FILE NO. 240070
ORDINANCE NO. 068-24
[Planning Code - Exceptions and Extensions for Existing Uses]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to modify offset requirement for heights
exceeding 30 feet in the Bernal Heights Special Use District; permit large movie theater
signage in the Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District; allow Medical Cannabis
Dispensaries to continue operating as Temporary Cannabis Retail Uses until
December 31, 2024; clarify eligibility for reduction in lnclusionary Housing
requirements; and correct an error in the Zoning Control Table for the Urban Mixed Use
District; 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; and making findings of public
necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302.
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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. 240070 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
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(b) On December 14, 2023, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 21469,
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. 240070, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board finds that this Planning Code
amendment will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare for the reasons set forth
in Planning Commission Resolution No. 210469, and the Board incorporates such reasons
herein by reference. A copy of said resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors in File No. 240070.
Section 2. Article 2 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section 242,
to read as follows:
SEC. 242. BERNAL HEIGHTS SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
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(e) Controls. All provisions of the Planning Code applicable to an RH-1, RH-1(S),
RH-2, and RH-3 District shall apply to applicable portions of the Special Use District except as
otherwise provided in this Section 242.
(1) Height Limits. No portion of a dwelling in any portion of this district shall
exceed a height of 30 feet except as provided below. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, the
heights limits in this subsection (e)(l) shall not apply to building permits for structures erected on Lots
055, 056, and 057 in Block 5526 approved before January 8, 2020.
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Section 3. Article 6 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section
607.1, to read as follows:
SEC. 607.1. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL-COMMERCIAL
DISTRICTS.
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(f) Business Signs. Business Signs, as defined in Section 602, shall be permitted in all
Neighborhood Commercial and Residential-Commercial Districts subject to the limits set forth
below.
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(2) RC, NC-2, NCT-2, NC-S, Inner Balboa Street, Outer Balboa Street,
Broadway, Castro Street, Inner Clement Street, Outer Clement Street, Cortland Avenue,
Divisadero Street, Excelsior Outer Mission Street, Fillmore Street, Upper Fillmore
Street, Folsom Street, Glen Park, Inner Sunset, Irving Street, Haight Street, Lower
Haight Street, Hayes-Gough, Japantown, Judah Street, Upper Market Street, Noriega
Street, North Beach, Ocean Avenue, Pacific Avenue, Polk Street, Regional Commercial
District, Sacramento Street, San Bruno Avenue, SoMa, Taraval Street, Inner Taraval
Street, Union Street, Valencia Street, 24th Street-Mission, 24th Street-Noe Valley, and
West Portal Avenue Neighborhood Commercial Districts.
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(B) Wall Signs. The Area of all Wall Signs shall not exceed two square
feet per foot of street frontage occupied by the use measured along the wall to which the
Signs are attached, or 100 square feet for each street frontage, whichever is less. The Height
of any Wall Sign shall not exceed 24 feet, & the height of the wall to which it is attached, or
the height of the lowest of any residential windowsill on the wall to which the Sig,qiJ. is attached,
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whichever is lower. Such Signs may be Nonilluminated, Indirectly Illuminated, or Directly
Illuminated.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, a Wall Sign for a Movie Theater
located within the Japantown NCD (i) shall not be higher than the height of the wall to which it is
attached, (ii) shall have an area not to exceed 150 square feet, i[it is located at a height of30 feet or
lower, {iii) shall have an area not to exceed 70 square feet, i[it is located at a height ofgreater than 30
feet, and (iv) may be located on any building face so long as the total number of such Signs does not
exceed the total number of streets on which the parcel containing the Movie Theater has frontage.
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Section 4. Articles 1.7 and 2 of the Planning Code are hereby amended by revising
Sections 190, 191, and 205.2, to read as follows:
SEC.190. CONVERSION OF MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES TO CANNABIS
RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS.
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(d) This Section 190 shall expire by operation of law on Januery I December 31, 2024.
Upon its expiration, the City Attorney -shtll-lis authorized to cause this Section 190 to be
removed from the Planning Code.
SEC.191. AUTHORIZATION OF TEMPORARY CANNABIS RETAIL USES.
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(b) This Section 191 shall expire by operation of law on Januery I December 31, 2024.
Upon its expiration, the City Attorney -shtll-lis authorized to cause this Section 191 to be
removed from the Planning Code.
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SEC. 205.2. TEMPORARY USES: ONE- TO SIXSEVEN-YEAR LIMIT.
A temporary use may be authorized for the following uses as specified below:
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(d) Temporary authorization for a period not to exceed ~seven years.
fe} Temporary Cannabis Retail Use, as provided by Section 191, to be authorized no
earlier than January 1, 2018 and to expire on Ja,ibtttry I December 31, 2024. This is the only
type of Temporary Use allowed for the sale of cannabis or cannabis products.
Section 5. Article 4 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section
415A.2, to read as follows:
SEC. 415A.2. DEFINITIONS.
The following terms shall have the following definitions:
"Pipeline Project" means a residential or live/work project that (1) is subject to the
lnclusionary Affordable Housing Ordinance, Planning Code Section 415.1 et seq., and (2) was
Finally Approved prior to November 1, 2023, and (3) has not been issued a First Construction
Document prior to November 1, 2023.
"Finally Approved" or "Final Approval" shall mean (1) approval of a project's first
Development Application, unless such approval is appealed; or (2) if a project only requires a
building permit, issuttnceplanning approval of the first site or building permit, unless such permit
is appealed; or (3) if the first Development Application or first site or building permit is
appealed, then the final decision upholding the Development Application, or first site or
building permit, on the appeal by the relevant City Board or Commission. "Finally Approved"
or "Final Approval" shall not include any modification of the approval under Section 415A.5.
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Section 6. Article 8 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section 838,
to read as follows:
SEC. 838. UMU - URBAN MIXED USE DISTRICT.
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Table 838
UMU - URBAN MIXED USE DISTRICT ZONING CONTROL TABLE
Zoning Category
§ References
Urban Mixed Use District Controls
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NON-RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Utility and Infrastructure Use Category
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Wireless Telecommunications § 102
Cf-1f(5)
Services Facility
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(3) Pup to 3,999 gross sq. ft. per use; C for 4,000 gross sq. ft. or greater per use. Not
subject to 3:1 ratio.
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(5) P in historic buildings per §803.9(c).
Section 7. Effective Date; Partial Retroactivity.
(a) 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.
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(b) Upon the effective date, Section 4 of this ordinance shall be retroactive to January
1, 2024. Sections 2, 3, 5, and 6 of the ordinance shall not be retroactive.
Section 8. 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
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:
DAVID CHIU, City Attorney
By:
/s/
AUSTIN YANG
Deputy City Attorney
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File Number:
240070
Date Passed: March 26, 2024
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to modify offset requirement for heights exceeding 30 feet in
the Bernal Heights Special Use District; permit large movie theater signage in the Japantown
Neighborhood Commercial District; allow Medical Cannabis Dispensaries to continue operating as
Temporary Cannabis Retail Uses until December 31, 2024; clarify eligibility for reduction in lnclusionary
Housing requirements; and correct an error in the Zoning Control Table for the Urban Mixed Use
District; 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; and making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to
Planning Code, Section 302.
March 11, 2024 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED
March 19, 2024 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Safai,
Stefani and Walton
Excused: 1 - Ronen
March 26, 2024 Board of Supervisors - Fl NALLY PASSED
City and County of San Francisco
Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen,
Safai, Stefani and Walton
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Printed at 9:16 am 0113/27/24
File No. 240070
London N. Breed
Mayor
City and County of San Francisco
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I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on
3/26/2024 by the Board of Supervisors of the
City and County of San Francisco.
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Angela Calvillo
Clerk of the Board
Date Approved
Printed at 9: 16 am 0113/27/24
