Ordinance No. 0058-22
Ord. No. 0058-22
in effectFILE NO. 220000
ORDINANCE NO. 58-22
[Planning Code - Van Ness Special Use District - Exempting Institutional Community Use
Development from Limitation on Nonresidential Uses - 1750 Van Ness Avenue]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to exempt proposed new construction for an
Institutional Community Use at 1750 Van Ness Avenue, Assessor's Parcel Block No.
0622, Lot No. 019, from nonresidential use limitations of the Van Ness Special Use
District; affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California
Environmental Quality Act; and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare
findings under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with the
General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.
NOTE:
Unchanged Code text and uncodified text are in plain Arial font.
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Asterisks(* * * *) indicate the omission of unchanged Code
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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. 220000 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
(b) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board of Supervisors finds that the
amendment to the Planning Code proposed in this ordinance will serve the public necessity,
convenience, and welfare for the reasons set forth in Planning Commission Resolution No.
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21003, which is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File No. 220000.
(c) On September 30, 2021, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 21003,
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.
Section 2. Article 2 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section 243,
to read as follows:
SEC. 243. VAN NESS SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
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(c) Controls. All provisions of the Planning Code applicable to an RC-4 District shall
apply except as otherwise provided in this Section.
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(8) Limitation of Nonresidential Uses.
(A) Residential Uses; Ratio Established. In newly constructed
structures, nonresidential uses shall only be permitted if the ratio between the amount of net
additional occupied floor area for residential uses, as defined in this paragraph below, to the
amount of occupied floor area for nonresidential uses in excess of the occupied floor area of
structures existing on the site at the time the project is approved is 3 to 1 or greater. In
additions to existing structures that exceed 20% percent of the gross floor area of the existing
structure, nonresidential uses shall be permitted in the addition in excess of 20% percent only
if the ratio between the amount of occupied floor area for residential use, as defined in this
paragraph below, to the area of occupied floor area for nonresidential use is 3 to 1 or greater.
This residential use ratio shall not apply to fil_development sites in the Van Ness Special Use
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District that have less than 60 feet of street frontage on Van Ness Avenue and have no street
frontage other than the Van Ness Avenue frontage, or (ii) development consisting of new
construction proposed for an Institutional Community Use at 1750 Van Ness Avenue, Assessor's Parcel
Block 0622, Lot 019. For purposes of this Section, "nonresidential uses" shall mean any use not
defined as a Residential Use in Section 102 and principally or conditionally permitted in the
Van Ness Special Use District.
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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.
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
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/ Victoria Wong
VICTORIA WONG
Deputy City Attorney
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City and County of San Francisco
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Ordinance
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
File Number:
220000
Date Passed: April 05, 2022
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to exempt proposed new construction for an Institutional
Community Use at 1750 Van Ness Avenue, Assessor's Parcel Block No. 0622, Lot No. 019, from
nonresidential use limitations of the Van Ness Special Use District; affirming the Planning
Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making public
necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of
consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.
March 14, 2022 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED
March 22, 2022 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 11 - Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar. Melgar. Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai,
Stefani and Walton
April 05, 2022 Board of Supervisors - Fl NALLY PASSED
Ayes: 11 - Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai,
Stefani and Walton
File No. 220000
London N. Breed
Mayor
City and County of San Francisco
Pagel
I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on
4/5/2022 by the Board of Supervisors of the
City and County of San Francisco.
Angela Calvillo
Clerk of the Board
Date Approved
Printed at 8:47 am 011 416122
References
amendsSec. 243
amendsSec. 244
amendsSec. 244.1
amendsSec. 247
amendsSec. 248
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