Planning Code - Massage Establishments in the Union Street NCO
Ord. No. 0219-18
in effectAMENDED IN COMMITTEE
FILE NO. 180053
7/23/2018
ORDINANCE NO. 219-18
[Planning Code - Massage Establishments in the Union Street NCO]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to conditionally permit Massage
Establishments, as defined, in the Union Street Neighborhood Commercial 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 findings of public convenience,
necessity, 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 strike#1rough italics Times New 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. 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. 180053 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
(b) On March 15, 2018, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 20135, 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
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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. 180053, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, this 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. 20135, and the Board incorporates such reasons
herein by reference.
Section 2. The Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section 725, to read as
follows:
SEC. 725. UNION STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
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I Massage Establishment
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* Not listed below
(1) {Note deleted.}_Existing massage establishments that can demonstrate to the
Zoning /\dministrator that they have been in operation prior to 12/31/17 need only do a
change of use under Section 312.
Any Massage Establishment that has continually operated without the benefit of a
building permit within the Union Street NCO since prior to December 31, 2017 shall not
require a Conditional Use authorization to legally establish the Massage Establishment.
However, such establishments must file a building permit application by May 1, 2020 to legally
establish the Massage Establishment use, and such building permit application will be subject
to neighborhood notification pursuant to Planning Code Section 311.
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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
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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.
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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:
180053
Date Passed: September 11, 2018
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to conditionally permit Massage Establishments, as
defined, in the Union Street Neighborhood Commercial 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 findings of
public convenience, necessity, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
July 23, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee -AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT
OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
July 23, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee - CONTINUED AS AMENDED
July 30, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED
September 04, 2018 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Tang and Yee
September 11, 2018 Board of Supervisors - FINALLY PASSED
City and County of San Francisco
Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Tang and Yee
Pagel
Printed at 12: 44 pm 011 9112118
File No. 180053
London N. Breed
Mayor
City and County of San Francisco
Pagel
I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on
9/11/2018 by the Board of Supervisors of
the City and County of San Francisco.
Date Approved
Printed at 12:44 pm 0119112118
References
amendsSec. 725
amendsSec. 726
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