Planning Code - Landmark Designation - The Gregangelo Museum
Ord. No. 0119-24
in effect·, FILE NO. 240353
ORDINANCE NO. 119-24
[Planning Code - Landmark Designation - The Gregangelo Museum]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to designate The Gregangelo Museum, located
at 225 San Leandro Way, Assessor's Parcel Block No. 3253, Lot No. 015, as a Landmark
consistent with the standards set forth in Article 10 of the Planning Code; affirming the
Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act;
and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings 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. CEQA and Land Use 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. 231091 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board of
Supervisors affirms this determination.
(b) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board of Supervisors finds that the
proposed landmark designation of The Gregangelo Museum, located at 225 San Leandro
Way, Assessor's Parcel Block No. 3253, Lot No. 015, will serve the public necessity,
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convenience, and welfare for the reasons set forth in Historic Preservation Commission
Resolution No. 1390, recommending approval of the proposed designation, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
(c) On March 20, 2024, the Historic Preservation Commission, in Resolution No. 1390,
adopted findings that the actions contemplated in this ordinance are consistent, on balance,
with the City's General Plan and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code,
Section 101.1. The Board adopts these findings as its own.
Section 2. General Findings.
(a) On December 4, 2023, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 583-23,
initiating landmark designation of The Gregangelo Museum as a San Francisco Landmark
pursuant to Section 1004.1 of the Planning Code. On December 15, 2023, the Mayor returned
the approved resolution. Said resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in
Board File No. 231091.
(b) Pursuant to Charter Section 4.135, the Historic Preservation Commission has
authority "to recommend approval, disapproval, or modification of landmark designations and
historic district designations under the Planning Code to the Board of Supervisors."
(c) Planning Department Preservation staff prepared a Landmark Designation Fact
Sheet for The Gregangelo Museum. All preparers meet the Secretary of the Interior's
Professional Qualification Standards for historic preservation program staff, as set forth in
Code of Federal Regulations Title 36, Part 61, Appendix A. The report was reviewed for
accuracy and conformance with the purposes and standards of Article 10 of the Planning
Code.
(d) The Historic Preservation Commission, at its regular meeting of March 20, 2024,
reviewed Planning Department staff's analysis of the architectural and historical significance
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of The Gregangelo Museum set forth in the Landmark Designation Fact Sheet, dated
March 13, 2024.
(e) On March 20, 2024, after holding a public hearing on the proposed designation,
and having considered the specialized analyses prepared by Planning Department staff, and
the Landmark Designation Fact Sheet, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended
designation of The Gregangelo Museum as a landmark under Article 10 of the Planning Code
by Resolution No. 583-23. Said resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board in Board File
No. 231091.
(f) The Board of Supervisors hereby finds that The Gregangelo Museum has a special
character and special historical, architectural, and aesthetic interest and value, and that its
designation as a Landmark will further the purposes of and conform to the standards set forth
in Article 10 of the Planning Code. In doing so, the Board hereby incorporates by reference
the findings of the Landmark Designation Fact Sheet.
(g) The Board of Supervisors hereby finds that the interior of the ground floor of the
property located at 225 San Leandro Way, The Gregangelo Museum, has historically been
accessible to members of the public. This access includes the following:
(1) Since 1989, 225 San Leandro Way has been an artist collective with the
property as a canvas for collaborative and immersive art installations by artists from around
the globe;
(2) The Gregangelo Museum provides small group, curator-led tours and hosts
events, including fundraisers, team building workshops, and weekly lunch gatherings, that are
open to the public.
Section 3. Designation.
Pursuant to Section 1004.3 of the Planning Code, The Gregangelo Museum, located
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at 225 San Leandro Way, Assessor's Parcel Block No. 3253, Lot No. 015, is hereby
designated as a San Francisco Landmark under Article 10 of the Planning Code. Appendix A
to Article 1 O of the Planning Code is hereby amended to include this property.
Section 4. Required Data.
(a) The description, location, and boundary of the Landmark site consists of the City
parcel located at 225 San Leandro Way, Assessor's Parcel Block No. 3253, Lot No. 015, in
San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks Neighborhood.
(b) The characteristics of the Landmark that justify its designation are described and
shown in the Landmark Designation Fact Sheet and other supporting materials contained in
Planning Department Record Docket No. 2023-011738DES. In brief, The Gregangelo
Museum is eligible for local designation because it is associated with events that have made a
significant contribution to the broad patterns of San Francisco history (National Register of
Historic Places Criterion A) and as a property that possesses high artistic value (Criterion C).
Specifically, The Gregangelo Museum, the home and studio of Gregangelo Herrera, an
acclaimed queer artist of half Lebanese and Mexican descent, and an artist collective
welcoming creators from around the globe, is a cultural hub and an evolving San Francisco-
inspired art piece evocative of San Francisco's 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s LGBTQ+ and
Counterculture communities. The Gregangelo Museum is an immersive visual, performance,
and circus arts environment located in a restored Mediterranean Revival style house that has
been transformed through art installations into a living masterpiece, intertwining art, history,
and hope, contributing to the unique arts and culture of San Francisco.
(c) The particular features that shall be preserved, or where the City determines it is
necessary due to deterioration of the feature, repaired or replaced in-kind, are those shown in
photographs and described in the Landmark Designation Fact Sheet, which can be found in
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Planning Department Record Docket No. 2023-011738DES, and which are incorporated in
this designation by reference as though fully set forth. Specifically, the following features are
character-defining and shall be preserved, repaired in-kind, or replaced in-kind:
(1) The character-defining exterior features of The Gregangelo Museum (225 San
Leandro Way), including:
(A) Single-story height and rectangular massing;
(B) Stucco cladding;
(C) Hipped roof;
(D) Porch with arched openings, curved projecting balustrades, and mosaics
made from colored glass and ceramics on the porch stairs, floors, walls, and columns;
(E) Angled bay window at front fagade and side (north) elevation;
(F) Stucco-clad chimney that projects from side (north) elevation;
(G) Paved pathway and stair leading from sidewalk to porch; and
(H) Art installations, including weathervanes or similar sculptures, affixed to the
roof and rooflines, and sculptures within the landscaped front and side yards.
(2) The character-defining interior features of the building are those associated with
the immersive arts installations of The Gregangelo Museum that have historically been
accessible to the public, and depicted in the photos and described in the Landmark
Designation Fact Sheet dated March 13, 2024. Specifically, those physical and spatial
features of the ground floor layout of 225 San Leandro Way and the elements associated with
the structural support and construction of The Gregangelo Museum's immersive art
installations, which include: floor and wall surfaces, doors, doorways, casings, moldings,
wainscot, fireplace surround, and ceilings covered with additive, decorative art installations
that create The Gregangelo Museum's thematic immersive environments, which consists of
intermingled collection of collage, mosaics, tapestries or fabric wall hangings and/or ceiling
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coverings, dioramas, sculpture, still-life installations, decorative painted ceilings, floors, walls,
audio/visual installations, framed artwork, objects, painted portraits, and ephemera. Under
Planning Code Section 1004(c)(2), proposed changes to these significant interior architectural
features, for which a City permit is required, shall be subject to review under Article 10 of the
Planning Code. Changes to the property's art installations that do not involve alteration,
demolition, or removal of these significant architectural features shall not be subject to review
under Article 10.
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
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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAVID CHIU, City Attorney
By:
/s/ Peter R. Miljanich
PETER R. MILJANICH
Deputy City Attorney
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File Number:
240353
Date Passed: June 11, 2024
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to designate The Gregangelo Museum, located at 225 San
Leandro Way, Assessor's Parcel Block No. 3253, Lot No. 015, as a Landmark consistent with the
standards set forth in Article 10 of the Planning Code; affirming the Planning Department's
determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making public necessity,
convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with
the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.
May 20, 2024 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED
June 04, 2024 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen,
Safai, Stefani and Walton
June 11, 2024 Board of Supervisors - Fl NALLY PASSED
Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen,
Stefani and Walton
Excused: 1 - Safai
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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
6/11/2024 by the Board of Supervisors of the
City and County of San Francisco.
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Date Approved
Printed at 1:41 pm on 6/12/24
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