Planning Code, Zoning Map - Potrero Yard Special Use District
Ord. No. 0058-24
in effectFILE NO. 231256
SUBSTITUED
01/09/2024
ORDINANCE NO. 58-24
[Planning Code, Zoning Map - Potrero Yard Special Use District]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Zoning Map to create the Potrero Yard
Special Use District and change the height and bulk limits at 2500 Mariposa Street,
Assessor's Parcel Block No. 3971, Lot No. 001, to facilitate development of the Potrero
Yard Modernization Project; adopting findings 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 making findings of public
necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
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Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco:
Section 1. Planning and Environmental Findings.
(a) The Potrero Yard Special Use District contemplated in this ordinance would
facilitate development of the Potrero Yard Modernization Project ("Project"), which would
include a modern, multi-story, efficient bus maintenance and storage facility to serve the San
Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, as well as high-density residential development.
(b) At its hearing on January 11, 2024, and prior to recommending the proposed
ordinance for approval, by Motion No. 21482, the Planning Commission certified a Final
Environmental Impact Report ("FEIR") for the Project pursuant to the California Environmental
Quality Act ("CEQA") (California Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.), the CEQA
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Guidelines (Cal. Code Reg. Sections 15000 et seq.), and Chapter 31 of the Administrative
Code. A copy of said Motion is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File
No. 231256, and is incorporated herein by reference. In accordance with the actions
contemplated in this ordinance, this Board has reviewed the FEIR, concurs with its
conclusions, affirms the Planning Commission's certification of the FEIR, and finds that the
actions contemplated in this ordinance are within the scope of the Project described and
analyzed in the FEIR.
(c) In approving the Project at its hearing on January 11, 2024, by Motion
No. M-21482, the Planning Commission also adopted findings under CEQA, including a
statement of overriding considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
("MMRP"). Copies of said Motion and MMRP are on file with the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors in File No. 231256, and are incorporated herein by reference. The Board hereby
adopts and incorporates by reference as though fully set forth herein the Planning
Commission's CEQA findings, including the statement of overriding considerations. The Board
also adopts and incorporates by reference as though fully set forth herein the Project's
MMRP.
(d) On January 11, 2024, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 21485,
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. 231256, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(e) 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. 21485, adopted on January 11, 2024, and the Board
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adopts such reasons as its own. A copy of said resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors in File No. 231256 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Article 2 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by adding Section
249.98, to read as follows:
Section 249.98. POTRERO YARD SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
(a) Location. A Special Use District entitled the Potrero Yard Special Use District (the
"SUD") is hereby established, comprising Lot 001 in Assessor's Parcel Block 3971 (the "Proiect
site"), located at 2500 Mariposa Street, to facilitate the purpose set forth in subsection 249.98(b).
(b) Purposes. The purpose o[the Potrero Yard SUD is to facilitate development of the Potrero
Yard Modernization Proiect by allowing uses beyond San Francisco Municipal Transportation
Agency's growing facility, maintenance, and operational needs, including residential uses and non-
residential uses. The Potrero Yard Modernization Proiect will include the construction and operation
of a modern, multi-story, efficient bus maintenance and storage facility equipped to serve the San
Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's growing and future needs, as well as the construction of
high-density residential development and ground floor commercial space. The controls set forth in this
Section 249. 98 shall be in addition to the requirements of any agreement between the City and another
party for developing and operating uses at the site.
(c) Controls. In addition to controls applicable to the Public District set forth in Planning
Code Sections 211 et seq., applicable provisions of the Planning Code shall apply in the Potrero Yard
SUD, except as otherwise provided in this Section 249.98. In the event ofa conflict between other
provisions of the Planning Code and this Section 249.98, this Section 249.98 shall control.
(d) Uses.
(1) Public Uses. Public Facilities, including Public Transportation Facility and Public
Utility Yard. shall be principally permitted uses.
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(2) Residential Uses.
(A) Planned Unit Development Residential Uses shall be authorized as a
Planned Unit Development sub;ect to Conditional Use Authorization in accordance with the provisions
of Planning Code Sections 303 and 304.
(B) Density. No density limit. Density is regulated by the permitted height and
bulk, and required setbacks, exposure, and open space of each development lot.
(3) Non-Residential Uses. On the first floor, the following non-residential uses shall be
principally permitted or conditionally permitted as set forth in Table 838 of Planning Code Section
838, the Urban Mixed Use District Zoning District: all uses within the following use categories:
"Sales and Service Category, " "Entertainment, Arts and Recreation Use Category, " "Industrial Use
Category, " "Institutional Use Category"; and "Non-Retail Professional Services" use within the
"Non-Retail Sales and Services Use Category." All other uses and use categories in Table 838 shall
not be permitted. Commercial Use Characteristics shall be principally permitted or conditionally
permitted as set forth in Table 838.
(e) Residential Development Controls.
(]) Usable Open Space. Each dwelling unit shall have access to 80 square feet of
private or common usable open space or 54 square feet o(publicly accessible usable open space. In the
event that Public Facilities or Public Transportation Facilities are constructed on portions of the
building above 75 feet in height, the amount of usable open space required for each dwelling unit shall
be reduced to 50 square feet ofprivate or common usable open space.
(2) Dwelling Unit Mix. Dwelling unit mix requirements shall be those applicable to the
Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use Districts under Planning Code Section 207.6. Additional dwelling
unit mix requirements may be determined by future agreement between the City and another party for
developing and operating uses within the SUD.
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(3) Affordabi/it)1. Additional affordability requirements may be determined by future
agreement between the City and another party for developing and operating uses within the SUD.
(0 Non- Residential Development Controls. The following controls shall apply to all non-
residential uses within this SUD, except for public uses.
(]) Street frontage requirements. The active use requirements in Planning Code
subsection 145.1 (c)(3) shall apply to non-public uses fronting on Bryant Street, 17th Street, and
Hampshire Street.
(2) Transparency requirements. The transparency requirements in Planning Code
subsection 145(c)(6) shall apply to frontages with non-public, active uses.
(3) Gates, railings, and grillwork requirements. The gates, railings, and grillwork
requirements in Planning Code subsection 145.1 (c)(7) shall apply.
(4) Location and operating conditions. Location and operating conditions in
accordance with Planning Code Section 202.2 shall apply.
(5) Parking Requirements. Off street parking is not required for the non-residential
uses permitted under subsection 249.98(d)(3).
(g) Building Standards.
(]) Sign Regulations. The provisions of Planning Code Article 6 shall apply to all
signs within this SUD. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the following signs are permitted. Such
signs shall otherwise conform to the provisions of the Planning Code, and shall require any other
applicable approvals, including, if necessary, an encroachment permit under Section 786 oft he Public
Works Code.
(A) One indirectly illuminated, freestanding sign may be located along Mariposa
Street within the public right of way. The aforementioned freestanding sign shall not exceed 15 feet in
height, 70 feet in width. and 490 square feet in area on any side. Such freestanding sign shall not
proiect more than four feet into the public right of way.
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(B) One window sign displaying the "Muni" logo. Such window sign shall allow
no less than 50% transparency and shall have maximum dimensions of 51 feet in width and 24 feet in
height.
(2) Streetscape Plan. The streetscape and pedestrian improvement requirements set
forth in Planning Code Section 138.1 shall apply. A streetscape plan shall be submitted for review to
the Planning Department showing the location, design, and dimensions of all existing and proposed
streetscape elements in the public right-of way directly adiacent to the fronting property, including
signage, street trees, sidewalk landscaping, street lighting, site furnishings, utilities, driveways, and
curb lines, and the relation of such elements to proposed new construction and site work on the Proiect
(3) Height and Bulk for portions of the building lower than 75 feet in height. There
shall be no bulk, Floor Area Ratio, setback, lot coverage, or rear yard requirements for any uses within
the portion of any building below 75 feet in height, as measured from the midpoint of Mariposa Street
between Bryant Street and Hampshire Street at the curb level.
(4) Development Standards for portions of the building 75 feet or more in height.
(A) Setbacks. At minimum, setbacks of 60 feet along the 17th Street frontage,
and IO feet along the Bryant Street, Mariposa Street, and Hampshire Street frontages, are required;
provided, however, that (i) stairs and elevator penthouses, parapets greater than four feet in height,
mechanical equipment and appurtenances necessary to the operation or maintenance of the building or
structure itself and its screening, and enclosed vehicular ramps for public uses may be located within
the setbacks required in this subsection 249.98(g)(4)(A); and (ii) no setback shall be required for a
cumulative total of 180 linear feet or less of building along the Bryant Street, Mariposa Street, and
Hampshire Street frontages.
(B) Lot Coverage. Lot coverage between 75 feet and 150 feet in height shall be
limited to no more than 50% of the total lot area.
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(C) Massing separation above 115 feet in height.
(i) No street-facing portion of the building above 115 feet in height shall
have a linear dimension greater than 180 feet in width without it being separated fi:om another mass by
the means described in subsection 249.98(4)(C)(ii) below. Further, when located along Bryant Street,
Mariposa Street, or the Hampshire Street frontage, such building massing shall not have a linear
dimension greater than 155 feet in width.
(ii) Building masses shall be separated by at least 25 feet. Such massing
breaks shall take the form of recessing and projecting building elements to provide articulation to the
ku:ade. The depth of such massing breaks shall be sufficient to establish a distinguishable and
desirable transition between masses.
Section 3. Article 2.5 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section
270, to read as follows:
SEC. 270. BULK LIMITS: MEASUREMENT.
(a) The limits upon the bulk of buildings and structures shall be as stated in this
Section 270 and in Sections 271 and 272. The terms Diagonal Dimension, Height, Length, and
Plan Dimensions shall be as defined in this Code. In each height and bulk district, the
maximum plan dimensions shall be as specified in the following table, at all horizontal cross-
sections above the height indicated.
lfABLE 270
BULK LIMITS
District
Height Above Which Maximum Dimensions
Symbol
Apply (in feet)
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Maximum Plan Dimensions
(in feet)
ILengthlDiagonal Dimension
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1111.11
0125
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Section 4. The Planning Code is hereby amended in accordance with Planning Code
Section 106 by revising Height Map HT08 and Special Use District Map SU08 of the Zoning
Map, as follows:
(a) To change the Height and Bulk Map HT08 as follows:
Assessor's Parcels
Height and Bulk
New Height and Bulk
(Block/Lot Numbers)
Districts
Districts
Superseded
3971/001
65-X
150-PY
(b) To change Special Use District Map SU08 by creating the new Potrero Yard
Special Use District and assigning the following Assessor's Parcel to be within the Potrero
Yard Special Use District:
Assessor's Parcel (Block/Lot)
Special Use District
3971/001
Potrero Yard Special Use District
Section 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after
enactment. Enactment occurs when the Mayor signs the ordinance, the Mayor returns the
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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 6. Scope of Ordinance. Except as stated in Section 4 of this ordinance
regarding the Zoning Map, 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/ Peter R. Miljanich
PETER R. MILJANICH
Deputy City Attorney
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City and County of San Francisco
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Ordinance
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San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
File Number:
231256
Date Passed: March 12, 2024
Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Zoning Map to create the Potrero Yard Special Use
District and change the height and bulk limits at 2500 Mariposa Street, Assessor's Parcel Block No.
3971, Lot No. 001, to facilitate development of the Potrero Yard Modernization Project; adopting
findings 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 making findings of
public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
February 26, 2024 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED
March 05, 2024 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen,
Safai, Stefani and Walton
March 12, 2024 Board of Supervisors - FINALLY PASSED
Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Safai,
Stefani and Walton
Excused: 1 - Ronen
File No. 231256
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
3/12/2024 by the Board of Supervisors of the
City and County of San Francisco.
Date Approved
Printed at 9:04 am on 3/13/24
References
amendsSec. 249.98
amendsSec. 249.99
amendsSec. 270
amendsSec. 270.1
amendsSec. 270.2
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