SPECIAL HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS: VASSAR AND HARRISON STREETS

SF Planning Code § 263.33

in effect

SEC. 263.33. SPECIAL HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS: VASSAR AND HARRISON STREETS.

(a) Purpose. To facilitate the provision of increased affordable housing and a large hotel proximate to the Moscone Convention Center. (b) Applicability. Assessor’s Block No. 3763, Lots 078, 079, 080, 080A, 081, 099, 100, 101, and 105. (c) Controls. (1) The applicable lots shall have a base Height limit of 130 feet, except as specified below. (2) For development on Assessor’s Block No. 3763, Lot 105, if a project sponsor elects one of the following options, the Height limit shall be 200 feet: (A) development of the site for a hotel use, or (B) development of the site for a residential or combined residential and hotel use, with election of the On-Site Affordable Housing Alternative, or with the voluntary provision of 110% or more of the requirement set forth in Section 415.5 for the subject lot. (3) For development on Assessor’s Block No. 3763, Lots 078, 079, 080, 080A, 081, 099, 100, and 101, if the project sponsor elects to provide 110% or more of the requirement set forth in Section 415, the Height limit shall be 350 feet. (4) Conditional use authorization by the Planning Commission shall not be required for use of this special height exception. (Added by Ord. 296-18, File No. 180184, App. 12/12/2018, Eff. 1/12/2019)

SEC. 263.34. SPECIAL HEIGHT AND SETBACK EXCEPTIONS: FOURTH AND HARRISON STREETS.

(a) Purpose. To facilitate the provision of affordable housing or other public benefits. (b) Applicability. Assessor’s Block No. 3762, Lots 106, 108, 109, 112, 116, and 117. (c) Controls. (1) Lots 108, 109, 117, and portions of Lot 116 shall have a base height limit of 85 feet, as shown on Height and Bulk District Map HT01 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco. (2) Lots 106, 113 and portions of Lots 112 and 116 shall have a base height limit of 130 feet, as shown on Height and Bulk District Map HT01 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco. (3) For a project that dedicates land for the provision of affordable housing, pursuant to Section 249.78(e)(2) for housing consisting entirely of affordable housing units as defined in Section 401: (A) The height limit shall be 160 feet; and (B) Notwithstanding Sections 145.1(c)(4) and 249.78(d)(10), non-residential and PDR uses on the ground floor shall have a minimum floor-to-floor height of 14 feet, measured from the ground floor slab; and (C) Notwithstanding the Apparent Mass Reduction controls in Section 270(h)(2), on Lots 106, 108, 109, 112, 116, and 117, the following Apparent Mass Reduction controls shall

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