secondary Educational Institution, Religious
Institution, Social Service or Philanthropic Facility, Community Facility, or a Residential Care
Facility as defined in Section 102 that is operated by a non-profit and is neighborhood-serving
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may exceed 4,000 square feet by Conditional Use authorization. The non-residential use size
limitation shall not apply to Article 10 Landmark buildings located in the Castro NCO
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Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after
enactment. Enactment occurs when the Mayor signs the ordinance, the Mayor returns the
ordinance unsigned or does not sign the ordinance within ten days of receiving it, or the Board
of Supervisors overrides the Mayor's veto of the ordinance.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAVID CHIU, City Attorney
By:
/s/ Robb Kapla
ROBB KAPLA
Deputy City Attorney
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Ordinance
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File Number:
220709
Date Passed: October 31, 2023
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to change the zoning controls in the Castro Street
Neighborhood Commercial District to exclude Article 10 Landmark buildings from use size limitation
and allow Nighttime Entertainment with a Conditional Use authorization on the second floor; affirming
the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making
findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section
101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
October 02, 2023 Land Use and Transportation Committee - CONTINUED
October 16, 2023 Land Use and Transportation Committee -AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT
OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
October 16, 2023 Land Use and Transportation Committee - CONTINUED AS AMENDED
October 23, 2023 Land Use and Transportation Committee - REFERRED WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION AS COMMITTEE REPORT
October 24, 2023 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Preston, Ronen, Safai,
Stefani and Walton
Noes: 1 - Peskin
October 31, 2023 Board of Supervisors - FINALLY PASSED
City and County of San Francisco
Ayes: 9 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Ronen, Safai, Stefani and
Walton
Noes: 1 - Peskin
Excused: 1 - Preston
Pagel
Printed at 11:52 am on 11/1/23
File No. 220709
London N. Breed
Mayor
City and County of San Francisco
Pagel
I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on
10/31/2023 by the Board of Supervisors of
the City and County of San Francisco.
Angela Calvillo
Clerk of the Board
Date Approved
Printed at 11: 51 am on 1111/13
References
amendsSec. 715
amendsSec. 716
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