Planning Code and Zoning Map - Delete Life Science and Medical Special Use District

Ord. No. 0202-21

in effect

I I I 14l l 15! I I 17i 1. I 181 I I ! ! 20! I 21 i I I 2sl FILE NO. 210497 ORDINANCE NO. 202-21 [Planning Code and Zoning Map - Delete Life Science and Medical Special Use District] Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Zoning Map to eliminate the Life Science and Medical Special 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 101.1; and adopting 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 sinrde-underline italics Times New Roman font. Deletions to Codes are in strikethrough italics Times l1./e1·; Roman font. Board amendment additions are in double-underlined Arial font. Board amendment deletions are in strikethrough Arial 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. 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. 210497 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms this determination. (b) On July 22, 2021, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 20943, 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 Supervisor Walton BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page i 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. 210497, and is incorporated herein by reference. (c) This Board finds that this ordinance will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare, pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, for the reasons set forth in Planning Commission Resolution No. 20943 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. 210497. (d) The Life Science and Medical Special Use District does not serve the neighborhood and is not consistent with the policy of the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, specifically Policy 1.1.5, to create a buffer around the Dogpatch Neighborhood to protect against encroachment of larger office and life science research uses. There are office and life science uses that have located in this Special Use District that do not serve or contribute in a positive way to the neighborhood. These businesses also locate in spaces that may otherwise be available as PDR and maker spaces, resulting in a less diverse set of uses in an eclectic and vibrant community that has included car repair, artists, fish mongers, metal smiths, and yoga studios, to name a few. The neighborhood would like to encourage more neighborhood-serving uses such as a grocery store, dry cleaner, or a pharmacy open to the neighborhood. The Dogpatch community seeks to reduce the loss of its historical integrity and the destruction of the character of the neighborhood. Uses related to the UCSF campus nearby have displaced - and could continue to displace - some of the more diverse businesses, opportunities for these uses, as well as housing opportunities, in this area. Section 2. The Planning Code is hereby amended by deleting Section 249.36, as follows: SEC. 249.36. LIFE SCJEihlCEA1VD 11/EDICAL SPECL4L USE DISTRICT. Supervisor Walton BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 2 (a) Purpose. The Life Science and Aiedical Special Use District is intended to support uses that benefitfiwn proximity to the University of Califomia, San Francisco (llCSF) campus at i\1ission Bay. These uses include medical office and life science (biotechnology) uses. (b) Geography. The boundaries o,f the Life Science and A1edical Special Use District are shmvn on Sectional lvfap ]'lo. 8SU of the Zoning kfap. Generally, the-£rrea-bordcrs Mar-ipesa-St. -&n-the north, 23rd St. on the south, I 280 to the west, and 3rd St. to the east. Within this area, the Dogpatch Historic District is generally excluded. (c) Controls. Allprovisions of the Planning Code currently applicable shall continue to apply, except as otherwise provided in this Section 2. 49. 36: 1 0 (1) },1edical Services. },fedical services, including nwdical offices and clinics, as defined in Section 890.114, are a Principally Permitted Use and are exemptedfrom use size limitations, PDR replacement requirements (Sec. 202. 7), and vertical (floor by· floor) zoning controls (Sec. 803.9(/)). For the purposes of this Section, a medical service use may be affiliated with a hospital or medical center as defined in 890. 44. (2) Life Science Offices. Office uses that contain Life Science facilities, as defined in Section 890.53, are a Principally Permitted [Jse and are exemptec{jrom use size limitations, PDR replacement requirements (Sec. 202. 7), and vertical (floor by floor) zoning controls (Sec. 210. 3C and 803.9(/)). (3) Life Science Laboratories. Laboratories that engage in life science research and development, as defined in Section 890.52, are a Principally Permitted Use and are exemptcdftom use size limitations, PDR replacement requirements (Sec. 202. 7), and vertical (floor by floor) zoning controls (See. 210.3C and 803.9(/)). Section 2. The San Francisco Zoning Map, Sheet SU 08, is hereby amended by deleting the "Life Science and Medical SUD" from Zoning Map Sheet SU 08. Supervisor Walton BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 3 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. Section 4. 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 1 O 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: /s/ ~KA~T=E~H~.~s=T~A~C~Y~~~~~ Deputy City Attorney n:\legana\as2021\2100384\01529791 .docx Supervisor Walton BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 4 City and County of San Francisco Tails Ordinance City Hall I Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 File Number: 210497 Date Passed: November 02, 2021 Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Zoning Map to eliminate the Life Science and Medical Special 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 101.1; and adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. October 18, 2021 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED October 26, 2021 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING Ayes: 11 - Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani and Walton November 02, 2021 Board of Supervisors - Fl NALLY PASSED Ayes: 11 - Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani and Walton File No. 210497 London N. Breed Mayor City and County of San Francisco Page 1 I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on 11/2/2021 by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. Angela Calvillo Clerk of the Board Date Approved Printed at 3:06 pm 011 1113121

References

amendsSec. 249.35

amendsSec. 249.36

amendsSec. 249.37

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