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Publisher's Note: The following table lists all ordinances affecting the Planning Code that have been passed by the Board of Supervisors but that are not yet effective (or operative, as the case may be). The table includes links to the amending ordinances (as maintained in PDF format on the Board of Supervisors' web site) and to the code sections affected. For other legislation, including older ordinances and those affecting other codes, please refer to the Comprehensive Ordinance Table or the Board's "Legislation Passed" web site.
 
 
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
230855
11/12/23
Oper. 11/1/23
* Oper. 11/21/26
Planning, Administrative Codes - Development Impact Fee Reductions
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 415A - 415A.6, 415B - 415B.5; Amending 403, 415.10; 415.3*, 415.5*, 415.6*, 415.7*, 419.3*, 419.5*, 428*, 428.3*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2011

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
101247
02/06/11
Planning Code - Update the Visitacion Valley Community Facilities and Infrastructure Fee and Fund
 
Sections Affected:
401, 406, 420.1 to 420.5 (Amended)
101091
02/06/11
Planning Code - Notice Requirement for "Other Entertainment Uses" in the Van Ness Avenue Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
243 (Amended)
101464
03/26/11
Planning Code - Zoning - Amendment of Upper Market Neighborhood Commercial District; Extension of Market and Octavia Community Infrastructure Fee Area
 
Sections Affected:
110009
04/15/11
Planning Code - Amending Area Plan Fee Waiver Criteria for Affordable Housing
 
Sections Affected:
406 (Amended)
101523
04/22/11
Planning Code, Administrative Code - Development Impact and In-Lieu Fees
 
Sections Affected:
110070
04/22/11
Planning Code - Zoning - Upper Fillmore Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
703.3, 718.1 (Amended)
110024
04/29/11
Planning Code - Zoning Map Amendment - Correction to Market and Octavia Area Plan Zoning
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Map Sheet 2 (Amended)
110010
05/07/11
Planning Code - Zoning - NC-3 District of Fillmore Street between Bush and McAllister Streets
 
Sections Affected:
145.4 (Amended)
101053
05/07/11
Planning Code - Zoning - Establishing Consistent Setback, Street Frontage, Off-Street Parking, and Other Planning Code Requirements and Procedures Across Various Use Districts
 
Sections Affected:
145 (Added); 124, 132.2, 136, 144, 144.1, 145.1, 145.5, 150, 151.1, 155, 161, 186, 206.3, 209.8, 210.3, 212, 231, 243, 253, 253.2, 307 (Amended); 175.1, 175.2, 175.3, 175.4, 175.5, 209.10, 249.26 (Repealed)
101537
05/20/11
Planning Code - Urban Agriculture
 
Sections Affected:
110301
07/09/11
Planning Code - Special Use District - Parkmerced
 
Sections Affected:
249.64 (Added); 102.5, 201, 270 (Amended)
110302
07/09/11
Planning Code - Zoning Map Amendments - Parkmerced
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps HT13, SU13, ZN13 (Amended)
110227
07/15/11
Zoning Map Amendment - Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island Development Project
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps HT14, SU14, ZN14 (Added)
110229
07/15/11
Planning Code - Zoning - Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island - Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.52, 263.26 (Added); 102.5, 105, 201, 270 (Amended)
101350
07/29/11
Planning Code - Zoning - Parking in South of Market and Mission Bay Districts
 
Sections Affected:
151, 151.1, 155, 161, 249.1, 249.23 (Amended)
110658
07/29/11
Planning Code - Zoning Map - Presidio-Sutter Special Use District - 800 Presidio Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
249.53 (Added)
Zoning Maps HT03, SU03 (Amended)
110482
08/04/11
Planning Code - Miscellaneous Technical Amendments
 
Sections Affected:
110625
08/17/11
Planning Code - Zoning - Executive Park Special Use District, Special Height and Bulk Provisions, and Permit Review Procedures
 
Sections Affected:
249.54, 263.27, 309.2 (Added); 270 (Amended)
110626
08/17/11
Zoning Map Amendments - Executive Park Subarea Plan Area
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps HT10, SU10, ZN10 (Amended)
110707
08/31/11
Planning Code - Fee Update
 
Sections Affected:
350, 351, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358 (Amended)
110277
08/31/11
Planning Code - Vintage Signs
 
Sections Affected:
608.14 (Amended)
110592
09/07/11
Planning Code - Inner Clement, Outer Clement, and Geary Neighborhood Commercial Controls
 
Sections Affected:
263.20, 712.1, 716.1, 717.1, 781.4 (Amended)
110506
10/12/11
Police Code, Planning Code, and Business and Tax Regulations Code - Limited Live Performance Permits
 
Sections Affected:
110448
11/03/11
Planning Code - Zoning Map - Establishing City Center Special Sign District
 
Sections Affected:
608.16 (Added); 602.10, 607.1, 608 (Amended)
110786
11/03/11
Planning Code - Eastern Neighborhoods Code Cleanup
 
Sections Affected:
110788
11/03/11
Zoning Map Amendments - Eastern Neighborhoods Code Cleanup
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps HT01, HT07, HT08, SU01, SU08, ZN01, ZN07, ZN08 (Amended)
110785
11/06/11
Planning Code - Zoning - Establishing Standards for BirdSafe Buildings
 
Sections Affected:
139 (Added); 145.1 (Amended)
110589
11/23/11
Planning Code - Zoning Map - Establishing the Lombard and Scott Street Affordable Group Housing Special Use District - 3151-3155 Scott Street
 
Sections Affected:
249.55 (Added)
Zoning Map 2SU (Amended)
110767
12/15/11
Planning Code - Alcoholic Beverages in the Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use Subdistrict
 
Sections Affected:
249.60 (Amended)
110590
12/15/11
Planning Code - Reconstruction of Buildings Damaged or Destroyed by Fire or Acts of God
 
Sections Affected:
181, 188 (Amended)
 

2012

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
111078
03/15/12
Planning Code and Zoning Map Amendments - India Basin Industrial Park
 
Sections Affected:
249.42 (Amended)
Zoning Map 8 SU (Amended)
111305
03/22/12
Planning Code Amendments - Glen Park Area Plan
 
Sections Affected:
738.1 (Added); 121.1, 121.2, 124, 134, 135, 145.4, 151.1, 155, 201, 263.20, 607.1, 702.1 (Amended)
111306
03/22/12
Zoning Map Amendments - Glen Park Area Plan
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps HT11, ZN11 (Amended)
111211
04/04/12
Zoning Map Amendment - Chinatown Transit Station Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Map SU01 (Amended)
111210
04/04/12
Planning Code - Chinatown Transit Station Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.66 (Added)
111315
04/15/12
Planning Code - Automobile Sale or Rental in NC-S Districts
 
Sections Affected:
713.1 (Amended)
111337
05/19/12
Planning Code - Extension of Time for Legitimization of Existing Eastern Neighborhoods Uses
 
Sections Affected:
179.1 (Amended)
110853
05/19/12
Planning, Administrative Codes - Public Art Fee and Public Artwork Trust Fund
 
Sections Affected:
429 (Amended)
120084
05/23/12
Planning Code - Eating and Drinking Establishment Definitions and Controls
 
Sections Affected:
111247
06/20/12
Planning Code - Permitting Five Feet Ground Floor Height Increases in Designated Lots and Prohibiting Certain Lot Mergers Along Geary Boulevard, Balboa Street, and in the Inner and Outer Clement Neighborhood Commercial Districts
 
Sections Affected:
120300
06/20/12
Planning Code - Article 10 - Landmarks Preservation
 
Sections Affected:
120301
06/20/12
Planning Code - Article 11 - Historic Preservation in the C-3 Districts
 
Sections Affected:
120047
07/22/12
Planning Code - Including Financial Services Within Definition of Formula Retail
 
Sections Affected:
303, 703.3, 803.6 (Amended)
120471
09/01/12
Planning Code - Bicycle Parking; Automotive Service Station Conversions
 
Sections Affected:
120715
09/01/12
Planning Code - Limited Commercial Uses in Residential Districts
 
Sections Affected:
186, 231 (Amended)
120241
09/06/12
Planning Code - Establishing Four Outer Sunset Neighborhood Commercial Districts
 
Sections Affected:
739.1, 740.1, 741.1, 742.1 (Added); 263.20, 710.1, 790.124 (Amended)
120472
09/06/12
Planning Code - Clerical Modifications and Repeal of Obsolete Sections
 
Sections Affected:
102.5, 121.3, 201, 204.2, 209.9, 249.49, 309.1, 799, 899 (Amended); 187, 249.15, 263.2, 263.3 (Deleted)
120665
09/07/12
Planning Code - Transit Center District Plan
 
Sections Affected:
424.6, 424.7, 424.8 (Added); 102.5, 102.9, 102.11, 123, 132.1, 136, 138, 151.1, 152.1, 155, 155.4, 156, 163, 201, 210.3, 215, 216, 217, 218, 218.1, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 248, 260, 270, 272, 303, 309, 321, 412.1, 427, 1103.1, Art. 11 App. A, C, D, F (Amended)
111374
10/11/12
Planning Code - Creating a New Definition of Student Housing
 
Sections Affected:
102.36 (Added); 124, 135, 207.6, 307, 312, 317, 401, 415.3, 814, 840, 841, 842, 843 (Amended)
120528
10/11/12
Administrative, Planning Codes - Historical Property (Mills Act) Contracts and Fee Reduction
 
Sections Affected:
356 (Amended)
120475
10/14/12
Planning Code and Zoning Map - Chinese Hospital Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.69 (Added)
120353
10/27/12
Planning Code - Mechanical Car Wash Facilities on 19th Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
187.2 (Added)
120631
10/28/12
Business and Tax Regulations, Police, and Planning Codes - Parking Tax Simplification for Residential Properties
 
Sections Affected:
150, 204.5 (Amended)
120773
11/08/12
Planning Code - Reinstating Liquor License Controls and Establishing Conditional Use Requirement for Limited Restaurants - Union Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
725.1 (Amended)
120464
11/22/12
 
[Oper. 01/15/13]
Planning Code - Threshold for Application of Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program
 
Sections Affected:
415.3, 419.3 (Amended)
120774
11/28/12
Planning Code - Permitting a Five Feet Ground Floor Height Increase for Active Ground Floor Uses in the Castro Street and the 24th Street - Noe Valley Neighborhood Commercial Districts
 
Sections Affected:
263.20, 715.1, 728.1 (Amended)
120220
12/14/12
Planning Code - Signage Requirements for Privately-Owned Public Open Spaces
 
Sections Affected:
135, 135.3, 138, 603 (Amended)
121033
12/14/12
Planning Code - Limited Commercial Uses in Residential Transit Oriented Mission District
 
Sections Affected:
231 (Amended)
120996
01/06/13
Planning Code - Efficiency Dwelling Units - Numerical Cap and Open/Common Space Requirements
 
Sections Affected:
140.1, 318 (Added); 135 (Amended)
120523
01/17/13
Planning Code - Transit Impact Development Fee Increase and Updates
 
Sections Affected:
411.9 (Added); 401, 402, 408, 411, 411.1, 411.2, 411.3, 411.4, 411.5, 411.7, 411.8 (Amended)
 

2013

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
120880
02/23/13
Planning Code - Valencia Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
726.1 (Amended)
120789
03/08/13
Planning Code - Landmark Designation of 4004-4006 Third Street - Sam Jordan's Bar
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
121061
03/08/13
Planning Code - Landmark Designation of 401 Castro Street (Twin Peaks Tavern)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
120900
04/04/13
Planning Code - Car Share Parking Spaces
 
Sections Affected:
166 (Amended)
130019
04/05/13
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central Subway Tunnel Boring Machine Extraction Site Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.70 (Added)
130002
04/27/13
Planning Code - Implementing the Western South of Market Area Plan
 
Sections Affected:
130003
04/27/13
Zoning Map - Height and Bulk Revisions to the Western South of Market Area Plan
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps HT01, HT07, HT08, ZN01, ZN07, ZN08 (Amended)
130062
04/27/13
Planning, Administrative Codes, Zoning Map - Miscellaneous Technical Amendments, Fee Changes, Clarifications, and Corrections
 
Sections Affected:
121104
05/10/13
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 320-326 Judah Street (the Doelger Building)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
121162
05/10/13
Planning Code - Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program, Updates, and Clarifications
 
Sections Affected:
249.33, 249.40A, 401, 415.3, 415.5, 415.6, 415.7, 415.8, 415.9, 419.3, 419.5, 827 (Amended); 102.6.1, 121.7, 167, 175.9, 207.6, 249.27, 249.28, 249.41, 305, 317, 803.9, 840, 841, 842, 846 (References corrected; see § 14 of the ordinance)
130042
05/10/13
Planning Code - Medical Service Use - Sacramento Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
724.1 (Amended)
121004
05/17/13
Planning Code - Market Street Masonry Historic District
 
Sections Affected:
130018
05/17/13
Planning Code - Deleting the Sunset Provision of the Excelsior Alcohol Restricted Use District
 
Sections Affected:
785 (Amended)
120474
05/23/13
Planning, Administrative Codes - Transfer of Development Rights
 
Sections Affected:
128, 819 (Amended)
121065
05/30/13
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Polk Street Alcohol and Tobacco Paraphernalia Restrictions; Establishing Lower Polk Street Alcohol Restricted Use District
 
Sections Affected:
788 (Added); 723.1 (Amended)
120901
06/14/13
Planning Code - Upper Market Zoning
 
Sections Affected:
703.2, 721.1, 733.1 (Amended)
120902
06/14/13
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Upper Market Zoning Map
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps HT07, ZN07 (Amended)
130070
07/13/13
Planning Code - Duboce Park Historic District
 
Sections Affected:
111278
07/21/13
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the Art and Design Educational Special Use District - 1111 Eighth Street
 
Sections Affected:
249.67 (Added)
130180
07/21/13
Planning Code - Pre-Application Meetings in Production/Distribution/Repair-1-B (Light Industrial Buffer) District
 
Sections Affected:
313 (Added)
120125
07/28/13
Planning Code - Mobile Food Facilities at Certain Institutions in Specified Districts
 
Sections Affected:
205.4 (Amended)
120357
08/10/13
 
[Oper. 09/09/13]
Planning Code - Maximum Floor Area Ratios - Establishing the Van Ness Medical Use Subdistrict Within the Van Ness Special Use District - California Pacific Medical Center: Cathedral Hill Campus
 
Sections Affected:
124, 243 (Amended)
120358
08/10/13
 
[Oper. 09/09/13]
Planning Code - Maximum Permitted Floor Area Ratio - Establishing the Cesar Chavez/Valencia Streets Medical Use Special Use District - California Pacific Medical Center: St. Luke's Campus
 
Sections Affected:
249.68 (Added); 124 (Amended)
120359
08/10/13
 
[Oper. 09/09/13]
Planning Code, Zoning Map - California Pacific Medical Center: Cathedral Hill Campus
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps HT02, SU02 (Amended)
120360
08/10/13
 
[Oper. 09/09/13]
Planning Code, Zoning Map - California Pacific Medical Center: St. Luke's Campus
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps HT07, SU07 (Amended)
130272
08/18/13
Zoning Map - Rezoning of 909 Tennessee Street
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Map ZN08 (Amended)
N/A*
130647
08/22/13
Approving Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program Ordinance
 
Sections Affected:
401 (Amended)
 
* This amendment was adopted by Board of Supervisors Motion No. M13-097.
130263
08/24/13
Planning Code - Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District Use Size Limits
 
Sections Affected:
121.2, 715.1 (Amended)
130570
09/01/13
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Yerba Buena Center Mixed-Use Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.71 (Added)
130459
09/06/13
Planning Code - Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use District and Valencia Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
249.60, 726.1, 790.55 (Amended)
130528
09/06/13
Planning, Environment Codes - Bicycle Parking Standards; In Lieu Fee
 
Sections Affected:
430.1, 431 (Added); 150, 153, 155.1, 155.2, 155.3, 155.4, 157.1, 249.46, 305, 307, 430 (Amended); 155.5 (Repealed)
130646
11/02/13
Planning Code - Mixed Use Office District
 
Sections Affected:
842 (Amended)
130372
12/08/13
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Third Street Formula Retail Restricted Use District
 
Sections Affected:
786 (Added); 303 (Amended)
130084
12/27/13
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the Excelsior Outer Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
745.1 (Added); 201, 207.4, 249.35, 263.20, 607.1, 702.1, 702.3 (Amended); 785 (Repealed)
130549
12/27/13
Planning Code - Controller's Reports
 
Sections Affected:
130968
01/17/14
Administrative, Planning Codes - Ellis Act Displaced Emergency Assistance Ordinance
 
Sections Affected:
413.10, 415.5, 415.6, 415.7 (Amended)
130783
01/25/14
Planning Code - Nonconforming Uses: Enlargement, Alteration or Reconstruction
 
Sections Affected:
181 (Amended)
130041
01/25/14
Planning Code - Demolition, Merger, Conversion and Conformity of Residential Units
 
Sections Affected:
130998
01/25/14
Planning Code - Cottage Food Operation Controls
 
Sections Affected:
102.37 (Added); 204.1 (Amended)
 

2014

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
131085
03/06/14
Planning Code - Fulton Street Grocery Store Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.35A (Amended)
130864
03/09/14
Planning Code - Transfer of Child Care Facility Oversight to Office of Early Care and Education
 
Sections Affected:
414.10 (Amended)
131118
03/15/14
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 1712-1716 Fillmore Street (aka Marcus Books and Jimbo's Bop City)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
131086
03/16/14
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 1500 Page Street Affordable Housing Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.47 (Added); 249.41A, 263.22A (Deleted)
130938
04/04/14
Planning Code - Transit Impact Development Fee Exemptions
 
Sections Affected:
411.3, 411.8 (Amended)
131178
04/13/14
Planning Code - Article 11 Designation of 660 California Street
 
Sections Affected:
131059
04/16/14
Planning Code - Allowing Certain Non-Conforming Structures to be Rebuilt Under Certain Conditions
 
Sections Affected:
188 (Amended)
130999
04/20/14
Zoning Map - Transferable Development Right Sale Eligibility - 133-135 Golden Gate Avenue (St. Boniface Church and Rectory)
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Map (Amended)
131121
05/03/14
Planning Code - Amending the Third Street Alcohol Restricted Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.62 (Amended)
131148
05/17/14
Planning, Building, Administrative, and Subdivision Codes - Legalization of Dwelling Units Installed Without a Permit
 
Sections Affected:
207.3 (Added); 311 (Amended)
131063
05/17/14
Planning and Administrative Codes - Construction of In-Law Units in Existing Residential Buildings or Auxiliary Structures on the Same Lot; Rent Control
 
Sections Affected:
307, 715.1 (Amended)
140312
06/07/14
Planning, Building Codes - Small Business Month Fee Waiver
 
Sections Affected:
355 (Amended)
140097
06/13/14
Planning Code - Medical Cannabis Dispensaries - Ocean Avenue Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
737.1 (Amended)
131205
06/22/14
Planning Code - Production, Distribution, and Repair Zoning
 
Sections Affected:
219.1 (Added); 181, 204.3, 226, 227, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846 (Amended); 175.8, 249.39, 413.7, 428A, 890.49 (Repealed)
140062
07/13/14
Planning Code - Plaza Program
 
Sections Affected:
234, 234.1, 234.2, 605 (Amended)
140382
07/26/14
Planning Code - Designation of 1007 Market Street (aka James G. Walker Building)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 11, App. C (Amended)
140236
08/17/14
Planning Code - Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.60 (Amended)
140445
08/23/14
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Visitation Valley/Schlage Lock Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.45 (Amended)
Zoning Maps , (Amended)
140036
08/24/14
Planning Code - Dwelling Unit Density
 
Sections Affected:
207.1, 207.4 (Amended)
140593
08/30/14
Planning Code - Fee Elimination
 
Sections Affected:
350, 351 (Amended)
140724
11/08/14
Planning Code - Nighttime Entertainment and Uses Greater than 25,000 Square Feet in Western SoMa
 
Sections Affected:
744.1, 823, 845 (Amended)
140381
11/26/14
 
[Oper. 02/01/15]
Administrative, Planning Codes - Amending Regulation of Short-Term Residential Rentals and Establishing Fee
 
Sections Affected:
102.7, 102.13, 790.88, 890.88 (Amended)
140775
11/28/14
Planning Code - Amending Definition of Residential Unit and Residential Conversion Requirements
 
Sections Affected:
317 (Amended)
140804
12/07/14
Planning Code - Arcades in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
719.1, 790.4 (Amended)
120796
12/13/14
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the Divisadero Street Neighborhood Commercial District and Deleting the Divisadero Street Restricted Use District
 
Sections Affected:
746.1 (Added); 135, 151.1, 201, 207.5, 243, 249.35, 263.20, 607.1, 702.1, 702.3, 711.1, 714.1, 722.1, 739.1, 740.1, 741.1, 742.1, 810.1, 811.1, 790.55 (Amended); 783 (Repealed)
120814
12/13/14
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the Fillmore Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
747.1 (Added); 151.1, 201, 249.35, 607.1, 702.1 (Amended)
120881
12/26/14
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Uses, Conformity of Uses, Parking Requirements for Uses, and Special Use Districts
 
Sections Affected:
102.9, 135, 138, 138.1, 140, 141, 151, 151.1, 155, 156, 157.1, 158.1, 161, 163, 182, 184, 204.3, 204.5, 206.3, 223, 239, 243, 249.25, 307, 309, 714.1, 722.1, 810.1, 812.1 (Amended); 158 (Repealed)
140844
12/26/14
Planning Code - Formula Retail and Large-Scale Retail Controls
 
Sections Affected:
140875
01/16/15
Planning Code - Amending the Third Street Alcohol Restricted Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.62 (Amended)
141096
01/16/15
Planning Code - Height Exemptions for Hospitals
 
Sections Affected:
260 (Amended)
 

2015

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
140982
03/15/15
Planning Code - Arcades in the Upper Market Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
733.1 (Amended)
141210
03/15/15
Planning and Administrative Codes - Definition and Controls for Homeless Shelters to Comply with State Law
 
Sections Affected:
110548
03/22/15
Planning Code - Zoning Map - Signs, Awnings, Canopies, and Marquees
 
Sections Affected:
141237
03/22/15
Planning Code - Procedure for Requesting Modification of Code Requirements or Planning Department Practices and Procedures to Accommodate a Disability
 
Sections Affected:
305.1 (Added)
141253
03/22/15
Planning Code - Consolidate Definitions, Reorganize Article 2, and Make Other Nonsubstantive Changes to Update, Clarify, and Simplify Code Language
 
Sections Affected:
150003
03/22/15
Planning Code - Zoning Map Amendment - 1600-1612 Cortland Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps ,
140876
04/05/15
Planning Code - Office Conversion Controls In Landmark Buildings
 
Sections Affected:
219.2 (Added); 803.9 (Amended)
140954
04/25/15
Planning Code - Exceptions from Dwelling Unit Density Limits and from Other Specified Code Requirements
 
Sections Affected:
150149
05/24/15
Planning Code - Adopting Nexus Analysis for Certain Development Fees
 
Sections Affected:
141266
05/30/15
Planning Code - Off-Street Parking Exceptions
 
Sections Affected:
102, 159, 160, 161, 401 (Amended)
150029
05/30/15
Planning Code - City Housing Balance Monitoring and Reporting
 
Sections Affected:
103 (Added)
150246
06/07/15
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 2178-2174 Market Street (aka Swedish American Hall Building)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
141298
06/20/15
Various Codes - Noise Regulations Relating to Residential Uses Near Places of Entertainment
 
Sections Affected:
314 (Added)
150002
06/20/15
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 182-198 Gough Street (aka the R.L. Goldberg Building)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
141303
06/27/15
Planning Code - Massage Establishments
 
Sections Affected:
177 (Added); 102, 202.2, 790.60, 790.114, 810.1, 811.1, 812.1, 815, 827, 829, 890.60, 890.114 (Amended)
150017
07/12/15
Planning Code - Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District, 24th Street-Noe Valley Neighborhood Commercial District, Upper Market Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District, and Parcels Zoned Neighborhood Commercial Transit on Market Street
 
Sections Affected:
715, 728, 731, 733 (Amended)
150148
07/12/15
Planning Code - Designation of 149-155 9th Street (aka the Western Manufacturing Company Building)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 11, App. C (Amended)
150221
08/14/15
Planning, Public Works Codes - Street Trees and Adoption of Associated Fees
 
Sections Affected:
138.1 (Amended); 428 (Repealed)
150357
08/16/15
Planning Code - Rincon Hill Streetscape Master Plan
 
Sections Affected:
138.1 (Amended)
150081
08/16/15
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the Fillmore Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
121.7, 151.1, 201, 702.1 (Amended); 747.1 (Redesignated and Amended)
Zoning Maps: , (Amended)
150082
08/16/15
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the Divisadero Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
121.7, 151.1, 201, 702.1, 711, 712 (Amended); 746.1 (Redesignated and Amended)
Zoning Maps: , (Amended)
150568
09/05/15
Administrative, Planning, Subdivision Codes - Citywide Affordable Housing Fund, Mayor's Housing Programs Fees Fund
 
Sections Affected:
413.10, 415.5, 416.5, 423.5 (Amended)
150571
09/05/15
Planning, Building Codes - Fee Waiver for Legalization of Secondary Dwelling Units
 
Sections Affected:
355 (Note)
150348
09/05/15*
Planning Code - Applying Inclusionary Housing Requirements to Group Housing
 
Sections Affected:
124, 140, 207, 307, 401, 415.6 (See Editor's Note below)
 
* Editor's Note: 
At the direction of the Office of the City Attorney, this ordinance was never codified. Its provisions effectively were superseded by Ord. 164-15; see table entry below.
150681
09/05/15
Planning Code - Allowing an Existing Restaurant to Open a Second Location with a Conditional Use Authorization - North Beach Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
780.3 (Amended)
150804
10/18/15
Planning, Administrative Codes - Construction of Accessory Dwelling Units - District 8
 
Sections Affected:
102, 207, 209.1, 209.2, 209.3, 209.4, 307, 710, 712, 713, 715, 721, 726, 728, 731, 733, 738 (Amended)
150805
10/18/15
Planning, Administrative Codes - Construction of Accessory Dwelling Units - District 3
 
Sections Affected:
102, 207, 209.1, 209.2, 209.3, 209.4, 210.1, 210.2, 307, 714, 722, 723, 732 (Amended); 810.1, 811.1, 812.1 (Redesignated and Amended)
150348
10/23/15
 
[Retro. 05/20/15*]
Planning Code - Inclusionary Housing Requirements for Group Housing, Affordable Designated Unit Requirements in C-3 Districts
 
Sections Affected:
124, 140, 207, 307, 401, 415.6 (Amended)
 
* The legislation is retroactive in effect; see Sec. 4 of the ordinance.
150465
10/23/15
Planning Code - Accessory Use Entertainment in Specified Western South of Market Districts
 
Sections Affected:
703.2, 803.3 (Amended)
150496
11/15/15
Planning Code - Inclusionary Housing Requirements in the Eastern Neighborhoods
 
Sections Affected:
419.5 (Amended)
150846
12/04/15
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Creating the Jewish Home of San Francisco Special Use District, 302 Silver Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
249.73 (Added)
Zoning Maps: , (Amended)
150871
12/04/15
Planning Code - Technical Amendments and Corrections
 
Sections Affected:
150790
12/25/15
Planning Code - Establishing a New Citywide Transportation Sustainability Fee
 
Sections Affected:
150866
12/25/15
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 350 University Street (aka University Mound Old Ladies' Home)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
150622
01/02/16
Administrative, Planning Codes - Preferences in Affordable Housing Programs
 
Sections Affected:
413.10, 415.5, 415.6, 415.7 (Amended)
150787
01/01/16
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Fifth and Mission Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.74 (Added)
Zoning Maps: , ,
150587
01/08/16
Building and Planning Codes - Notice to Tenants of Dwelling Unit Merger or Demolition
 
Sections Affected:
311, 312 (Amended)
150271
01/15/16
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Rezoning Properties on Ocean Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
737 (Amended)
Zoning Map: (Amended)
151063
01/15/16
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 525 Harrison Street
 
Sections Affected:
270, 309.1 (Amended)
Zoning Maps: (Amended)
151121
01/17/16
Planning Code - Establishing a New Citywide Transportation Sustainability Fee
 
Sections Affected:
151126
01/21/16
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
261.3, 748 (Added); 134, 145.4, 151.1, 155, 201, 263.20, 607.1, 702.1 (Amended)
Zoning Maps:
 

2016

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
150793
02/18/16
Planning Code - Child Care Requirements for Office and Residential Projects and Associated Fees
 
Sections Affected:
 
* The provisions of Sec. 414A.6 were operative on 7/19/2016; see Sec. 3 of the enacting ordinance.
150914
03/11/16
Planning Code - Affordable Housing Review Process
 
Sections Affected:
315 (Added)
150494
04/03/16
Planning, Building Codes - Conditional Use Required to Remove Any Residential Unit in a C-3 District, Including Illegal Units; Permeable Surfaces and Landscaping Requirements Citywide for Building Additions and Residential Mergers
 
Sections Affected:
317.1 (Added); 132, 210.2 (Amended)
151004
04/10/16
Planning Code - Projecting Signs in the Fillmore Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
607.1 (Amended)
160026
04/10/16
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Rezoning Noe Valley Town Square
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps: , (Amended)
160115
04/10/16
Planning, Building Codes - Conditional Use Required to Remove Any Residential Unit; Mandatory Legalization of Unauthorized Units
 
Sections Affected:
209.1, 209.2, 209.3, 209.4, 210.1, 210.2, 210.3, 210.4, 317, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 733A, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818 (Amended); 317.1 (Repealed)
151084
04/24/16
Planning Code - Upper Market Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District; Second Floor Bars
 
Sections Affected:
733 (Amended)
151164
05/22/16
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 171 San Marcos Avenue (aka Cowell House)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
151085
05/27/16
 
[Oper. 06/01/16]
Various Codes - Code Enforcement Procedures
 
Sections Affected:
176, 176.1 (Amended)
160255
06/12/16
Planning, Administrative Codes - Inclusionary Affordable Housing Fee and Requirements; Preparation of Economic Feasibility Report; Establishing Inclusionary Housing Technical Advisory Committee
 
Sections Affected:
415.10 (Added); 415.1, 415.2, 415.3, 415.5, 415.6, 415.7 (Amended)
 
Section 2(a) of this ordinance provides:
"The amendments to Planning Code Sections 415.1, 415.3, 415.5, 415.6 and 415.7 set forth in Section 3 of this ordinance will become effective only on the effective date of the Charter amendment revising Section 16.110 at the June 7, 2016 election, permitting the City to change the inclusionary affordable housing requirements. In the event the voters do not adopt such Charter amendment, the amendments to Planning Code Sections 415.1, 415.3, 415.5, 415.6 and 415.7 set forth in Section 3 of this ordinance shall have no effect, and the City Attorney shall not cause them to be published in the Municipal Code."
 
The amendments referenced in the above-quoted Sec. 2(a) have been included herein at the direction of the Office of the City Attorney.
151211
06/19/16
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 90-92 Second Street (aka the Bourdette Building)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
151280
06/26/16
Planning Code - Permitting Accessory Massage Uses, with a Conditional Use Permit, in the North of Market Residential Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.5 (Amended)
160293
07/17/16
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 35-45 Onondaga Avenue (aka Alemany Emergency Hospital and Health Center)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
160346
07/24/16
Planning Code - Mid-Block Alley and Rooftop Screening and Enclosure Controls
 
Sections Affected:
260, 270.1, 270.2, 309, 329, 735, 743, 744, 803.9 (Amended)
160360
08/19/16
Zoning Map - Rezoning Potrero HOPE SF Parcels at 25th and Connecticut Streets
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps: , (Amended)
160687
08/28/16
Planning Code - 100% Affordable Housing Bonus Program
 
Sections Affected:
206, 206.1, 206.2, 206.3, 206.4, 328 (Added); 250, 260, 352 (Amended)
160632
08/31/16
Planning, Administrative Codes - Planning Department Fees - Future Fee Adjustments
 
Sections Affected:
350 (Amended); 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360 (Repealed)
160657
09/03/16
Planning, Administrative Code - Construction of Accessory Dwelling Units
 
Sections Affected:
102, 207, 209.1, 210.4, 307, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 733A, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 827, 828, 829, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847 (Amended); 207.2 (Repealed)
160477
09/10/16
Planning Code - Wireless Telecommunications Services Facilities
 
Sections Affected:
160321
11/13/16
Planning Code - Housing Balance Report
 
Sections Affected:
103 (Amended)
160960
12/04/16
Planning Code - Temporary Homeless Shelters in Certain Industrial and Mixed-Use Districts
 
Sections Affected:
210.3 (Amended); 845 (Amended); 846 (Amended)
160424
12/10/16
Planning Code - Sign Regulations
 
Sections Affected:
102, 188, 260, 429.4, 429.6, 601, 602 (deleting 602.1 - 602.26), 607, 607.1, 607.2, 608.3, 608.5, 608.8, 608.9, 608.13, 608.15, 609.10, 609.11, 609.13, 609.14; Tables 810, 811, 812, 817 (Amending); 608.4, 608.12, 609.2, 803.1, 821 (Deleting)
160553
12/10/16
Planning Code - Signs - Exemptions and General Advertising Sign Penalties
 
Sections Affected:
602 (Amended), 603 (Amended), 610 (Amended)
160820
12/22/16
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 1345 Ocean Avenue (aka Ingleside Presbyterian Church and the Great Cloud of Witnesses)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
160821
12/22/16
Planning Code - Amending Landmark Designation - 140 Maiden Lane (aka V. C. Morris Gift Shop)
 
Sections Affected:
Art. 10, App. A (Amended)
160965
12/10/16*
[Oper. 1/1/17]
Planning Code - Better Roof Requirements, Including Living Roofs
 
Sections Affected:
149 (Added); 307 (Amended)
160510
01/15/17
Planning Code - Student Housing Exemption from Inclusionary Housing Requirements
 
Sections Affected:
 

2017

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
161067
02/19/17
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Mission and 9th Street Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.15 (Added)
161157
02/19/17
Planning Code - Inclusionary Housing Small Sites Program
 
Sections Affected:
415.2; 415.5; 415.7-1 (Added)
161068
03/05/17
Planning Code - Terrace Infill for Noncomplying Structure Designated as a Significant Building in C-3 Zoning District
 
Sections Affected:
188 (Amended)
161159
03/05/17
Planning Code - Potrero HOPE SF Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.76 (Added); 263.31 (Added)
161162
03/05/17
Planning Code - Sunnydale HOPE SF Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.75 (Added); 263.30 (Added)
160656
03/12/17
Planning Code - Medical Service Use - Sacramento Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
703.2, 724 (Amended)
160925
03/19/17
Planning Code - Transportation Demand Management Program Requirement
 
Sections Affected:
169, 169.1, 169.2, 169.3, 169.4, 169.5, 169.6 (Added); 102, 151, 163, 166, 305 (Amended)
161064
04/09/17
Administrative, Planning Codes - New Hotels and Motels Near Places of Entertainment
 
Sections Affected:
160748
4/16/17
Planning Code - Amusement Arcades in the South of Market Service/Light Industrial District
 
Sections Affected:
161353
4/16/17
Various Codes - Baby Diaper-Changing Accommodations
 
Sections Affected:
168 (Deleted)
170003
04/23/17
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Upper Market Street Districts
 
Sections Affected:
170028
04/30/17
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Calle 24 Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.59 (Adding)
140877
05/14/17
Planning Code - Downtown Support Special Use District; Fees in Lieu of On-Site Open Space; Gift Acceptance
 
Sections Affected:
170125
06/11/17
Planning Code - Construction of Accessory Dwelling Units
 
Sections Affected:
160281
06/18/17
Planning Code - Dwelling Unit Mix Requirements
 
Sections Affected:
170206
06/18/17
Planning Code - Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
 
Sections Affected:
170466
06/18/17
Planning Code - Noriega, Irving, Taraval, and Judah NCDs; Conditional Use Authorization for Bars, Liquor Stores, Personal Services, and Medical Cannabis Dispensaries
 
Sections Affected:
170348
06/23/17
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 1500 Mission Street Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.12 (Adding); 270
161014
06/25/17
Planning Code - Exempting Certain Historic Landmarks from Requirement to Obtain Conditional Use and Replace Production, Distribution, and Repair, Institutional Community, and Arts Activities Uses
 
Sections Affected:
170156
06/25/17
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Production, Distribution, and Repair Controls; Eliminating the Transit-Oriented Retail Special Use District, and Correcting Height Limits in the UMU District
 
Sections Affected:
145.1; 210.3; 210.3C; Deleting 249.38
150969
07/13/17
Planning Code - Affordable Housing Bonus Programs
 
Sections Affected:
170203
07/30/17
Planning Code - Article 7 Reorganization; Technical and Other Amendments
 
Sections Affected:
170204
07/30/17
Planning Code - Deletion of Duplicate Definitions and Outdated Article 7 Zoning Control Tables
 
Sections Affected:
Article 7: Deleting 701.3; 703.1; 703.3; 703.5; 709; 790; 790.2 - 790.142; 799
170296
08/20/17
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Corona Heights Large Residence Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.77 (Added)
161351
08/26/17
Planning Code - Inclusionary Affordable Housing Fee and Dwelling Unit Mix Requirements
 
Sections Affected:
170430
08/26/17
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 1970 Ocean Avenue (aka El Rey Theater)
 
Sections Affected:
170434
08/26/17
Planning Code - Construction of Accessory Dwelling Units
 
Sections Affected:
170820
08/26/17
Planning Code - Valencia Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District Zoning Control Table
 
Sections Affected:
170093
08/26/17
Planning Code - Establish Fee for Monitoring of Student Housing - Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development
 
Sections Affected:
170516
10/15/17
Planning Code - Medical Cannabis Dispensaries in Supervisorial District 11
 
Sections Affected:
170693
10/15/17
Planning Code - Child Care Facilities
 
Sections Affected:
170419
11/04/17
Planning Code - North Beach, Telegraph Hill, Broadway and Chinatown Area Controls
 
Sections Affected:
170418
12/03/17
Planning Code - Commercial Uses in Polk Street and Pacific Avenue Neighborhood Commercial Districts; Technical and Other Amendments
 
Sections Affected:
170834
12/03/17
Planning Code - Inclusionary Affordable Housing Fee and Requirements
 
Sections Affected:
170864
12/15/17
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Pier 70 Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.79 (Added); ZN08, HT08, SU08
170923
12/15/17
Planning Code - Landmark Designation of 1399 McAllister Street (aka Third Baptist Church Complex)
 
Sections Affected:
171041
01/05/18
Planning Code - Cannabis Regulation
 
Sections Affected:
170941
01/07/18
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Transit Center Special Sign District
 
Sections Affected:
608.4 (Added)
170922
01/14/18
Planning Code - Landmark Designation of 2731-2735 Folsom Street (aka Gaughran House)
 
Sections Affected:
170938
01/14/18
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 1629 Market Street Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.81
 
 
 
 
 

2018

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
171096
3/12/18
Planning Code - Definition of Gross Floor Area
 
Sections Affected:
171097
3/12/18
Planning Code - Article 8 Corrections
 
Sections Affected:
171173
3/12/18
Planning Code - Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
171193
3/26/18
Planning Code - Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program
 
Sections Affected:
170940
4/06/18
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Mission Rock Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
201, 291, 901, 902, Adding 249.80
161109
4/16/18
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishment of Geary-Masonic Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.20
171108
4/16/18
Planning Code - Restaurant and Bar Uses in Jackson Square, Broadway and North Beach, and Pacific Avenue Office Uses
 
Sections Affected:
170755
4/29/18
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 2117-2123 Market Street (aka New Era Hall)
 
Sections Affected:
180114
5/13/18
Planning Code, Zoning Map - San Francisco Conservatory of Music Project - 200-214 Van Ness Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
180190
6/9/18
Planning Code - Lower Polk Street Alcohol Restricted Use District
 
Sections Affected:
180086
6/23/18
Planning Code - Legitimization and Reestablishment of Certain Self-Storage Uses
 
Sections Affected:
180117
7/21/18*
Oper. in part 7/21/18, conditional
Planning Code - Increasing the Transportation Sustainability Fee for Large Non-Residential Projects
 
Sections Affected:
180187
7/28/18
Planning Code - Reauthorizing Section 210.3C Concerning New Production, Distribution, and Repair Space
 
Sections Affected:
180387
7/29/18
Planning Code - Landmark Designation of 234-246 First Street (aka Phillips Building)
 
Sections Affected:
180476
8/16/18
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Candlestick Point Activity Node Zoning Map Amendments
180191
8/17/18
Planning Code - Public Parking Lot as a Permitted Use in the Glen Park Neighborhood Commercial Transit District and Adjoining Locations
 
Sections Affected:
180423
8/27/18
Oper. 1/1/19*
Planning Code - Review for Downtown and Affordable Housing Projects; Notification Requirements; Review of Alterations to Historical Landmarks and in Conservation Districts
 
Sections Affected:
206.4; 309; 315; 1005; 1111.1; 1111.2; Adding 315.1; Deleting 328
* Sections 202.5; 302; 303; 303.1; 305.1; 306.3; 306.7; 306.8; 306.9; 311; 317; 329; 330.7; 1006.3; 1111.4; Adding 333; Deleting 306.10; 312
180268
9/10/18
Planning Code - Accessory Dwelling Units
 
Sections Affected:
180320
9/10/18
Planning Code - Catering as an Accessory Use
 
Sections Affected:
180456
9/10/18
Planning Code - HOME-SF and 100% Affordable Housing Bonus Program
 
Sections Affected:
206.3; 206.4; 303; Deleting 328; Adding 328; 315.1
180482
9/10/18
Planning Code - Permit Review Procedures and Zoning Controls - Neighborhood Commercial Districts in Supervisorial Districts 4 and 11
 
Sections Affected:
311; 710; 711; 720; 731; 732; 733; 734; Deleting 312
180557
9/10/18
Planning Code - Technical Amendments
 
Sections Affected:
180559
9/10/18
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 6301 Third Street (aka Arthur H. Coleman Medical Center)
 
Sections Affected:
180319
10/15/18
Planning Code - Cannabis Retail and Medical Cannabis Dispensaries in Chinatown
 
Sections Affected:
180389
10/15/18
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Amend Zoning Map and Abolish Legislated Setback on 19th Avenue Between Quintara and Rivera Streets
 
Sections Affected:
ZN05
180556
10/15/18
Planning Code - Hours of Operation for Limited Nonconforming Uses
 
Sections Affected:
180752
10/15/18
Planning Code - Accessory Dwelling Units; In-Lieu Fee for Street Trees
 
Sections Affected:
180053
10/22/18
Planning Code - Massage Establishments - Union Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
180584
10/29/18
Planning Code - Fees for Certain Permits and Transportation Analysis
 
Sections Affected:
180364
11/05/18
Planning Code - Affordable Housing Projects on Undeveloped Lots in Service/Arts/Light Industrial Districts
 
Sections Affected:
180483
11/05/18
Planning Code - Health Services - Ocean Avenue Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
180680
12/02/18*
* Oper. 12/2/18
Planning Code, Zoning Map - India Basin Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.84; ZN09; HT09; SU09
180720
12/03/18
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 228-248 Townsend Street (aka New Pullman Hotel)
 
Sections Affected:
180721
12/03/18
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 457 Bryant Street (aka Piledrivers, Bridge, and Structural Ironworkers Local No. 77 Union Hall)
 
Sections Affected:
180722
12/03/18
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 500-504-4th Street (aka Hotel Utah)
 
Sections Affected:
180723
12/03/18
Planning Code - Clyde and Crooks Warehouse Historic District
 
Sections Affected:
180724
12/03/18
Planning Code - Mint-Mission Conservation District
 
Sections Affected:
180725
12/03/18
Planning Code - Designation of Various Properties as Significant and Contributory in the C-3 District Based on Architectural, Historic and Aesthetic Value
 
Sections Affected:
180726
12/03/18
Planning Code - Amending Kearny-Market-Mason-Sutter Conservation District and Article 11 Designation of 55-5th Street
 
Sections Affected:
180861
12/03/18
Planning Code - Fire-Damaged Liquor Stores in North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
180803
12/21/18
Planning Code - Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use District and Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
180910
12/21/18
Planning Code - Affordable Housing Projects on Undeveloped Lots in Service/Arts/Light Industrial Districts
 
Sections Affected:
180914
12/21/18
Planning Code - Modifying Better Streets Plan Requirements and Curb Cut Restrictions
 
Sections Affected:
180185
01/07/19
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central South of Market Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Maps: ZN01, ZN08, HT01, HT08, SU01, SU08
180453
01/07/19*
Business and Tax Regulations, Planning Codes - Central South of Market Housing Sustainability District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 343
*Conditional operative date
180776
01/07/19
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 430-29th Avenue Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.82; Zoning Map SU04
180806
01/07/19
Planning Code - Temporary Pop-Up Retail, Flexible Retail, and Arts Activities Uses
 
Sections Affected:
102, 205.1, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 764; Adding 179.2, 202.9
180892
01/07/19
Planning Code - 1629 Market Street Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
180911
01/07/19
Planning Code - Inclusionary Housing Ordinance
 
Sections Affected:
151258
01/07/19
Planning Code - Affordable Housing Requirement and Fee in Divisadero Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
180184
01/12/19
Administrative, Planning Codes - Central South of Market Area Plan
 
Sections Affected:
180915
1/21/19
Planning Code - Residential Care Facilities
 
Sections Affected:
180935
1/21/19
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 1550 Evans Avenue Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
249.42; Adding 249.85
181028
1/21/19
Planning Code - Off-Street Parking Requirements
 
Sections Affected:
181031
1/21/19
Planning Code - Permit Review Procedures for Uses in Neighborhood Commercial Districts
 
Sections Affected:
 
 
 
 
 
 

2019

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
180917
2/25/19
Planning Code - Small Family Child Care in an Affordable Dwelling Unit on the Ground Floor
 
Sections Affected:
181144
2/25/19
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 2 Henry Adams Street (the Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Building)
 
Sections Affected:
180474
3/11/19
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Rezoning 1650-1680 Mission Street
181046
3/11/19
Planning Code - HOME-SF Project Authorization
 
Sections Affected:
181061
3/11/19
Planning Code - Conversion of Medical Cannabis Dispensary Uses to Cannabis Retail Uses
 
Sections Affected:
180916
3/18/19
Planning, Administrative Codes - Zoning Controls and Fees in the C-3-R (Downtown Retail) District
 
Sections Affected:
181175
3/25/19
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 22 Beaver Street (Benedict-Gieling House)
 
Sections Affected:
180003
4/15/19
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 460 Arguello Boulevard (aka Theodore Roosevelt Middle School)
 
Sections Affected:
180005
4/15/19
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 2728 Bryant Street (aka Sunshine School)
 
Sections Affected:
181045
4/15/19
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 170 Valencia Street
190108
4/15/19
Planning Code - Conversion of Medical Cannabis Dispensary Uses to Cannabis Retail Uses
 
Sections Affected:
180645
4/22/19
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Rezoning, Preservation Designation - 175 Golden Gate Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
190047
5/5/19
Administrative, Planning Codes - Streamlined Contracting for Homeless Services and Siting for Homeless Shelters
 
Sections Affected:
181154
5/20/19
Planning Code - Inclusionary Housing Fee
 
Sections Affected:
190030
5/20/19
Planning Code - Union Square Park, Recreation, and Open Space Fee
 
Sections Affected:
190188
5/27/19
Planning Code - Amending Landmark Designation - 906 Broadway (Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe/Our Lady of Guadalupe Church)
 
Sections Affected:
190250
6/17/19
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Cayuga/Alemany Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.63; Zoning Maps: SU11; HT11
190251
6/17/19
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 915 Cayuga Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
Zoning Map: SU11
181107
7/26/19
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 524 Union Street (aka Paper Doll)
 
Sections Affected:
181153
7/29/19
Planning Code - Regional Commercial and Folsom Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit Districts, Arts Activities and Nighttime Entertainment Uses
 
Sections Affected:
181156
7/29/19
Planning, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Accessory Dwelling Units in New Construction
 
Sections Affected:
180939
9/9/19
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Oceanview Large Residence Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.3
190165
9/9/19
Planning, Administrative Codes - Legitimization Program for Non-Residential Uses at 3150-18th Street
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 192
190248
9/9/19
Planning Code - Uses in the Upper Market NCT and NCT-3 Zoning Districts
 
Sections Affected:
190459
9/9/19
Planning Code - Temporary Uses: Intermittent Activities
 
Sections Affected:
190661
9/9/19
Planning Code - Permitting Polk/Pacific Special Area Design Guidelines
 
Sections Affected:
190731
9/9/19
Planning Code - Abandonment of Conditional Uses in North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
181211
10/12/19
Health, Planning, and Police Codes - Small Business Permit Streamlining
 
Sections Affected:
190048
10/14/19
Planning Code - Building Standards
 
Sections Affected:
190594
10/21/19
Planning Code - Reorganization of Chinatown Mixed Use Districts
 
Sections Affected:
190702
10/21/19
Planning Code - New Rooftop Floor Area or Building Volume on Noncomplying Structure Designated as a Significant Building - 5 Third Street
 
Sections Affected:
190812
10/21/19
Planning Code - Allowing Long-Term Parking of and Overnight Camping in Vehicles and Ancillary Uses at 2340 San Jose Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
181215
12/02/19
Administrative, Planning Codes - South of Market Community Advisory Committee
 
Sections Affected:
190644
12/02/19
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 2031 Bush Street (aka the Kinmon Gakuen Building)
 
Sections Affected:
190548
12/16/19
Planning Code - Jobs Housing Linkage Fee and Inclusionary Housing
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.78, 329, 409, 413.4, 413.4, 413.11, 415.5, 424.4; Deleting 413.5; Renumber/Amending: 413.6 - 413.10 as 413.5-413.9
190839
12/16/19
Planning Code - Fulton Street Grocery Store Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
190842
12/28/19
** Retro. 1/1/19
Various Codes - Renewing and Extending Waiver and Refund of Investigation Fee - Two-Year Extension of Medical Cannabis Dispensary Permits and Temporary Cannabis Business Permits - Three-Year Extension of Temporary Cannabis Retail Use Authorization
 
Sections Affected:
190844
12/28/19
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 3333 California Street Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.86
191016
1/20/20
Oper. 1/20/20
Planning Code - 100% Affordable Housing and Educator Housing Streamlining Program
 
Sections Affected:
190681
2/10/20
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Flower Mart - 2000 Marin Street Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 329, Adding 249.86*
*Suspended posting until further notice
191125
2/17/20
Planning, Administrative Codes - Development Agreement, Conditional Use Procedures for Large Noncontiguous Post-Secondary Educational Institutions, Planning and Administrative Code Waivers
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 304.6, 304.7
 

2020

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
190681
2/10/20
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Flower Mart - 2000 Marin Street Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 329, Adding 249.86*
*Suspended posting until further notice
191125
2/17/20
Planning, Administrative Codes - Development Agreement, Conditional Use Procedures for Large Noncontiguous Post-Secondary Educational Institutions, Planning and Administrative Code Waivers
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 304.6, 304.7
191260
3/02/20
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing 12 Named Neighborhood Commercial Districts
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 201, 781.5; Adding 727, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745; Zoning Maps: ZN02, ZN03, ZAN04, ZN06, ZN07, ZN10, ZN11, ZN12
191257
3/16/20
Planning Code - Jackson Square Special Use District - Exemption from Limitation on Proposed Limited Restaurant Uses
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.25
190458
3/23/20
Planning, Administrative Codes - North of Market Affordable Housing Fees and Citywide Affordable Housing Fund
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 263.7
190355
4/06/20
Planning Code - Authorizing Interim Activities at Development Sites
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 205, 205.2; Adding 205.5
190454
4/20/20
Planning Code - Obstructions in Required Setbacks, Yards, and Usable Open Space
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 136, 307
200039
5/25/20
Oper. 5/25/20
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Potrero Power Station Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 201; Adding 249.87
200077
5/25/20
Planning, Various Codes - Technical Corrections
 
Sections Affected:
191002
6/1/20
Planning Code - Geary-Masonic Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.20
191285
6/1/20
Planning Code - Lot Mergers, Neighborhood Notice, and Zoning Controls
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 121.1, 121.7, 145.4, 307, 311, 755
200086
6/1/20
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Bayview Industrial Triangle Redevelopment Area Rezoning
 
Sections Affected:
Amending ZN10, HT10
200087
6/1/20
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Bayview Industrial Triangle Cannabis Restricted Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.88; Amending SU10
191075
6/22/20
Planning, Administrative Codes - Residential Occupancy
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 202.10; Amending 102, 209.1, 209.2, 209.3, 209.4, 210.1, 210.2, 210.3, 210.4, 710, 711 - 726, 728 - 733, 734, 750 - 764
200142
6/29/20
Planning Code - Conditional Use Authorizations for Demonstrably Unaffordable Housing
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 317
200113
7/27/20
Retro. 1/1/20
Planning, Building Codes - Reauthorization and Extension of Fee Waiver - Legalization of Unauthorized Dwelling Units
 
Sections Affected:
200114
8/31/20
Planning Code - North Beach Special Use District - Consolidation of Groundfloor Storefronts
 
Sections Affected:
200559
8/31/20
Planning Code - Amendments to the Van Ness and Market Downtown Residential Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
200143
9/21/20
Planning Code - Zoning Controls - Urban Mixed Use District - Office Uses
Sections Affected:
Amending 803.9; 843
200421
9/21/20
Planning Code - Continuation of Use for Certain Nonconforming Parking Lots - Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 184
191249
9/28/20
Planning Code - 100% Affordable Housing and Educator Housing Streamlining Program
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 206.9
200213
9/28/20
Planning Code - 100% Affordable Housing and Educator Housing Streamlining Program
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 206.9
200214
9/28/20
Planning Code - Conditional Use Review and Approval Process - Priority Processing and Reduced Application Fee for Certain Uses of Commercial Space
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 303.2
200215
9/28/20
Planning Code - Arts Activities, Social Service or Philanthropic Facilities, and COVID-19 Recovery Activities as Temporary Uses; Fee Waiver for COVID-19 Recovery Activities
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 205; Adding 205.7
200422
9/28/20
Oper. 9/28/20
Planning Code and Zoning Map - Balboa Reservoir Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 201; Adding 249.88; 263.35
200702
10/05/20
Planning Code - Chinatown Community Business District Zoning Control Table - Technical Correction
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 810
200852
10/25/20
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Rezone Certain Industrial Parcels
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 210.3, 210.3A
200673
11/2/20
Planning Code - Conversion of Certain Limited Restaurants to Restaurants - North Beach Neighborhood Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 722, 780.3
201033
12/26/20
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - "History of Medicine in California" Frescoes - Toland Hall Auditorium in UC Hall, 533 Parnassus Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
201034
1/23/21
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 4767-4773 Mission Street (aka the Royal Baking Company Building)
 
Sections Affected:
 
 
 
 
 

2021

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
201060
2/15/21
Planning Code - Light Manufacturing and Wholesale Storage Uses in the 24th Street-Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 763
201261
2/15/21
Planning Code - Cannabis Uses
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 190
201175
5/17/21
Administrative Code, Planning Code - Technical Corrections; Amendments to Various Central South of Market Area Zoning Provisions
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 128.1, 135, 138, 155, 249.78, 261.1, 270, 329, 406, 415.5, 426, 427, 432.4, 433.2, 433.4, 840, 841, 848; Adding 803.8
201326
5/24/21
Planning Code - Chinatown Mixed Use Districts
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 810, 811, 812
210064
5/31/21
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 1830 Sutter Street (aka Japanese YWCA/Issei Women's Building)
 
Sections Affected:
210286
6/21/21
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Lyon-Martin House, 651 Duncan Street
 
Sections Affected:
210287
6/28/21
Planning Code - Temporary Closure of Liquor Stores in Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 723
210182
8/30/21
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 2500-2530 18th Street Affordable Housing Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.91; ZN08, SU08
210285
9/4/21
Planning, Business and Tax Regulations, Police Codes - Small Business Recovery Act
 
Sections Affected:
210674
9/4/21
Planning Code - Code Corrections Ordinance
 
Sections Affected:
210535
10/30/21
Planning Code - Conditional Use Authorization Requirements Regarding Residential Care Facilities
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 209.1, 303; Adding 202.13
210423
11/8/21
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Ingleside Terraces Sundial and Sundial Park
 
Sections Affected:
210565
11/15/21
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - "The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City" - San Francisco Art Institute - 800 Chestnut Street
 
Sections Affected:
200519
11/29/21
Planning Code - Geary-Masonic Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.20
210734
11/29/21
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 396-398 12th Street (San Francisco Eagle Bar)
 
Sections Affected:
210600
12/6/21
Planning Code - Small Business Zoning Controls in Chinatown and North Beach and on Polk Street
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 121.4, 303, 723, 781.6; Zoning Map SU01
210865
12/6/21
Health, Planning, Police Codes - Various Cannabis Sunset Dates
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 190
210497
12/13/2021
Planning Code and Zoning Map - Delete Life Science and Medical Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Repealing 249.36
210699
12/13/2021
Planning, Administrative Codes - Accessory Dwelling Units
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 207
210808
12/20/2021
Planning Code - Requirements for Laundromats and On-site Laundry Services
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 207; Adding 202.12
210868
12/20/2021
Planning Code - Inclusionary Housing Program Updates
 
Sections Affected:
210807
1/10/22
Planning Code - Repealing Article 12 Regarding Oil and Gas Facilities
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102; Repealing Art. 12 (1201, 1201.1, 1202, 1203, 12404, 1205, 1205.1, 1206, 1206.1, 1207, 1207.1, 1207.2, 1207.3, 1208)
210810
1/17/22
Planning Code - Business Signs on Awnings and Marquees
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 607.1, 607.2
210381
1/22/22
Planning Code - Massage Establishment Zoning Controls
 
Sections Affected:
210452
1/22/22
Planning Code - Exemption from Neighborhood Notification and Review Requirements for Grandfathered Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Converting to Cannabis Retail
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 190, 311
 
 

2022

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
211093
3/7/22
Planning Code - Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
211233
3/14/22
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 2778-24th Street
 
Sections Affected:
210116
4/14/22
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central Neighborhoods Large Residence Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.92
210898
4/14/22
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - One Montgomery Street (aka 1-25 Montgomery Street) (Crocker National Bank Building)
 
Sections Affected:
211263
4/14/22
Planning Code - Massage Establishment Zoning Controls
 
Sections Affected:
220037
4/14/22
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - "Allegory of California," The City Club of San Francisco (formerly Pacific Stock Exchange Luncheon Club), 155 Sansome Street
 
Sections Affected:
211021
4/16/22
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 447 Battery Street (aka Jones-Thierbach Coffee Company Building)
 
Sections Affected:
220009
4/22/22
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 1801 Green Street (aka Golden Gate Valley Carnegie Library)
 
Sections Affected:
211299
5/1/22
Planning Code - Group Housing Definition
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 415.2
211219
5/16/2022
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Trocadero Clubhouse
 
Sections Affected:
220000
5/16/22
Planning Code - Van Ness Special Use District - Exempting Institutional Community Use Development from Limitation on Nonresidential Uses - 1750 Van Ness Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 243
220190
6/6/22
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 2261 Fillmore Street (aka Clay Theatre)
 
Sections Affected:
220264
6/13/22
Planning Code - Adult Sex Venues
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 202.2, 204.2, 204.3, 209.3, 210.3, 303, 703, 710 - 745, 750 - 764, 803.2, 803.3, 810 - 812, 814, 825, 827, 829, 840 - 848
220287
7/4/22
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 2868 Mission Street ("Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts")
 
Sections Affected:
220342
7/25/22
Planning Code - Fire-Damaged Liquor Stores in North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 722
211300
8/21/22
Oper. conditional
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Group Housing Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.93
220262
8/21/22
Planning, Administrative Codes - Affordable Housing Code Enforcement
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 176, 350, 415.9
220036
10/17/22
Planning Code - Electric Vehicle Charging Locations
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 142, 187.1, 202.2, 202.5, 204, 210.1, 210.2, 210.3, 311, 710 - 745, 750 - 764, 810, 811, 812, 827, 829, 840 - 848; Adding 202.13, 204.6
220130
10/17/22
Planning Code - Conditional Use Appeals
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 308.1
220757
10/17/22
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Mother's Building in San Francisco Zoo
 
Sections Affected:
220507
10/23/22
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 200 Rhode Island Street (aka Takahashi Trading Company)
 
Sections Affected:
220654
11/3/22
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - City Cemetery
 
Sections Affected:
220643
11/6/22
Planning Code - Tenderloin Neon Special Sign District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.5, 602, 608
210866
11/28/22
Planning, Administrative, Subdivision Codes - Density Exception in Residential Districts
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 207, 209.1
220041
11/28/22
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Production, Distribution, and Repair Uses
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 210.3; Repealing 249.22
220924
01/09/23
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Turk and Taylor Streets Intersection
 
Sections Affected:
220542
1/16/23
Retro. 1/1/22 (Section 205.2(d))
Planning Code - Temporary Safe Overnight Parking and Cannabis Retail Uses
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 190, 191, 205.2
221165
1/22/23
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - St. James Presbyterian Church
 
Sections Affected:
220811
1/22/23
Planning Code - Automotive Uses
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 207, 210.1, 210.2, 210.3, 712, 714 - 726, 728 - 734, 737, 739, 740, 744, 750 - 764, 810, 811, 812, 899; Repeal 202.5
 

2023

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
221023
3/12/23
Planning Code - Grocery Stores in Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 121.2, 723
221104
3/26/23
Planning Code - SoMa Nighttime Entertainment Uses; Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 757, 758, 823, 844, 845, 846
221261
4/24/23
Planning Code, Zoning Map - The Village Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.2; Zoning Maps amending HT07, SU07
220878
4/28/23
Planning, Building Codes - Penalties for Code Enforcement
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 176, 350; Repealing 176.1
210585
5/22/23
Planning Code - State-Mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit Controls
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 136, 207, 1005, 1110
220340
6/3/23
Planning Code - Neighborhood Commercial and Mixed Use Zoning Districts
 
Sections Affected:
102, 124, 134, 135.3, 145.4, 181, 186, 201, 202.2, 204.3, 204.4, 235, 249.40A renumbered as 249.38, 249.78, 303, 329, 703.9, 753, 757, 758, 802.1, 803.3, 803.4 (section number deleted; text as revised incorporated into 803.3), 803.8, 803.9, 813 renumbered as 834, 814 renumbered as 837, 822 renumbered as 249.6, 823 renumbered as 249.39, 840 renumbered as 831, 841 renumbered as 833, 842 renumbered as 832, 843 renumbered as 838, 844 renumbered as 839, 845 renumbered as 840, 846 renumbered as 836, 847 renumbered as 835, 848 renumbered as 830, 890, 890.48, 890.70, 890.123, 890.124, 890.140
220971
6/3/23
Planning Code - Gates, Railings, and Grillwork Exceptions for Cannabis Retail Uses and Existing Non-Residential Uses and Change in 75% Gate Transparency Requirement to 20%
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 145.1
230058
6/19/23
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Rezone Designated RM-2 Parcel
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 209.2
221021
6/26/23
Planning, Administrative Codes - HOME-SF
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 206.1, 206.3
221105
6/26/23
Planning Code - HOME-SF
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 206.3
230212
7/3/23
Retro. 5/1/23
Planning, Building, Fire Codes - Small Business Month Fee Waivers Including for Awning Installation
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 350
230164
7/24/23
Planning Code - Non-Conforming Public Parking Lots in the Mission Street NCT District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 183
230192
7/24/23
Planning Code - Landmark Designation Amendment - 429-431 Castro Street (the Castro Theatre)
 
Sections Affected:
230371
8/5/23
Planning and Building Codes - Commercial to Residential Adaptive Reuse and Downtown Economic Revitalization
 
Sections Affected:
230493
8/6/23
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples
 
Sections Affected:
230447
8/20/23
Building, Planning Codes - Existing Awning Amnesty Program
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 187.3
230410
8/26/23
Planning Code - Polk Street and Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial Districts
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 719, 723
230745
8/27/23
Building, Planning Codes - Existing Awning Amnesty Program
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 187.3
221164
8/28/23
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Van Ness & Market Residential Special Use District - Height Increase for 98 Franklin Street
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.33; Zoning Map: HT07
230503
8/28/23
Planning Code - Port of San Francisco Waterfront Plan Update
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 240, 240.1, 240.2, 240.3; Adding 240.4
230690
8/28/23
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Parkside Branch Library
 
Sections Affected:
230732
8/28/23
Planning and Building Codes - Commercial to Residential Adaptive Reuse and Downtown Economic Revitalization
 
Sections Affected:
230769
10/15/23
Oper. 11/1/23
* Oper. 11/21/26
Planning, Administrative Codes - Development Impact Fee Reductions
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 403, 415.3*, 415.5*, 415.6*, 415.7*, 415.10, 419.3*, 419.5*, 428*, 428.3*, Adding 415A, 415B
230559
10/16/23
Retro. 5/1/23
Planning, Building, Fire Codes - Small Business Month Fee Waivers Including for Awning Installation and Business Signs
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 350
230764
10/16/23
Planning, Building Codes - Development Impact Fee Indexing, Deferral, and Waivers; Adoption of Nexus Study
 
Sections Affected:
230026
10/16/23
Planning, Subdivision, and Administrative Codes and Zoning Map - Family Housing Opportunity Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.94
230922
11/12/23
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Colombo Market Arch
 
Sections Affected:
220709
12/10/23
Planning Code - Nighttime Entertainment Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 715
230924
1/4/24
Oper. conditional
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Non-Profit Arts Education Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.8
230505
1/13/24
Oper. conditional
Planning Code, Zoning Map, Local Coastal Program Amendment - Wawona Street and 45th Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.96
230446
1/14/24
Planning and Subdivision Codes, Zoning Map - Housing Production
 
Sections Affected:
230701
1/14/24
Planning Code - Citywide Expansion of Allowable Commercial, Restaurant, and Retail Uses
 
Sections Affected:
 
 
 
 
 

2024

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
230704
2/19/24
Planning Code - Fleet Charging Locations and Parcel Delivery Service
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102
230706
2/19/24
Planning Code - Revising Public Art Relocation and Removal Requirements for Existing 100% Affordable Housing Projects
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 429.1, 429.4
231033
2/19/24
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Chata Gutierrez Mural
 
Sections Affected:
231034
2/19/24
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Carnaval Mural
 
Sections Affected:
230863
2/19/24
Planning Code - Exceptions from Limits on Conversion of Production, Distribution and Repair, Institutional Community, and Arts Activities Uses in Eastern Neighborhood Plans Areas
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 202.8
231216
3/11/24
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Westwood Park Entrance Gateways and Pillars
 
Sections Affected:
231144
3/23/24
Planning, Administrative Codes - Code Corrections Ordinance
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 124, 132, 134, 136, 145.1, 145.4, 145.5, 155, 169.4, 188, 202.11, 209.1, 209.3, 210.3, 210.4, 249.92, 270, 302, 305, 308.2, 309, 317, 811, 833, 1110, 1111.1, and Tables in 710 - 745, 750 - 764, 780.1
231164
4/7/24
Planning Code - Downtown Rail Extension Fee Waiver
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 406
230808
4/13/24
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Family and Senior Housing Opportunity Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.94
231223
4/15/24
Planning Code - Parcel Delivery Service
 
Sections Affected:
231257
4/15/24
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Grand Theater
 
Sections Affected:
231080
4/15/24
Planning Code - Fleet Charging
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 210.3
231258
4/22/24
Planning Code - Housing Production
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 121.1, 121.3, 311
240169
4/22/24
Planning Code - Parcel Delivery Service
 
Sections Affected:
231256
4/22/24
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Potrero Yard Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 270, Adding 249.98
231079
4/26/24
Planning Code - Density Controls in Three Historic Districts
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 210.1, 210.5
231006
4/27/24
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 900 Kearny Street Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.95
230310
4/28/24
Various Codes - State-Mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit Controls
Sections Affected:
Amending Secs. 102, 134, 136, 138.1, 140, 155.1, 172, 207, 207.6, 207.7, 209.1, 209.2, 209.3, 209.4, 210.1, 210.2, 210.4, 307, 311, 710 - 745, 750 - 764, 827 - 840, 1005, 1110; Adding Secs. 207.1, 207.2
231045
4/28/24
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Sacred Heart Parish Complex
 
Sections Affected:
231185
4/28/24
Planning, Administrative Codes - Conditional Use Authorization for Removal of Unauthorized Unit
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 176, 317
240070
5/5/24
Planning Code - Exceptions and Extensions for Existing Uses
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 190, 191, 205.2, 242, 415A.2, 607.1, 838
231225
5/6/24
Planning Code - Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments in North of Market SUD and Lower Polk Street NCD
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 209.3, 210.2, 249.5, 744
231221
5/27/24
Planning Code - Citywide Expansion of Allowable Commercial, Restaurant, and Retail Uses
 
Sections Affected:
240199
6/10/24
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.52
240089
6/17/24
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - San Francisco Fire Station No. 44
 
Sections Affected:
240260
6/24/24
Planning Code - 900 Kearny Street Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.95
240228
7/14/24
Oper. conditional
Planning Code, Local Coastal Program Amendment - Wawona Street and 45th Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.96, 330.9, 330.10
240193
7/14/24
Retro. 3/30/24
Planning Code - Parcel Delivery Service
 
Sections Affected:
240263
7/22/24
Planning Code - Divisadero Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District
 
Sections Affected:
Planning Code: Amending 759
240353
7/22/24
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - The Gregangelo Museum
 
Sections Affected:
240411
8/12/24
Planning Code - Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 121.2, 723
240474
8/17/24
Retro. 6/1/24
Building, Planning Codes - Existing Awning Amnesty Program
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 187.3
240173
8/26/24
Planning Code, Zoning Map - RED and WMUG Districts, Rezone 135 Kissling Street
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 803.9, 827, 829, 835, 839
240409
9/1/24
Oper. 9/1/24
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Stonestown Mixed Use District, Special Use District, Height and Bulk District, Special Sign District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 201, 604, 608, Adding 249.9*, 263.36, 608.10
* Variant Sub-Area as shown in Figure 249.9-1 is conditionally oper.
240725
10/14/24
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Rainbow Flag at Harvey Milk Plaza
 
Sections Affected:
240438
11/18/24
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the 555 9th Street Special Sign District
Sections Affected:
Amending 607.2, Adding 608.12
231268
12/8/24
Planning Code - Eliminating Public Art Requirement for 100% Affordable Housing Projects
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 429.2
240806
12/8/24
Public Works Code, Planning Code - Fee Waiver for Vicha Ratanapakdee Mosaic Stairway
240727
12/15/24
Planning Code; Zoning Map - New Asia Senior Housing Special Use District - 758 and 772 Pacific Avenue
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 812; Adding 249.19; SU01
240802
12/15/24
Planning Code - Authorize Increases to the Affordable Price and Income Limits for Certain Below Market Rate Owned Units and Require Amenities to be Resold with Unit
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 167, 401, 415.8
240879
1/19/25
Oper. 1/19/25
Planning Code - 524 and 530 Howard Street - Transit Center District Open Space Impact Fee Waiver for 524 Howard Street, LLC
230596
1/19/25
Planning Code - Minimum Densities for Residential Projects in RM, RC, and RTO Districts
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 209.2, 209.3, 209.4
240931
 
1/19/25
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 2301 Chestnut Street Special Sign District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 607.1; Adding 608.17
241055
1/19/25
Building, Planning Codes - Code Corrections and Updates
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 132, 134, 136, 206.6, 207.1, 207.2, 209.1, 249.5, 303, 303.1, 311, 317, 723, 810, 811, 812, 830 - 840
241103
1/19/25
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Ladies’ Protection and Relief Society (3400 Laguna Street)
 
Sections Affected:
 
 
 
 
 

2025

Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
Ord. No.
File No.
Eff. Date
Short Title and Code Sections Affected
240872
3/3/25
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 30 Van Ness Avenue Special Use District; Amendment of Agreement for Sale of Real Estate
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.99
240903
3/10/25
Planning Code - Health Service Uses in West Portal Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 121.2, 729
240929
3/17/25
Planning Code - 99 Rhode Island Street
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 210.3
240873
4/4/25
Planning, Health Codes - Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, Non-Potable Water Exemption
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 415.6
240927
4/7/25
Requirements for Non-Residential to Residential Conversion Projects
Sections Affected:
Amending 210.5, 406
240932
4/7/25
Planning Code - Third Street Alcohol Restricted Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.62, 737
241121
4/7/25
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Leland Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 746; Amending 121.2, 607.1
240787
5/4/25
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central SoMa and Transit Center District Commercial Development Requirements
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.78, 303, 309, 329, 419.6, Repealing 248
241021
5/4/25
Planning Code - Window Replacement Standards
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 136.2
241067
5/4/25
Planning, Building Codes - Interim Housing in Hotels and Motels
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 202.15; Amending 317
241173
5/4/25
Planning Code - Continuation of Nonconforming Public Parking Lots in CMUO and MUR
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 156, 184
250069
5/4/25
Planning Code - Conversion of Residential Hotel Rooms to Tourist Hotel Rooms at 447 Bush Street
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 210.2
250125
5/18/25
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 600 Townsend Street West Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.45, 803.9, 838; Adding 249.10
241196
6/2/25
Planning Code - Production, Distribution, and Repair Districts
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 210.3
250100
6/2/25
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 3250 19th Avenue Special Sign District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 607.1; Adding 608.18
250101
6/1/25
Planning Code - Removing Conditional Use Requirement for Formula Retail Uses on Van Ness Avenue and for Certain Pre-existing Formula Retail Uses
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 178, 209.3, 303.1
241210
6/9/25
Planning Code - Notice for Housing Element Rezoning
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 333
241208
6/9/25
Planning Code - Entertainment Uses in South of Market
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.39, 833, 836, 840
241198
6/16/25
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Alexandria Theater Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.4, 263.14
250099
7/21/25
Planning Code - Health Service Uses and Reproductive Health Clinics in the Mixed Use-Office District
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 121.6, 832
250140
7/28/25
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Projecting Signs in Neighborhood Commercial and Residential-Commercial Districts
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 607.1; Repealing 608.17
250257
7/28/25
Planning, Building Codes - Interim Housing in Hotels and Motels
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 202.15, 317
250538
8/17/25
Planning Code - Priority Processing for Certain Commercial Uses
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 303.2
250539
8/17/25
Building, Planning Codes - Existing Awning, Sign, and Gate Amnesty Program; Design Standards for Gates, Railings, and Grillwork
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 145.1, 187.3
250540
8/17/25
Planning Code - Temporary Use Authorizations
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 205, 205.1, 205.2, 205.3, 205.4, 205.5; Repealing 205.6; Renumbering 205.7 and 205.8 as 205.6 and 205.7
250542
9/1/25
Planning Code - Fenestration, Transparency, and Sign Requirements Generally; Sales and Service Uses in the C-3 and RC Districts
 
Sections Affected:
250284
9/5/25
Planning, Building Codes - Noncomplying, Unpermitted, and Accessory Structures
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 136, 188; Adding 188.1
240803
10/6/25
Planning, Building Codes - Unauthorized and Rent-Controlled Dwelling Units
 
Sections Affected:
250191
10/6/25
Planning and Building Codes - Amnesty for Properties in the Department of Building Inspection’s Internal Quality Control Audit
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 187
250634
10/6/25
Planning Code - Use Size Limits
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 121.2, 121.6, 178, 186.1, 209.1, 209.2, 209.3, 209.4, 210.1, 210.2, 210.3, 210.4, 710 - 714, 715, 716 - 721, 722, 723, 724 - 728, 729, 730 - 746, 750 - 757, 758, 759 - 764, 780.3, 827, 829, 831, 832, 834; Adding 121.5
250680
11/6/25
Planning Code - Waiving Certain Development Impact Fees in the Market and Octavia Area Plan
 
Sections Affected:
250919
11/16/25
Planning Code - Landmark Designation - Mint Mall and Hall at 951-957 Mission Street
 
Sections Affected:
250657
11/24/25
Building and Planning Codes - Development Impact Fees for Residential Development Projects
 
250697
11/27/25
Oper. 11/27/25
Planning Code, Zoning Map - 530 Sansome Mixed-Use Tower and Fire Station Special Use District
 
Adding 249.11, 304.8, Amending 1004
250716
12/05/25
Planning Code - Permitting Outdoor Handwashing, Vacuuming, and Detailing of Automobiles in the Geary Boulevard NCD
 
Amending 102, 202.2, 739
250682
12/15/25
Planning Code; Zoning Map - Consolidating the North Beach Special Use and Neighborhood Commercial Districts and Expanding Allowable Uses and Use Size Limits in Certain Zoning Districts
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 121.2, 145.4, 186, 201, 238, 249.25, 303.2, 304, 703, 722, 723, 726; Repealing 780.3
250809
12/22/25
Planning Code - Conversion of Medical Cannabis Dispensary Uses to Cannabis Retail Uses
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 190
250888
12/22/25
Planning Code - Planning Fees
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 102, 350
250889
12/22/25
Business and Tax Regulations, Planning Codes - Appeal Timelines for Zoning Administrator Actions
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 308.2
250892
12/22/25
Planning, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - State-Mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit Program
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 207.2
250701
1/12/26
Oper. 1/12/26, except conditional in Coastal Zone Permit Area
Planning, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Family Zoning Plan
 
Sections Affected:
250426
1/12/26
Oper. 1/12/26
Planning Code, Zoning Map - San Francisco Gateway Special Use District
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 249.7
240637
1/17/26
Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central Neighborhoods Large Residence SUD, Corona Heights Large Residence SUD
 
Sections Affected:
Amending 249.92; Repealing 249.77
250815
1/23/26
Planning Code - Inclusionary Housing Waiver and Land Dedication in Well-Resourced Neighborhoods
 
Sections Affected:
Adding 436