Ordinance No. 0001-21
Ord. No. 0001-21
in effectAMENDED IN COMMITTEE
FILE NO. 201060
12/7/2020 ORDINANCE NO.
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[Planning Code - Light Manufacturing and Wholesale Storage Uses in the 24th Street-Mission
Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow Light Manufacturing and Wholesale
Storage uses in the 24th Street - Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit
District, in specific circumstances; affirming the Planning Department’s determination
under the California Environmental Quality Act, and making findings of consistency
with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1
and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code,
Section 302.
NOTE:
Unchanged Code text and uncodified text are in plain Arial font.
Additions to Codes are in single-underline italics Times New Roman font.
Deletions to Codes are in strikethrough italics Times New Roman font.
Board amendment additions are in double-underlined Arial font.
Board amendment deletions are in strikethrough Arial font.
Asterisks (* * * *) indicate the omission of unchanged Code
subsections or parts of tables.
Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco:
Section 1. 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. 201060 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
(b) On December 3, 2020, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 20815,
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 101.1. The
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Board adopts these findings as its own. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors in File No. 201060, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board finds that this Planning Code
amendment will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare for the reasons set forth
in Planning Commission Resolution No. 20815. The Board incorporates such reasons herein
by reference. A copy of said resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in
File No. 201060 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section 763, to read as
follows:
SEC. 763. 24TH STREET – MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT
DISTRICT.
The 24th Street – Mission Neighborhood Commercial Transit District is situated in the
Inner Mission District on 24th Street between Bartlett Street and San Bruno Avenue. This
mixed-use district provides convenience goods to its immediate neighborhood as well as
comparison shopping goods and services to a wider trade area. The street has a great
number of Latin American restaurants, grocery stores, and bakeries as well as other gift and
secondhand stores. Most commercial businesses are open during the day while the district’s
bars and restaurants are also active in the evening. Dwelling Units are frequently located
above the ground-story commercial uses.
The 24th Street – Mission Neighborhood Commercial Transit District controls are
designed to provide potential for new development consistent with the existing scale and
character. Small-scale buildings and neighborhood-serving uses are encouraged, and rear
yard corridors above the ground story and at residential levels are protected. Most commercial
uses are encouraged at the ground story, while service uses are permitted with some
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limitations at the second story. Special controls are necessary to preserve the unique mix of
convenience and specialty commercial uses. In order to maintain convenience stores and
protect adjacent livability, new bars are prohibited, and limitations apply to the development
and operation of ground-story restaurants and entertainment uses. Continuous retail frontage
along 24th Street is maintained and encouraged by prohibiting most automobile and drive-up
uses, banning curb cuts, and requiring active, pedestrian-oriented ground floor uses. Parking
is not required, and any new parking required to be set back or below ground.
Housing development in new buildings is encouraged above the ground story. Housing
density is not controlled by the size of the lot but by requirements to supply a high percentage
of larger units and by physical envelope controls. Existing housing units are protected by
prohibitions on upper-story conversions and limitations on demolitions, mergers, and
subdivisions. Given the area’s central location and accessibility to the City’s transit network,
accessory parking for Residential Uses is not required.
Table 763. 24TH STREET – MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT
DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
Table 763. 24TH STREET – MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
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Zoning Category
§ References
Controls
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NON-RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Industrial Use Category
Industrial Uses
§§ 102, 202.2(d)
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Light Manufacturing
§ 102
NP (7)
NP (7)
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Wholesale Storage
§ 102
NP (7)
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Institutional Use Category
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(7) Permitted within buildings where (1) the subject lot has no frontage on 24th Street and (2)
the subject building was originally constructed for a Production, Distribution or Repair Use.
The requirements of Section 145.1 shall not apply to a use permitted under this Section 763.
* Not listed below
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(7) Permitted within buildings where (1) the subject lot has no frontage on 24th Street and (2)
the subject building was originally constructed for a Production, Distribution or Repair Use. The
requirements of Section 145.1 shall not apply to a use permitted under this Section 763.
Section 3. 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.
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Section 4. Scope of Ordinance. 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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DENNIS J. HERRERA, City Attorney
By:
/s/ Andrea Ruiz-Esquide
ANDREA RUIZ-ESQUIDE
Deputy City Attorney
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References
amendsSec. 763
amendsSec. 764
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