Ordinance No. 0213-19
Ord. No. 0213-19
in effectFILE NO. 190812
ORDINANCE NO.
213-19
[Planning Code - Allowing Long-Term Parking of and Overnight Camping in Vehicles and
Ancillary Uses at 2340 San Jose Avenue]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow temporary long-term parking of and
overnight camping in vehicles, and ancillary uses including administrative offices,
restrooms, showering or bathing facilities, kitchen or other food preparation facilities,
and eating areas at 2340 San Jose Avenue, Assessor's Parcel Block No. 6973, Lot No.
039, subject to compliance with all other Municipal Code requirements, including but
not limited to requirements of the Overnight Safe Parking Pilot Program; affirming the
Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act;
making findings of consistency with the General Plan; and the eight priority policies of
Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making findings of public necessity, convenience,
and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
NOTE:
Unchanged Code text and uncodified text are in plain Arial font.
Additions to Codes are in single-underline italics Times New Roman font.
Deletions to Codes are in strikethrough italics Times }Inv Roman font.
Board amendment additions are in double-underlined Arial font.
Board amendment deletions are in strikethrough /\rial font.
Asterisks (* * * *) indicate the omission of unchanged Code
subsections or parts of tables.
Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco:
Section 1. Environmental and Land Use 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. 190812 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
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(b) On August 29, 2019, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 20507, 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. 190812, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, this Board finds that these Planning Code
amendments will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare for the reasons set
forth in Planning Commission Resolution No. 20507 and the Board incorporates such reasons
herein by reference. A copy of Planning Commission Resolution No. 20507 is on file with the
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Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File No. 190812.
Section 2. Factual Findings.
(a) On May 10, 2019, the City enacted Ordinance No. 82-19, creating the Safe
Overnight Parking Pilot Program to provide eligible vehicularly homeless persons a place to
park and sleep in their vehicles overnight, case management, and other services, to address
the increasing numbers of individuals residing in their vehicles.
(b) The 2019 San Francisco Homeless Point-in-Time Count and Survey estimates that
approximately 578 vehicles, including passenger vehicles, recreational vehicles ("RVs") and
vans, appear to be inhabited. According to housing rights advocates, these estimates are
conservative, and the actual number of people living temporarily or permanently in their
vehicles is much higher. The population of vehicularly homeless persons is diverse and
vulnerable, and includes families with children, young people, immigrants, the physically and
mentally disabled, seniors, veterans, the employed, and the underemployed.
(c) The Board of Supervisors finds that 2340 San Jose Avenue, Assessor's Block
6973, Lot 039, which is currently used as a parking lot, is a suitable site for implementation of
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the Safe Overnight Parking Pilot Program on a temporary basis, until the site is used for
construction of affordable housing. The Mayor's Office of Housing and Community
Development anticipates that construction of affordable housing on the site will begin in Fall
2020.
Section 3. The Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section 205.2, to read
as follows:
SEC. 205.2. TEMPORARY USES: ONE- OR TWO-YEAR LIMIT.
A temporary use may be authorized for a period not to exceed two years for any of the
following uses:
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(/) On Assessor's Block 6973, Lot 039, long-term parldng of and overnight camping in vehicles,
and ancillary uses in portable, temporary structures including administrative offices, restrooms,
showering or bathing facilities, ldtchen or other food preparation facilities, and eating areas, mav be
permitted, subject to compliance with all other Municipal Code requirements, including but not limited
to the Overnight Safe Parldng Pilot Program, Administrative Code Chapter 119, Article I.
Section 4. 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.
Section 5. Scope of Ordinance. In enacting this ordinance, the Board of Supervisors
intends to amend only those words, phrases, paragraphs, subsections, sections, articles,
numbers, punctuation marks, charts, diagrams, or any other constituent parts of the Municipal
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Code that are explicitly shown in this ordinance as additions, deletions, Board amendment
additions, and Board amendment deletions in accordance with the "Note" that appears under
the official title of the ordinance.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DENNIS J. HERRERA, City Attorney
By:
VICTORIA WOMG
Deputy City Attor~ey
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City and County of San Francisco
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Ordinance
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San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
File Number:
190812
Date Passed: September 17, 2019
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow temporary long-term parking of and overnight
camping in vehicles, and ancillary uses including administrative offices, restrooms, showering or
bathing facilities, kitchen or other food preparation facilities, and eating areas at 2340 San Jose
Avenue, Assessor's Parcel Block No. 6973, Lot No. 039, subject to compliance with all other
Municipal Code requirements, including but not limited to requirements of the Overnight Safe
Parking Pilot Program; affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California
Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight
priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making findings of public necessity,
convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
September 09, 2019 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED AS
COMMITTEE REPORT
September 10, 2019 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 11 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Walton and Yee
September 17, 2019 Board of Supervisors - FINALLY PASSED
Ayes: 11 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Walton and Yee
File No. 190812
London N. Breed
Mayor
City and County of San Fmncisco
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I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on
9/17/2019 by the Board of Supervisors of
the City and County of San Francisco.
cf: Angela
alvillo
Clerk of the Board
Date Approved
Printed at 10:19 am 0119118119
References
amendsSec. 205.1
amendsSec. 205.2
amendsSec. 205.3
amendsSec. 205.4
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