FILE NO. 180935
ORDINANCE NO. 306-18
[Planning Code, Zoning Map- 1550 Evans Avenue Special Use District]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Zoning Map to create the 1550 Evans
Avenue Special Use 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
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. Background and General Findings.
(a) The Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood is home to the Southeast Water Pollution
Control Plant ("Plant"), which manages 80% of the City's wastewater, allowing San Francisco
residents and visitors to have safe, reliable, and operational sewer services. In 1986, in
accordance with State Water Resources Control Board Order No. WQG 81-1, the City
completed construction of the Southeast Community Facility ("SECF") at 1800 Oakdale
Avenue in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood to mitigate the adverse social and
economic impacts of constructing the Plant expansion projects during the 1970s and 1980s.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ("SFPUC") operates and maintains the SECF
for the benefit of the Bayview Hunters Point community.
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(b) In 2012, the SFPUC purchased for its public utility purposes the parcel located at
1550 Evans Avenue, Assessor's Block 5203, Lot 035 ("1550 Evans") for $15 million. On
October 5, 2016, the Southeast Community Facility Commission ("SECFC") passed a
resolution encouraging the SFPUC to move forward with planning and design for a new SECF
at 1550 Evans. On October 18, 2016, the SFPUC Citizens Advisory Committee ("CAC'')
adopted a resolution urging SFPUC to initiate planning and environmental review for building
a new SECF at 1550 Evans. On November 8, 2016, the SFPUC Commission adopted
Resolution 16-0233, which expressed support for the recommendations of the CAC and the
SECFC and acknowledged that SFPUC staff was beginning the planning and design process
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for a new SECF at 1550 Evans.
(c) The SFPUC proposes to continue to meet the requirements of State Water
Resources Control Board Order No. WQG 81-1 by replacing the existing SECF at 1800
Oakdale with a new SECF to be constructed at 1550 Evans, consisting of a community center
containing a childcare facility, cafe, multi-purpose rooms, classrooms, and offices, as well as a
separate pavilion, education building, new parking lot, and open space.
(d) To further the City's policies prioritizing production of housing, particularly on
publicly owned land, the Special Use District established by this ordinance will also allow for
below-market-rate housing uses in the future. Any potential housing development will not
supplant the SFPUC's authority to build a new SECF at 1550 Evans.
(e) Article VI liB of the Charter, in Section 8B.121 (a), grants the SFPUC "exclusive
charge" over the use and control of the real property under its jurisdiction; therefore, because
1550 Evans is under the SFPUC's jurisdiction, any future uses or development of 1550 Evans
would require the approval of the SFPUC in its sole discretion.
Section 2. Environmental and Land Use Findings.
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(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. 180935 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
(b) On November 8, 2018, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 20334,
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 1 01.1. The
Board adopts these findings as its own. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of
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the Board of Supervisors in File No. 180935, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board of Supervisors finds that this
ordinance will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare for the reasons set forth in
Planning Commission Resolution No. 20334, and adopts such reasons by this reference
thereto. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File
No. 180935, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 3. Article 2 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section
249.42, and adding a new Section 249.85, to read as follows:
SEC. 249.42. INDIA BASIN INDUSTRIAL PARK SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
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(a) Parcels in close proximity to Third Street. Parcels numbers 5203/035, 5203/043,
5203/083,5203/084,5211/028-054,5235/012,5235/015,5242/001,5242/002, 5242/007'-and
5242/031, are subject to the provisions of the PDR-2 District except as provided below:
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SEC. 249.85. 1550 EVANS A VENUE SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
(a) A Special Use District entitled the 1550 Evans Avenue Special Use District ("1550 Evans
SUD" or "SUD"), consisting o[Assessor's Parcel Block 5203, Lot 035 and shown on Special Use
District Map SU08 o[the Zoning Map o[the City and County o[San Francisco, is hereby established
for the purposes set forth in subsection {Q).
{Q) Purposes. The purposes o[the 1550 Evans SUD are to facilitate the San Francisco Public
Utilities Commission's development o[the Southeast Community Center Project and to allow uses
beyond the immediate plans [or the Southeast Community Center in order to reflect changing
community needs [or a publicly owned site over time. Thus, in addition to the Southeast Community
Center Project and uses otherwise allowed in the PDR-2 zoning district, the SUD will allow below
market rate Residential Buildings as set forth in subsection (c).
(c) Controls. In the 1550 Evans SUD, exceptions (rom otherwise applicable requirements of
this Code may be appropriate to further the goals set forth in this Section 249.85. Therefore, applicable
provisions o[the Planning Code shall apply to the 1550 Evans SUD except as otherwise provided in
this Section. In the event o[a conflict between other provisions o[the Planning Code and this Section,
this Section shall control.
(1) Principally Permitted Uses. In addition to the uses that are otherwise permitted as
principal or conditional uses in the PDR-2 zoning district in which the 1550 Evans Avenue property is
located, the SUD shall allow the [allowing uses as principally permitted uses: Institutional Community
Uses (including but not limited to Child Care Facilities and Public Facilities providing multi-purpose
rooms, classrooms, parks and open space, and event spaces),· Institutional Education Uses;
Restaurants,· Limited Restaurants,· Arts Activities,· and below nwrket rate Residential Buildings.
(2) Residential Density. Density o[residential uses in the 1550 Evans SUD shall not be
limited by lot area; rather, residential density in the SUD shall be subject to the applicable
requirements and restrictions set forth elsewhere in this Code, including but not limited to, height, bull(,
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setbacks, open space, exposure, and unit mix, as well as any applicable design guidelines and the
elements and area plans of the General Plans.
(3) Accessory Parldng. Parldng uses in the SUD shall be exempt from the accessory
parking limits set forth in Planning Code Section 151 (c).
(4) Demolition o[Industrial Buildings. The requirements set forth in Planning Code
Section 202.7 (Demolition o[Industrial Buildings in PDR Districts, Replacement Requirements) shall
not apply in the 1550 Evans SUD.
Section 4. The Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Sectional Map SU08 of
the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, as follows:
Description of Property
Special Use District
Hereby Superseded
Special Use District
Hereby Created
Block 5203, Lot 035
India Basin Industrial
1550 Evans Avenue Special Use
Park Special Use District
District
Section 5. Scope of the Ordinance. Except as stated in Section 4, 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.
Section 6. 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.
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City and County of San Francisco
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Ordinance
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File Number:
180935
Date Passed: December 11, 2018
Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Zoning Map to create the 1550 Evans Avenue Special
Use 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 1 01.1; and making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare
under Planning Code, Section 302.
November 26, 2018 Land Use and Transportation Committee- RECOMMENDED
December 04, 2018 Board of Supervisors- PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 10- Brown, Cohen, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang
and Yee
Excused: 1 -Fewer
December 11, 2018 Board of Supervisors - FINALLY PASSED
Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Tang and Yee
File No. 180935
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
12/11/2018 by the Board of Supervisors of
the City and County of San Francisco.
Date Approved
Printed at11:54am on 12112/18
