Planning, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Family Zoning Plan

Title Ordinance amending the Planning Code to: 1) create the Housing Choice-San Francisco Program to incent housing development through a local bonus program and by adopting a Housing Sustainability District, 2) modify height and bulk limits to provide for additional capacity in well-resourced neighborhoods, and to allow additional height and bulk for projects using the local bonus program, 3) require only buildings taller than 85 feet in certain Districts to reduce ground level wind currents, 4) make conforming changes to the RH (Residential, House), RM (Residential, Mixed), and RC (Residential-Commercial) District zoning tables to reflect the changes to density controls, and parking requirements made in this Ordinance, 5) create the RTO-C (Residential Transit Oriented-Commercial) District, 6) implement the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Transit-Oriented Communities Policy by making changes to parking requirements, minimum residential densities, and minimum office intensities, and requiring maximum dwelling unit sizes, 7) revise off-street parking and curb cut obligations citywide, 8) create the Non-contiguous San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Sites Special Use District, 9) permit businesses displaced by new construction to relocate without a conditional use authorization and waive development impact fees for those businesses, 10) make technical amendments to the Code to implement the above changes, 11) make conforming changes to zoning tables in various Districts, including the Neighborhood Commercial District and Mixed Use Districts, 12) prohibit Lot mergers on Lots with Historic Buildings, subject to certain preservation obligations, and 13) reduce usable open space and bicycle parking requirements for senior housing; amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code regarding the Board of Appeals’ review of permits in the Housing Choice Program Housing Sustainability District; also, amending the Local Coastal Program to implement the Housing Choice-San Francisco Program and other associated changes in the City’s Coastal Zone, and directing the Planning Director to transmit the Ordinance to the Coastal Commission upon enactment; 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 public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302. Comment (Economic Impact) (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Fielder, and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Version (Version 15) Amendment 12/1/2025 - AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Lines 22-23, by changing ‘12’ to ’12) prohibit Lot mergers on Lots with Historic Buildings, subject to certain preservation obligations, and 13’; on Page 22, Line 17, by striking ‘for each Commercial Use’ and adding ‘cumulatively’, Line 19, by adding ‘cumulatively’; on Page 22, Line 24, through Page 23, Line 2, by adding ‘that if the existing Commercial Use(s) involves food service, the project must provide at least one Food Service Warm Shell; and (4) the project does not reduce the number of existing Commercial Uses, unless the project provides space for a Community Benefit Use pursuant to subsection (e)(1)’; on Page 23, Line 8, by adding ‘and Micro-Retail and Community Benefit Use’, and Line 9, by adding ‘(e)(1) and’; on Page 170, Line 24, by adding ‘121.7’; on Page 172, Line 13, by adding ‘AND FOR LOTS WITH HISTORIC BUILDINGS’; on Page 172, Line 22, through Page 173, Line 2, by adding ‘(e) Lots with Certain Historic Buildings. For projects meeting the definition of a housing development project, as that term is defined in Government Code Section 65589.5(h)(2), as may be amended, Lot Mergers are not permitted, unless the Project maintains the Historic Building in compliance with the Preservation Design Standards and modified standards under Section 206.10(d) for the life of the project, and the requirement is recorded in a Notice of Special Restrictions.’