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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
2
080255
Name:
Planning Code Amendments to implement the
Market and Octavia Area Plan
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Killed
File created:
In control:
2/12/2008
Land Use and Economic Development Committee
On agenda:
Final action:
3/31/2008
Enactment date:
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code to implement the Market and Octavia Area
Plan of the General Plan by amending Section 102.5 (District); Section 121.1 (Development on Large
Lots, Neighborhood Commercial Districts); Section 121.2 (Use Size Limits (Non-Residential),
Neighborhood Commercial Districts); Section 124 (Basic Floor Area Ratio); Section 132 (Front
Setback); Section 134 (Rear Yards); Section 135 (Usable Open Space For Dwelling Units and Group
Housing); Section 144 (Treatment of Ground Story On Street Frontages); Section 145.1 (Street
Frontages, Neighborhood Commercial Districts); Section 145.4 (Street Frontages Downtown and
Mixed-Use Districts); Section 151.1 (Schedule of Required Off-Street Parking Spaces); Section 152.
(Schedule of Required Off-Street Freight Loading Spaces in Districts Other Than C-3 or South of
Market); Section 153 (Rules for Calculation of Required Spaces); Section 154 (Minimum dimensions
for required off-street parking, freight loading and service vehicle spaces); Section 155 (General
Standards as to Location and Arrangement of Off-Street Parking, Freight Loading and Service Vehicle
Facilities); Section 156 (Parking Lots); Section 166 (Requirements for Provision of Car-Share Parking
Spaces); Section 167 (Parking Costs Separated from Housing Costs in New Residential Buildings);
Section 201 (Classes of Use Districts); Section 207.1. (Rules For Calculation Of Dwelling Unit
Densities); Section 207.4 (Density of Dwelling Units in Neighborhood Commercial Districts); Section
208 (Density Limitations for Group Housing); Section 209.1-209.9 (Uses Permitted in RTO Districts);
Section 234.2 (Requiring CU Authorization for specified uses in P Districts within the Market and
Octavia Neighborhood Area); Section 253 (Review of Proposed Buildings and Structures Exceeding a
Height of 40 Feet in R Districts); Section 270 (Bulk Limits: Measurement); Section 303 (Conditional
Uses: Determination); Section 304 (Planned Unit Developments: Criteria and Limitations); Section 311
(Residential Permit Review Procedures for RH and RM Districts: Applicability); Section 315
(Inclusionary Housing requirements) including adding a $10 per square foot fee on new residential
development in the Plan Area in addition to the existing inclusionary housing requirements; Section
316 (Procedures for Conditional Use Authorization in Neighborhood Commercial and South of Market
Districts and for Live/Work Units in RH, RM, and RTO Districts); Section 603 (Exempted Signs);
Section 606 (Residential Districts); Section 702.1 (Neighborhood Commercial Use Districts); Section
720.1 (Hayes-Gough Neighborhood Commercial Transit District) to conform these sections with the
new VNMDR-SUD, NCT and RTO district controls; and adding new zoning districts and a new special
use district including Section 121.5 to establish controls for Development on Large Lots in Residential
Districts; Section 121.6 to restrict lot mergers in residential districts and on pedestrian-oriented
streets; Section 158.1 related to Non-accessory Parking Garages in NCT and RTO Districts and the
Van Ness and Market Downtown Residential Special Use District; Section 206.4 to establish the
Transit-Oriented Residential District (RTO); Section 207.6 related to Required Minimum Dwelling Unit
Mix and Unit Subdivision Restrictions in RTO and NCT Districts; Section 207.7 relating to Restrictions
on Demolition, Conversion, and Merger of Existing Dwelling Units in RTO and NCT Districts; Section
230 establishing Limited Corner Commercial Uses in RTO Districts; Section 249.33 to establish the
Van Ness and Market Downtown Residential Special Use District (VNMDR-SUD); Section 249.34
Fulton Street Grocery Store Special Use District; Section 261.1 related to Additional Height Limits for
Narrow Streets and Alleys in RTO and NCT Districts; Section 263.18 creating a Special Height
Exception: Additional Five Feet Height for Ground Floor uses in NCT 40-X and 50-X Height and Bulk
Districts; Section 263.20 Special Height Exceptions: Fulton Street Grocery Store Special Use District
40-X/50-X Height District; Sections 326-326.8 establishing the Market and Octavia Community
Improvements Fee and Fund including community improvement fees of $10 per square foot for
certain new residential and $4 per square foot for certain new commercial developments, and a
springing fee for transit and parking impacts with a maximum fee of $9 per square foot for transit
impacts from residential development and $4 per square foot for impacts from new parking spaces;
Sections 341-341.,4 establishing a Better Neighborhoods Area Plan Monitoring Program; Sections
731 and 731.1 creating an NCT-3 Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial Transit District;
Sections 732 and 732.1 creating the Upper Market Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District;
adding an uncodified Section 4 adopting procedures for treatment of historic resources in the Plan
Area; and adopting environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the
eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
Sponsors:
Jake McGoldrick
Attachments:
1. Legislation_Ver1, 2. Legislation_Ver2
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
2/11/2008
1
PREPARED IN COMMITTEE AS AN
ORDINANCE
Land Use and Economic
Development Committee
2/11/2008
1
CONTINUED
Land Use and Economic
Development Committee
2/11/2008
1
Pass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
Land Use and Economic
Development Committee
2/25/2008
1
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Economic
Development Committee
2/25/2008
2
Pass
RE-REFERRED
Board of Supervisors
3/4/2008
2
Pass
CONTINUED
Land Use and Economic
Development Committee
3/24/2008
2
Pass
TABLED
Land Use and Economic
Development Committee
3/31/2008
2
Pass