Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the 555 9th Street Special Sign District
Ord. No. 0240-24
in effectAMENDED IN COMMITTEE
9/23/2024
FILE NO. 240438
ORDINANCE NO.
240-24
[Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the 555 9th Street Special Sign District]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Zoning Map to establish the 555 9th Street
Special Sign District encompassing the real property consisting of Assessor's Block
No. 3781, Lot No. 003, and to modify sign controls for the existing shopping center;
affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental
Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight
priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making 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. 240438 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
(b) On July 18, 2024, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 21591, 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 Board
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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. 240438, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board of Supervisors finds that the
actions contemplated in this ordinance will serve the public necessity, convenience, and
welfare for the reasons set forth in Planning Commission Resolution No. 21591, and adopts
such reasons by this reference thereto. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors in File No. 240438, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Article 6 of the Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section 607 .2
and adding a new Section 608.12, to read as follows:
SEC. 607 .2. MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
Signs located in Mixed Use Districts shall be regulated as provided herein, except for
signs in Residential Enclave Districts, which are regulated by Section 606, and those signs
which are exempted by Section 603. Signs not specifically regulated in this Section 607 .2
shall be prohibited. In the event of conflict between the provisions of Section 607 .2 and other
provisions of Article 6, the provisions of Section 607 .2 shall prevail in Mixed Use Districts.
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(g) Special Sign Districts. Additional controls apply within certain Mixed Use Districts
that are designated as Special Sign Districts. The designations, locations, and boundaries of
these Special Sign Districts are provided on Sectional Map SSD of the Zoning Map of the City
and County of San Francisco, and are described within Sections 608.1 through 608.10.Q of this
Code.
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SEC. 608.12. 555 9TH STREET SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT.
(a) Establishment o[Special Sign District. The 555 9th Street Special Sign District ('555 9th
Street SSD" or "SSD "), consisting of Assessor's Block 3781, Lot 003, bounded by Bryant Street to the
north, 9th Street to the west, Brannan Street to the south, and developed lots to the east, as shown on
Sectional Map SSD of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, is hereby established
for the purposes and subject to the controls set forth in this Section 608.12.
(b) Purpose. The purpose of the 555 9th Street SSD is to modifY the sign controls that otherwise
would apply within the SSD to allow for signage that is more typical for the type of structure that
occupies the SSD, a large-scale shopping center with multiple tenants and a mix of smaller and larger-
scale spaces (the "Shopping Center").
(c) Controls. Signs within the 555 9th Street SSD shall be controlled by those provisions in
Article 6 of the Planning Code applicable to Signs in the C-3 Zoning District, except as otherwise
provided in this Section 608.12. In the event of a conflict between other provisions o[the Planning
Code and this Section 608.12, this Section shall control.
(1) No Sign attached to second-story portions of the Shopping Center fronting the
internal parking structure shall exceed three square feet per foot o(frontage along the parking
structure occupied by the Shopping Center tenant to which the Sign directs attention. Such Signs shall
be located along that occupied frontage and shall be no higher than 18 feet above the finished floor
height immediately below such Sign or the height o[the wall to which it is attached, whichever is lower.
(2) Video Signs. Video Signs shall be allowed within 10 horizontal feet of any
pedestrian entrance from a street to an individual tenant space. Any such Video Sign shall not exceed
an Area of24 square feet or 10 feet in height. Video Signs shall direct attention only to the occupancy
o(the individual tenant space at which the Sign is located. Sign copy shall not be displayed in any
fashion whatsoever during times that such entrance is not open to the public and at all other times shall
not change copy in any way more frequently than once per hour.
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(3) Illumination. Any Sign may be Nonilluminated or Indirectly or Directly
Illuminated. Signs may only be illuminated during the hours of operation of the businesses in
the Shopping Center.
Section 3. Zoning Map Amendment. Pursuant to Sections 106 and 302(c) of the
Planning Code, Sectional Map SSD of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San
Francisco are hereby amended, as follows:
Description of Property
Assessor's Block 3781, Lot 003
Special Sign District Hereby Created
555 9th Street Special Sign District
Section 4. 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.
Section 5. Scope of Ordinance. Except as stated in Section 3, 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
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accordance with the "Note" that appears under the official title of the ordinance.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAVID CHIU, City Attorney
By:
ls/BRIAN CROSSMAN
BRIAN CROSSMAN
Deputy 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 94102-4689
File Number:
240438
Date Passed: October 08, 2024
Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Zoning Map to establish the 555 9th Street Special Sign
District encompassing the real property consisting of Assessor's Parcel Block No. 3781, Lot No. 003,
and to modify sign controls for the existing shopping center; affirming the Planning Department's
determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the
General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making findings of
public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
September 23, 2024 Land Use and Transportation Committee - AMENDED, AN
AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
September 23, 2024 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED AS
AMENDED
October 01, 2024 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen,
Safai, Stefani and Walton
October 08, 2024 Board of Supervisors - Fl NALLY PASSED
Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen,
Safai, Stefani and Walton
File No. 240438
London N. Breed
Mayor
City and County of San Francisco
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I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was Fl NALLY PASSED on
10/8/2024 by the Board of Supervisors of the
City and County of San Francisco.
Date Approved
Printed at 12: 13 pm on 10/9/24
References
amendsSec. 607.2
amendsSec. 607.3
amendsSec. 607.4
amendsSec. 608
amendsSec. 608.1
amendsSec. 608.10
amendsSec. 608.11
amendsSec. 608.12
amendsSec. 608.13
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