AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
FILE NO. 180453
7/23/2018
ORDINANCE NO. 281-18
[Business and Tax Regulations, Planning Codes- Central South of Market Housing
Sustainability District]
Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations and Planning Codes to create
the Central South of Market Housing Sustainability District (encompassing an area
generally bounded on its western portion by Sixth Street, on its eastern portion by
Second Street, on its northern portion by the border of the Downtown Plan Area (an
irregular border that generally tracks Folsom, Howard, or Stevenson Streets), and on
its southern portion by Townsend Street) to provide a streamlined and ministerial
approval process for certain housing projects within the District meeting specific labor,
on-site affordability; and other requirements; creating an expedited Board of Appeals
process for appeals of projects within the District; and making approval findings under
the California Environmental Quality Act, findings of public convenience, necessity,
and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with the
General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.
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Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco:
Section 1. Environmental and Planning Code Findings.
(a) On May 10, 2018 after a duly noticed public hearing, the Planning Commission
certified the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Central SoMa Area
Plan (the Project) by Motion No. 20182, finding the Final EIR reflects the independent
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judgment and analysis of the City and County of San Francisco, is adequate, accurate and
objective, and contains no significant revisions to the Draft EIR, and the content of the report
and the procedures through which the Final EIR was prepared, publicized, and reviewed
comply with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public
Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.), the CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal. Code Regs.
Sections 15000 et seq.) and Chapter 31 of the Administrative Code. Copies of the Planning
Commission Motion and Final EIR are on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File
No. 180453 and are incorporated herein by reference.
(b) The Project evaluated in the Final EIR includes proposed amendments to the
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Planning Code, Administrative Code, and Zoning Map, as well as amendments to the General
Plan to adopt the Central South of Market ("Central SoMa") Area Plan and other related
amendments. The proposed Planning Code amendments and Business and Tax Regulations
Code amendments set forth in this ordinance are within the scope of the Project evaluated in
the Final EIR.
(c) At the same hearing during which the Planning Commission certified the Final EIR,
the Planning Commission adopted findings under CEQA regarding the Project's
environmental impacts, the disposition of mitigation measures, and project alternatives, as
well as a statement of overriding considerations (CEQA Findings) and adopted a mitigation
monitoring reporting program (MMRP), by Resolution No. 20188.
(d) At the same hearing, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 20188,
recommended the proposed Planning Code amendments for approval and adopted findings
that the actions contemplated in this ordinance creating the Central South of Market Housing
Sustainability District are consistent, on balance, with the City's General Plan and eight
priority policies of Planning Code Section 1 01.1. The Board adopts these findings as its own.
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A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File No.
180453, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(e) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board of Supervisors finds that the
Planning Code amendments and Business and Tax Regulations Code amendments will serve
the public necessity, convenience, and welfare for the reasons set forth in Planning
Commission Resolution No. 20188, and the Board incorporates such reasons herein by
reference.
(f) The Board of Supervisors has reviewed and considered the Final EIR and the
environmental documents on file referred to herein. The Board of Supervisors has reviewed
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and considered the CEQA Findings, and hereby adopts them as its own and incorporates
them by reference as though such findings were fully set forth herein.
(g) The Board of Supervisors adopts the MMRP as a condition of this approval, and
endorses those mitigation measures that are under the jurisdiction of other City Departments,
and recommends for adoption those mitigation measures that are enforceable by agencies
other than City agencies, all as set forth in the CEQA Findings and MMRP.
(h) The Board of Supervisors finds that no substantial changes have occurred in the
proposed Project that would require revisions in the Final EIR due to the involvement of new
significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously
identified significant effects; no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the
circumstances under which the proposed Project is to be undertaken that would require major
revisions to the Final EIR due to the involvement of new environmental effects or a substantial
increase in the severity of effects identified in the Final EIR, and no new information of
substantial importance to the proposed Project has become available that indicates that (1)
the Project will have significant effects not discussed in the Final EIR, (2) significant
environmental effects will be substantially more severe, (3) mitigation measures or
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alternatives found not feasible that would reduce one or more significant effects have become
feasible or (4) mitigation measures or alternatives that are considerably different from those in
the Final EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment.
Section 2. The Business and Tax Regulations Code is hereby amended by revising
Sections 8 and 26, to read as follows:
SEC. 8. METHOD OF APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS.
&Except for variance decisions and permits issued by the Entertainment Commission
or its Director, and as otherwise specified in this Section 8, appeals to the Board of Appeals shall
be taken within 15 days from the making or entry of the order or decision from which the
appeal is taken. Appeals of variance decisions shall be taken within 10 days.
(Q) Appeals to the Board o[Appeals o[permit decisions made pursuant to Planning Code
Section 343 shall be taken within 10 days o[the permit decision. This subsection (Q) shall expire on the
Sunset Date o[Planning Code Section 343, as defined in that Section. Upon the expiration ofthis
subsection, the City Attorney shall cause this subsection to be removed from the Business and Tax
Regulations Code.
&Appeals of actions taken by the Entertainment Commission or its Director on the
granting, denial, amendment, suspension, or revocation of a permit, or on denial of exceptions
from regulations for an Extended-Hours Premises Permit, shall be taken within 10 days from
the making of the decision. Nothing in this Section ~is intended to require an appeal to the
Board of Appeals if any provision of Article 15, Article 15.1 (Entertainment Regulations Permit
and License Provisions),_ or Article 15.2 (Entertainment Regulations for Extended-Hours
Premises) of the Police Code governing these permits otherwise provides.
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@_Appeals shall be taken by filing a notice of appeal with the Board of Appeals and
paying to said Board at such time a filing fee as follows:
(el) Zoning Administrator, Planning Department, Director of PlanningL
and Planning Commission.
(..J.A.)
For each appeal from the Zoning Administrator's variance decisionL
the fee shall be $600.
(·Jll) For each appeal from any order, requirement, decisionL or other
determination (other than a variance) made by the Zoning Administrator, the Planning
Department or Commission or the Director of Planning, including an appeal from disapproval
of a permit which results from such an action, the fee shall be $600.
(b£) Department of Building Inspection.
(..J.A.)
For each appeal from a Department of Building Inspection denial,
conditional approvaiL or granting of a residential hotel or apartment conversion permit the fee
shall be $525.
(:2-Jl)
For each appeal from the granting or denial of a building demolition,
or other permit (other than residential hotel conversion),_ the fee shall be $175.
(JC) For each appeal from the imposition of a penalty onlyL the fee shall
be $300.
(eJ) Police Department and Entertainment Commission.
(..J.A.)
For each appeal from the denial or granting of a permit or license
issued by the Police Department, Entertainment Commission, or the Director of the
Entertainment CommissionL to the owner or operator of a businessL the fee shall be $375; for
each such permit or license issued to an individual employed by or working under contract to
a business, the fee shall be $150.
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(~ll..) For each appeal from the revocation or suspension of a permit or
license by the Police Department, Entertainment Commission, or the Director of the
Entertainment Commission,_ the fee shall be $375 for an entity or individual.
(d1_)
Department of Public Works. For each appeal from the decision of the
Director of the Department of Public Works concerning street tree removal by a City agency,
commission, or department,_ the fee shall be $100.
(ei) For each appeal from any other order or decision,_ the fee shall be $300.
(f[j_)
For requests for rehearing under Section 16 of this Article LJhe fee shall
be $150.
(gZ) For requests for jurisdiction,_ the fee shall be $150.
(hS.) An exemption from paying the full fee specified in S~ubsections @{ll
through (7)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) herein may be granted upon the filing under penalty of
perjury of a declaration of indigency on the form provided and approved by the Board. All
agencies of the City and County of San Francisco are exempted from these fees.
(i2) Additional Requirements.
(.J.f!) Notice of appeal shall be in such form as may be provided by the
rules of the Board of Appeals.
(~fi) On the filing of any appeal, the Board of Appeals shall notify in
writing the department, board, commission, officer or other person from whose action the
appeal is taken of such appeal. On the filing of any appeal concerning a structural addition to
an existing building, the Board of Appeals shall additionally notify in writing the property
owners of buildings immediately adjacent to the subject building.
(JC) Except as otherwise specified in this subsection (d){9){C), t1he Board of
Appeals shall fix the time and place of hearing, which shall be not less than 10 nor more than
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45 days after the filing of said appeal, and shall act thereon not later than 60 days after such
filing or a reasonable time thereafter.
@_In the case of a permit issued by the Entertainment
Commission or its Director, the Board of Appeals shall set the hearing not less than 15 days
after the filing of said appeal, shall act thereon not more than 30 days after such filing, and
shall not entertain a motion for rehearing.
(ii) In the case o(a decision on a permit application made pursuant to
Planning Code Section 343, the Board of Appeals shall set the hearing not less than 10 davs after the
filing o(said appeal, shall act thereon not more than 30 days after such filing, and shall not entertain a
motion for rehearing. This subsection (d){9){C)(ii) shall expire on the Sunset Date o(Planning Code
Section 343, as defined in that Section. Upon the expiration o[this subsection, the City Attorney shall
cause this subsection to be removed from the Business and Tax Regulations Code.
(4D) With respect to any decision of the Board of Appeals related to any
"dwelling" in which "protected class members" are likely to reside (each as defined in
Administrative Code Chapter 87), the Board of Appeals shall comply with the requirements of
Administrative Code Chapter 87 which requires, among other things, that the Board of
Appeals not base any decision regarding the development of such units on information which
may be discriminatory to any member of a "protected class."
(J.E.) Pending decision by the Board of Appeals, the action of such
department, board, commission, officer or other person from which an appeal is taken, shall
be suspended, except for: (i) actions of revocation or suspension of permit by the Director of
Public Health when determined by the Director to be an extreme public health hazard; (jJ_)
actions by the Zoning Administrator or Director of the Department of Building Inspection
stopping work under or suspending an issued permit; (iii) actions of suspension or revocation
by the Entertainment Commission or the Director of the Entertainment Commission when the
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suspending or revoking authority determines that ongoing operation of the activity during the
appeal to the Board of Appeals would pose a serious threat to public safety; and (iv) actions of
the Director of the Office of Cannabis awarding a Temporary Cannabis Business Permit.
SEC. 26. FACTS TO BE CONSIDERED BY DEPARTMENTS.
(a) Subject to &~ubsection (b) below, in the granting or denying of any permit, or the
revoking or the refusing to revoke any permit, the granting or revoking power may take into
consideration the effect of the proposed business or calling upon surrounding property and
upon its residents, and inhabitants thereof; and in granting or denying said permit, or revoking
or refusing to revoke a permit, may exercise its sound discretion as to whether said permit
should be granted, transferred, denied,_ or revoked.
* * * *
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the provisions of Planning Code Section 343 shall govern
actions taken on the granting, denial, amendment, suspension, and revocation o[permits regulated
under that Section 343, not the standards set forth in subsection (a) ofthis Section 26. This subsection
(e) shall become operative upon receipt o[preliminarv approval o[Planning Code Section 343 by the
California Department o[Housing and Community Development under California Government Code
Section 66202. This subsection shall expire by the operation oflaw in accordance with the provisions
of Planning Code Section 343 (k). Upon its expiration, the City Attorney shall cause this subsection to
be removed from the Business and Tax Regulations Code.
Section 3. The Planning Code is hereby amended by adding Section 343, to read as
follows:
SEC. 343. CENTRAL SOMA HOUSING SUSTAINABILITY DISTRICT.
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(a) Purpose. This Section 343 establishes a Housing Sustainability District within the Central
SoMa Plan Area ("Central SoMa Housing Sustainability District" or "Central SoMa HSD") under
CalifOrnia Government Code Sections 66200 et seq. The purpose ofthe Central SoMa Housing
Sustainability District is to encourage the provision of on-site atfordable housing in new residential
and mixed-use projects in Central SoMa bv providing a streamlined, ministerial approval process fOr
such projects. The Central SoMa Plan anticipates that 33% o(all new residential units produced
within the Plan Area will be permanently affordable to households of very low, low. or moderate
income. This Section 343 sets fOrth eligibility criteria, design review standards. and entitlement and
approval procedures fOr projects seeking approval pursuant to the requirements o[the Central SoMa
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Housing Sustainability District.
(b) Geography. The Central SoMa Housing Sustainability District shall include all parcels
within the Central SoMa Special Use District, which is defined in Section 249. 78{k). The entirety ofthe
Central SoMa Special Use District is an "eligible location," as that term is defined in CalifOrnia
Government Code Section 66200(e).
(c) Relationship to Other Planning Code Provisions. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 343, all provisions o[the Planning Code, including Section 249. 78. that would be applicable to
projects approved pursuant to this Section 343 shall apply to such projects. In the event of a conflict
between other provisions o[the Planning Code and this Section, this Section shall control.
(d) Eligibility. Projects seeking approval pursuant to this Section 343 shall meet all o[the
fOllowing requirements:
(1) The project is located in a zoning district that principally permits residential uses.
(2) The project proposes no less than 50 dwelling units per acre, and no more than 750
dwelling units per acre.
(3) A majority ofthe project's gross square footage is designated [or residential uses.
All non-residential uses must be principally permitted in the underlying zoning district and any
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applicable special use district{s), and may not include greater than 24,999 gross square teet ofotfice
space that would be subject to the annual limit on office development set forth in Sections 32I et seq.
(4) The project does not exceed a height ofi60 teet, except that any project whose
principal use is housing, where all such housing is restricted fOr a minimum of55 years as affordable
.for "persons and families of! ow or moderate income, "as defined in California Health & Satety Code
Section 50093, shall be deemed to satisfY this subsection (c)(4) regardless ofheight.
{5) !{the project sponsor seeks a density bonus pursuant to California Government
Code Section 659I5 et seq., the project sponsor demonstrates to the satisfaction ofthe Planning
Department that the project would not result in a significant shadow impact.
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(6) The project is not located on a lot containing a structure listed as a designated
landmark pursuant to Article I 0 oft he Planning Code or a contributory or significant structure
pursuant to Article II o[the Planning Code.
(7) The project provides no less than 10% of its dv.'elling units as units affordable
to very low or low income families, using one ofcomplies with the following methodsaffordability
requirements, as applicable:
!&_~Projects subject to Section 4I5, by electing to shall comply with
Section 4I5 by choosing the On-Site Affordable Housing Alternative under Sections 4I5.5(g)(l )(A)-ef
415.5(g)(1 )(D); or, and shall provide no less than 10% of dwelling units as units affordable to
very low or low income families.
.@_~Projects not subject to Section 4I5 shall provide no less than 1 0%
of dwelling units as units affordable to verv low or low income families, by entering into a
regulatory agreement with the City that contains the terms specified in Section 206. 6(/).
(8) The project does not demolish, remove, or convert to another use any existing
dwelling unit{s).
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{9) The project complies with all applicable zoning and any adopted design review
standards.
(10) The project sponsor complies with all Mitigation Measures in the Central SoMa
Environmental Impact Report (Central SoMa EJR) that the Planning Department determines are
applicable to the project.
(11) The project sponsor certifies that the project will comply with all applicable
requirements of California Government Code Section 66201 (j)(4).
(12) The project shall comply with Government Code Section 66201 (0(5).
(13) A project is not deemed to be for residential use i[it is infeasible for actual use as
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a single or multifamily residence.
(e) Approving Authority. The Planning Department is the approving authority designated to
review permit applications for compliance with this Section 343.
CO Application.
(1) Prior to submittal of an application for required approvals from the Planning
Department, a project sponsor seeking to apply pursuant to this Section 343 shall submit an
application for a preliminary project assessment (P PA), pursuant to Planning Department procedures.
(2) In addition to any requirements under other provisions o[this Code (Or submittal of
application materials, an application under this Section 343 shall be submitted to the Department on a
.fOrm prescribed by the Department and shall include at minimum the fOllowing materials:
(A) A full plan set, including site plan, elevations, sections, and floor plans,
showing total number ofunits, and number ofand location ofunits affordable to very low or low
income households,·
(B) All documentation required by the Department in its response to the project
sponsor's previously-submitted P P A application,·
(C) Documentation sufficient to support determinations that:
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(i) the project meets all applicable zoning and any adopted design
review standards;
(ii) the project sponsor will implement any and all Mitigation Measures
in the Central SoMa EIR that the Planning Department determines are applicable to the project,
including but not limited to the following:
a. An agreement to implement any and all Mitigation Measures
in the Central SoMa EIR that the Planning Department determines are applicable to the project,· and
b. Scope(s) of work for any studies required as part o[any and all
Mitigation Measures in the Central SoMa EIR that the Planning Department determines are applicable
to the project. An application pursuant to this Section 343 shall not be deemed complete until such
studies are completed to the satisfaction o[the Environmental Review Officer.
(iii) the project sponsor will comply with subsections (d) (I 0) and (d) (I 1)
o(this Section 343.
(g) Decision and Hearing. The Department shall exercise ministerial approval o[projects that
meet all the requirements in this Section 343. Section 329 ofthis Code shall not apply to projects that
are approved pursuant to this Section 343.
(1) Hearing. The Planning Department shall conduct an informational public hearing
for all projects that are subject to this Section 343 within 100 days o[receipt of a complete application,
as defined in subsection ({).
(2) Decision. Within 120 days o[receipt o[a complete application, as defined in
subsection(!), the Planning Director or the Director's designee shall issue a written decision
approving, disapproving, or approving subject to conditions, the project. The applicant and the
Department may mutually agree to extend this 120-day period. I[ no written decision is issued within
120 davs oft he Department's receipt o[a complete application, or within the period mutually agreed
upon by the Department and applicant, the project shall be deemed approved. The Planning Director
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or the Director's designee shall include any certifications required by California Government Code
Section 66205(e) in a copy o[the written decision.
(3) Grounds {or Permit Denial. The Department may deny a Central SoMa HSD
project application only [or one or more o[the [allowing reasons:
(A) The proposed project does not fitlly comply with this Section 343, including
but not limited to meeting all adopted design review standards and demonstrating compliance with all
applicable Mitigation Measures in the Central SoMa EIR that the Department determines are
applicable to the project.
(B) The project sponsor has not submitted all o[the information or paid any
application fee required by this Section 343 and necessary [or an adequate and timely design review or
assessment o[potential impacts on neighboring properties.
(C) The Department determines, based upon substantial evidence in light o[the
whole record o[the public hearing on the project, that a physical condition on the site o[development
that was not known and could not have been discovered with reasonable investigation at the time the
application was submitted would have a specific adverse impact upon the public health or safety and
that there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific adverse impact. As used
in this subsection (g)(3)(C), "specific adverse impact" means a significant, quantifiable, direct, and
unavoidable impact based on identified objective written public health or safety standards, policies, or
conditions, as in existence at the time the application is deemed complete.
(4) Appeal. The procedures [or appeal to the Board o[Appeals o[a decision by the
Department under this Section 343 shall be as set forth in Section 8 o[the Business and Tax
Regulations Code.
(5) Discretionary Review. No requests [or discretionary review shall be accepted by
the Planning Department or heard by the Planning Commission or Board of /\ppeals [or projects
subject to this Section 343. As long as the Planning Commission has delegated its authority to
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the Planning Department to review applications for projects subject to this Section 343. the
Planning Commission shall not hold a public hearing for discretionary review of projects
subject to this Section 343.
@_Progress Requirement. The project sponsor of any project approved
pursuant to this Section 343 shall obtain the first site or building permit for the project from the
Department of Building Inspection •.vithin 36 months of the Department's issuance of a written
decision pursuant to subsection (g)(2) of this Section 343. If the project sponsor has not
obtained the first site or building permit from the Department of Building Inspection within 36
months, then as soon as is feasible after 36 months has elapsed, the Planning Director shall
hold a hearing requiring the project sponsor to report on the status of the project, to determine
whether the project sponsor has demonstrated good faith in its effort to obtain the first site or
building permit for the project. If the Planning Director finds that the project sponsor has not
demonstrated good faith in its efforts to obtain the first site or building permit for the project,
the Planning Director shall revoke the approvals for the project. Factors in determining
vvhether the project sponsor has demonstrated good faith in its efforts include, but are not
limited to, •.vhether any delays are the result of conditions outside the control of the project
sponsor and \Vhether changes in the financing of the project are necessary in order for
construction to proceed.Expiration of approval. Approval of a project pursuant to this
Section 343 shall expire if the project sponsor has not procured a building permit or site permit
for construction of the project within 30 months of the date of the Department's issuance of a
written decision pursuant to subsection (g)(2) of this Section 343. If the Planning Director finds
that the project sponsor has demonstrated good faith in its efforts to obtain the first site or
building permit for the project. the Planning Director may extend the approval for the project
for a maximum of six additional months. Such deadline shall additionally be extended in the
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event of any appeal of such approval for the duration of the appeal, and in the event of
litigation seeking to invalidate the approval for the duration of the litigation.
(h) Design Review Standards. Projects subject to this Section 343 shall be reviewed fOr
compliance with the design standards set fOrth in the San Francisco Urban Design Guidelines and the
Central SoMa Plan's Guide to Urban Design, which are on file with the Planning Department, as
approved by the CalifOrnia Department of Housing and Community Development.
(i) District A(fordability Requirement. At the request o{the CalifOrnia Department of Housing
and Community Development, the Planning Department shall demonstrate that at least 20% ofthe
residential units constructed in the Central SoMa Housing Sustainability District during the life o{the
District and pursuant to this Section 343 will be atfprdable to very low, low-, and moderate-income
households and subject to a recorded atfordability restriction {Or at least 55 years.
(j) Monitoring and Enforcement. The Planning Department shall include, as conditions of
approval of all projects approved pursuant to this Section 343, monitoring and enforcement provisions
to ensure that the project meets all labor and wage requirements and complies with all identified
applicable mitigation measures. Projects fOund to be in violation ofany o{these conditions shall be
subject to the Administrative Enforcement Procedures in Section 176.1 o{this Code, including
initiation of abatement proceedings or referral to the City Attorney or District Attorney fOr prosecution,
if not corrected within 90 days ofservice of any notice of violation issued under Section 176.1 (c).
Conditions ofapproval shall include, but are not limited to:
(I) A project sponsor shall submit weekly reports to the O([ice ofLabor Standards
Enforcement, certifYing that a project approved pursuant to this Section 343 is complying with
subsections (d)(l1) and (d)(l2), if applicable to the project. Projects found to be in violation of
subsections (d)(ll) and (d)(l2) shall be subject to penalties pursuant to Section 1741 ofthe Labor
Code, in addition to any penalties assessed pursuant to Section 176.1 ofthis Code. All penalties shall
be paid prior to issuance oft he project's First Certificate of Occupancy.
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(2) The Planning Department shall monitor compliance with Central SoMa EJR
Mitigation Measures.
{3) The Planning Department shall monitor and report the construction o(atfordable
housing units under the Central SoMa Housing Sustainability District in its annual Housing Inventory,
which shall include the {allowing information:
(A) Number o(projects approved pursuant to this Section 343.
(B) Number o(projects under construction pursuant to approvals obtained
under this Section 343.
(C) Number o(projects completed pursuant to approvals obtained under this
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Section 343.
(D) Number o(dwelling units within projects completed pursuant to approvals
obtained under this Section 343.
(E) Number o(dwelling units affordable to very low, low, moderate, and middle
income households within projects completed pursuant to approvals obtained under this Section 343.
(k) Operative and Sunset Dates.
(1) This Section 343 shall become operative upon receipt o(preliminary approval by
the California Department a( Housing and Community Development under California Government
Code Section 66202 ("Operative Date").
(2) This Section 343 shall expire by operation oflaw seven years tram the Operative
Date, unless this Section 343 is renewed by ordinance pursuant to Government Code Section 66201 (g),
in which case this Section 343 shall expire on the date specified in that ordinance ("Sunset Date").
(3) Upon the expiration ofthis Section 343, the City Attorney shall cause this Section
343 to be removed from the Planning Code. Pursuant to Government Code Section 66205(b), this
Section 343 shall govern the processing and review a( any complete application submitted pursuant to
this Section 343 prior to the Sunset Date.
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Section 4. Effective Date; Operative Date.
(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.
(b) Consistent with Section 343(k)(1) of the Planning Code, this ordinance in its
entirety shall become operative upon receipt of preliminary approval by the California
Department of Housing and Community Development under California Government Code
Section 66202.
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
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:
PE:Tffi R. MILJANICH
Deputy City Attorney
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Ordinance
File Number:
180453
Date Passed: November 27, 2018
Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations and Planning Codes to create the Central
South of Market Housing Sustainability District (encompassing an area generally bounded on its
western portion by Sixth Street, on its eastern portion by Second Street, on its northern portion by
the border of the Downtown Plan Area (an irregular border that generally tracks Folsom, Howard, or
Stevenson Streets), and on its southern portion by Townsend Street) to provide a streamlined and
ministerial approval process for certain housing projects within the District meeting specific labor,
on-site affordability, and other requirements; creating an expedited Board of Appeals process for
appeals of projects within the District; and making approval findings under the California
Environmental Quality Act, findings of public convenience, necessity, and welfare under Planning
· Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies
of Planning Code, Section 1 01.1.
July 09, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee - CONTINUED
July 16, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee - CONTINUED
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
September 10, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee- CONTINUED
October 01, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee- CONTINUED
October 15, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee- CONTINUED
October 22, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee- CONTINUED
October 29, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee- CONTINUED
November 05, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee- REFERRED WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION
November 13, 2018 Board of Supervisors- PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Tang and Yee
November 27, 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 ·
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File No. 180453
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
11/27/2018 by the Board of Supervisors of
the City and County of San Francisco.
Date Approveo
Printed at 11:47 am onll/28/18
