SEC. 205.6. TEMPORARY USES: FIVE-YEAR LIMIT.
Vehicle Triage Centers and Safe Parking Program Sites. On Lots designated and authorized, as applicable, for use as Vehicle Triage Centers or Safe Parking Program sites, temporary
long-term parking of and overnight camping in vehicles, and ancillary uses in portable, temporary structures including administrative offices, restrooms, showering or bathing facilities,
kitchen or other food preparation facilities, and eating areas, may be permitted, subject to compliance with all other Municipal Code requirements, including but not limited to the Overnight
Safe Parking Pilot Program, Administrative Code Chapter 119, Article I.
Beyond the five-year limit on the temporary uses in this Section 205.6, the Director may authorize up to two extensions of this temporary use for a maximum of six months each, based on
public health and safety considerations or delay in approval or operation of the site as a Vehicle Triage Center or Safe Parking Program site.
(Added as Sec. 205.7 by Ord. 140-20, File No. 200215, App. 8/28/2020, Eff. 9/28/2020; redesignated and amended by Ord. 116-25, File No. 250540, App. 7/17/2025, Eff. 8/17/2025)
(Former Sec. 205.6 added by Proposition H, 11/3/2020, Eff. 12/18/2020; repealed by Ord. 116-25, File No. 250540, App. 7/17/2025, Eff. 8/17/2025)
AMENDMENT HISTORY
Section redesignated, renamed, and amended in full; Ord. 116-25, Eff. 8/17/2025.
SEC. 205.7. TEMPORARY USES: OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS AND RECREATION
ACTIVITIES.
(a) Entertainment, Retail Sales and Service, Arts and Recreation Activities. Entertainment, Retail Sales and Service, Arts and Recreation Uses, as defined in Section 102, may be
authorized as a temporary use in outdoor areas, including temporary structures, and any ancillary uses of indoor areas, for a maximum of two years. Such uses may also include the
administrative activities of such use.
(b) Duration. The initial authorization (“Initial Period”) shall not exceed one year and may be extended for an additional year by the Planning Director, for a maximum authorized
period of up to two years, pursuant to this Section 205.7.
(c) Hours of Operation. Uses permitted by this Section 205.7 may not exceed the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(Added as Sec. 205.8 by Ord. 111-21, File No. 210285, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021; redesignated and amended by Ord. 116-25, File No. 250540, App. 7/17/2025, Eff. 8/17/2025)
(Former Sec. 205.7 added by Ord. 140-20, File No. 200215, App. 8/28/2020, Eff. 9/28/2020; redesignated as Sec. 205.6 by Ord. 116-25, File No. 250540, App. 7/17/2025, Eff. 8/17/2025)
AMENDMENT HISTORY
Section redesignated; divisions (a)-(c) amended; divisions (d)-(f) deleted; Ord. 116-25, Eff. 8/17/2025.
SEC. 205.8. TEMPORARY USES: HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
(a) Temporary Uses may be authorized by the Planning Director for Historic Buildings in accordance with Section 202.11 and this Section 205.8.
(b) Initial Period. The Planning Director may authorize any Retail Sales and Service or Entertainment, Arts and Recreation Use as a temporary use under Section 205 et seq., within any
vacant Non-Residential space in a Historic Building. Such temporary use shall be limited to an initial term of six years.
(c) Extension. Upon the Planning Director’s written determination that permits for the Historic Building are being and have been diligently pursued, and that the temporary use has been
consistent with public convenience, necessity, or the general welfare of the City, the Planning Director is authorized to permit the temporary use to exceed the Initial Period for an
additional period of up to six years. This extension shall require a separate determination of the Planning Director, and the authorization of the temporary use may not exceed a total duration
of 12 years.
(Added by Ord. 37-26, File No. 250886, App. 3/11/2026, Eff. 4/11/2026)
(Former Sec. 205.8 added by Ord. 111-21, File No. 210285, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021; redesignated as Sec. 205.7 by Ord. 116-25, File No. 250540, App. 7/17/2025, Eff. 8/17/2025)
SEC. 206. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EDUCATOR HOUSING PROGRAMS.
This section shall be known as the Affordable Housing and Educator Housing Programs, which include the HOME-SF Program, the 100 Percent Affordable Housing Bonus Program, the
Analyzed State Density Bonus Program, the Individually Requested State Density Bonus Program, and the 100% Affordable Housing and Educator Housing Streamlining Program.
(Added by Ord. 143-16 , File No. 160687, App. 7/29/2016, Eff. 8/28/2016; amended by Ord. 116-17, File No. 150969, App. 6/13/2017, Eff. 7/13/2017; Proposition E, 11/5/2019, Eff. 12/20/2019)
(Former Sec. 206 amended by Ord. 443-78, App. 10/6/78; Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; redesignated as Sec. 209 and amended by Ord. 22-15, File No. 141253, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015)
AMENDMENT HISTORY
Section heading and section amended; Ord. 116-17, Eff. 7/13/2017. Section heading and section amended; Proposition E, Eff. 12/20/2019.
SEC. 206.1. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS.
(a) The purpose of the Affordable Housing Bonus Programs is to facilitate the development and construction of affordable housing in San Francisco. Affordable housing is of paramount
statewide concern, and the Legislature has declared that local and state governments have a responsibility to use the powers vested in them to facilitate the improvement and development of
housing to make adequate provision for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community, especially families. The Legislature has found that local governments must
encourage the development of a variety of types of housing for all income levels, including multifamily rental housing and assist in the development of adequate housing to meet the needs
of low- and moderate-income households.
(b) Affordable housing is an especially para- mount concern in San Francisco. San Francisco has one of the highest housing costs in the nation, but San Francisco’s economy and culture
rely on a diverse workforce at all income levels. It is the policy of the City to enable these workers to afford housing in San Francisco and ensure that they pay a reasonably proportionate
share of their incomes to live in adequate housing and to not have to commute ever-increasing distances to their jobs. The Association of Bay Area Governments determined that San
Francisco’s share of the Regional Housing Need for January 2015 to June 2022 was the provision of 28,870 new housing units, with 6,234 (or 21.6%) as very low, 4,639 (or 16.1%) as low,
and 5,460 (or 18.9%) as moderate income units.
(c) The Board of Supervisors, and the voters in San Francisco, have long recognized the need for the production of affordable housing. The voters, in some cases, and the Board in
others, have adopted measures to address this need, such as the mandatory Inclusionary Affordable Housing Ordinance in Planning Code Section 415; the San Francisco Housing Trust
Fund, adopted in 2012, which established a fund to create, support and rehabilitate affordable housing, and set aside $20 million in its first year, with increasing allocations to reach $50
million a year for affordable housing; the adoption of Proposition K in November 2014, which established as City policy that the City, by 2020, will help construct or rehabilitate at least
30,000 homes, with more than 50% of the housing affordable for middle-income households, and at least 33% as affordable for low- and moderate income households; and the multiple
programs that rely on Federal, State and local funding sources as identified in the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development Comprehensive Plan. These programs enable
the City to work towards the voter-mandated affordable housing goals.
(d) Historically, in the United States and San Francisco, affordable housing requires high levels of public subsidy, including public investment and reliance on public dollars. Costs to
subsidize an affordable housing unit vary greatly depending on a number of factors, such as household income of the residents, the type of housing, and the cost of land acquisition.
Currently, MOHCD estimates that the level of subsidy for an affordable housing unit is approximately $350,000 per unit. Given this high cost per unit, San Francisco can only meet its
affordable housing goals through a combination of increased public dollars dedicated to affordable housing and other tools that do not rely on public money.
(e) Development incentives are a long standing zoning tool that enables cities to encourage private development projects to provide public benefits including affordable housing. By
offering increased development potential, a project sponsor can offset the expenses necessary to provide additional public benefits. In 1979, the State of California adopted the Density
Bonus Law, Government Code section 65915 et seq., which requires that density bonuses and other concessions and incentives be offered to projects that provide a minimum amount of on-
site affordable housing.
(f) In recognition of the City’s affordable housing goals, including the need to produce more affordable housing without the need for public subsidies, the Planning Department
contracted with David Baker Architects and Seifel Consulting to determine a menu of zoning modifications and development bonuses that could offset a private developer’s costs of
providing various levels of additional on-site affordable housing. These experts analyzed various parcels in San Francisco, to determine the conditions in which a zoning accommodation
would be necessary to achieve additional density. The analysis modeled various zoning districts and lot size configurations, consistent with current market conditions and the City’s stated
policy goals, including to achieve a mix of unit types, including larger units that can accommodate larger households. These reports are on file in Board of Supervisors File No. 160687.
(g) Based on these reports, the Planning Department developed four programs to provide options by which developers can include additional affordable units on-site through increased
density and other zoning or design modifications. These programs are the HOME-SF Program, the 100 Percent Affordable Housing Bonus Program, the Analyzed State Density Bonus
Program and the Individually Requested Bonus Program. The HOME-SF Program can also be used by developers who agree to subject the units to the San Francisco Rent Stabilization and
Arbitration Ordinance (Chapter 37 of the Administrative Code) (“the Rent Ordinance”).