SEC. 4. RELATION TO PLANNING CODE AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
(a) Article 10 of the Planning Code is the basic law governing historic preservation in the City and County of San Francisco. This ordinance, being a specific application of Article 10, is
both subject to and in addition to the provisions thereof.
(b) Except as may be specifically provided to the contrary in this ordinance, nothing in this ordinance shall supersede, impair or modify any Planning Code provisions applicable to
property in the Market Street Masonry Historic District, including but not limited to existing and future regulations controlling uses, height, bulk, lot coverage, floor area ratio, required
open space, off-street parking and signs.
(Added by Ord. 64-13, File No. 121004, App. 4/17/2013, Eff. 5/17/2013)
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE.
Eight architecturally significant buildings located between Franklin and Valencia Streets comprise the Market Street Masonry Historic District. Highly regarded master architects such as
August Nordin, G. Albert Lansburgh, Conrad A. Meussdorffer, and George Applegarth worked in the popular revival styles of the early 20th-century such as Classical Revival, Colonial
Revival, and Venetian Gothic Revival.
The architects utilized a formal three-part arrangement consisting of a base (often with a commercial storefront), main portion or column (often with residential floors), and decorative top
with either a projecting cornice or decorative parapet. All buildings comprising this non-contiguous historic district are three to six stories tall and are fully built out, covering their entire lot.
Most are mixed-use with commercial ground floor uses and residential above.
Built between 1911 and 1925, following the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, and responding to new building codes, they influenced the visual transition of San Francisco from a city of wood
and brick, to one of brick veneer, concrete, and stucco. Projecting bay windows – a long-standing feature in San Francisco – visually reinforce the vertical emphasis, while increasing the
light and air into the interior of many of the buildings. The buildings are executed in earthquake and fire-resistant materials with steel frames, reinforced concrete, brick, and galvanized
metal ornament.
While each building is unique, they relate to each other as a gr