I FILE NO. 160656
SUBSTITUTED
11/8/2016
ORDINANCE NO. 23-17
[Planning Code - Medical Service Use - Sacramento Street Neighborhood Commercial
District]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to provide that in the Sacramento Street
Neighborhood Commercial District a Medical Service use, whether Principal or
Accessory, requires a Conditional Use authorization on the ground story and is
permitted above the ground story; 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.
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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. 160656 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
(b)
On November 17, 2016, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 19777,
adopted findings that the actions contemplated in this ordinance are consistent, on balance,
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with the City's General Plan and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. The
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. 160656, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c)
Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, this Board of Supervisors finds that
these Planning Code amendments will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare
for the reasons set forth in Planning Commission Resolution No. 19777 and the Board hereby
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. 160656, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Sections 703.2 and 724,
to read as follows:
SEC. 703.2. USES PERMITTED IN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
A ttUse is defined in Section 102 ofthis Code as the specific purpose for which land or a
structure property or both buil:ding i:9 are legally designed, constructed, arranged, or intended, or for
which they are legally used, occupied, maintained, or leased. Whether or not a use is permitted
in a specific district is set forth or summarized and cross-referenced in Article 7 of this Code
for each district class.
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(b) Use Limitations. The ttUses permitted in Neighborhood Commercial Districts are
either p,Erincipal, cConditional, e4_ccessory, or temporary uses as stated in this Section 703.2,
and include those ttUses set forth or summarized and cross-referenced in the zoning control
I categories as listed in this Code for each district class.
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(C) Accessory Uses. Except as prohibited in Section 728 and subject
I I to the limitations set forth below and in Sections 204.1 (Accessory Uses for Dwelling Units in
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(ix)
A Medical Service use as an Accessory Use in the Sacramento
Street Neighborhood Commercial District requires a Conditional Use authorization on the ground
story and is permitted above the ground story pursuant to Section 724 ofthis Code.
SEC. 724. SACRAMENTO STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
Located in the Presidio Heights neighborhood in north-central San Francisco, the
Sacramento Street Neighborhood Commercial District functions as a small-scale linear
shopping area. It extends along Sacramento Street between Lyon and Spruce Streets.
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Interspersed among residential buildings and garages, the district's daytime-oriented retail
I stores provide a limited array of convenience goods to the immediate neighborhood.
Sacramento Street also has many elegant clothing, accessory, and antique stores and
services, such as hair salons, which attract customers from a wider trade area. Its numerous
medical and business offices draw clients from throughout the City. Evening activity in the
district is limited to one movie theater, a few restaurants, and some stores near Presidio
Avenue.
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The Sacramento Street District controls are designed to promote adequate growth
opportunities for development that is compatible with the surrounding low-density residential
neighborhood. The building standards monitor large-scale development and protect rear yards
at the grade level and above. Most new commercial development is permitted at the first
story; general retail uses are permitted at the second story only if such use would not involve
conversion of any existing housing units. Special controls are designed to protect existing
neighborhood-serving ground-story retail uses. New mMedical sService uses. whether Principal
or Accessory, require a Conditional Use authorization on the ground story and are permitted above the
ground story prohibited et ell stories except e ehenge o.fbtSe is permitted on the:first story· or below
Personal and business services are restricted at the ground story and prohibited on upper
stories. Limits on new ground-story eating and drinking uses, as well as new entertainment
and financial service uses, are intended to minimize the environmental impacts generated by
the growth of such uses. The daytime orientation of the district is encouraged by prohibiting
bars and restricting late-night commercial activity. New hotels and parking facilities are limited
in scale and operation to minimize disruption to the neighborhood. Most new automobile and
drive-up uses are prohibited to promote continuous retail frontage.
Housing development in new buildings is encouraged above the second story. Existing
residential units are protected by limitations on demolitions and prohibitions of upper-story
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I conversions.
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Table 724. SACRAMENTO STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
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No.
Zoning Category
§ References
Sacramento Street
Controls by Story
§790.118
1st
2nd
3rd+
Retail Sales and Services
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Medical Service
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SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE SACRAMENTO STREET
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
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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 Boa rd
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 . HERRERA, City Attorney
By:
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DITH A. BOYAJIA
eputy City Attorney
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City and County of San Francisco
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Ordinance
City Hall
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San Francisco, CA 94 l 02-4689
File Number:
160656
Date Passed: January 31, 2017
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to provide that in the Sacramento Street Neighborhood
Commercial District a Medical Service use, whether Principal or Accessory, requires a Conditional
Use authorization on the ground story and is permitted above the ground story; 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.
January 09, 2017 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED
January 24, 2017 Board of Supervisors - PASSED, ON FIRST READING
January 31, 2017 Board of Supervisors - Fl NALLY PASSED
Ayes: 11 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy,
Tang and Yee
File No. 160656
I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on
1/31/2017 by the Board of Supervisors of
the City and County of San Francisco.
City and County of San Francisco
Pagel
Angela Calvillo
Clerk of the Board
Date Approved
Printed at 9:46 am 011 211117
