SF QuorumQuorum
Back to legislation
Ordinance#231221Passed
In plain English

The ordinance allows for nighttime entertainment uses on the ground floor in the Polk Street area and modifies commercial use regulations in North Beach and residential districts. It also sets restrictions on operating hours and outdoor activity areas for certain commercial uses in residential zones.

Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) allow Nighttime Entertainment Uses as principally permitted on the ground floor and conditionally permitted on the second floor in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD); 2) modify requirements for limited commercial uses within one-quarter mile of the North Beach Special Use District (SUD); 3) conditionally permit Retail Professional Services Uses on the ground floor in the North Beach NCD, subject to existing limitations; 4) allow limited commercial uses (LCUs) in Residential, House (RH) and Residential, Mixed (RM) Districts with specified limitations; 5) require operating hours to end at 10 p.m. for LCUs and limited corner commercial uses (LCCUs) in RH and RM Districts; 6) establish that LCCUs are limited to those uses allowed in an NCD or SUD within one-quarter mile of the use, or the NC-1 District, as specified; 7) prohibit outdoor activity areas not at the front of the building in RH and RM Districts and limit such outdoor activity areas in other residential districts; 8) establish that LCCUs in Residential Transit Oriented (RTO) Districts must be located on corner lots and specify lot depth requirements; and 9) make minor corrections to code text; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302.

Introduced: Nov 27, 2023
Final action: Apr 26, 2024
Official record ↗

How it got here

Document trail
Referral CEQA PC 061223
Environmental review (CEQA)
PDF ↗
CEQA Det 063023
Environmental review (CEQA)
PDF ↗
PC Transmittal 100323
Departmental transmittal
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
Referral CEQA PC 110623
Environmental review (CEQA)
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
Leg Dig Ver1
Official legislation text
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
Leg Dig Ver2
Official legislation text
PDF ↗
Referral CEQA PC 113023
Environmental review (CEQA)
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
CEQA Det 121123
Environmental review (CEQA)
PDF ↗
PC Transmittal 030724
Departmental transmittal
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
Leg Dig Ver3
Official legislation text
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
Leg Dig Ver4
Official legislation text
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
PDF ↗
PDF ↗

How they voted

PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors · Apr 2, 2024Pass
5-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Mar 25, 2024Pass
1-0
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Mar 25, 2024Pass
1-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Mar 18, 2024Pass
1-0
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Mar 18, 2024Pass
1-0
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Dec 4, 2023Pass
1-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Nov 27, 2023Pass
1-0
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Land Use and Transportation Committee · Nov 27, 2023Pass
1-0

Legislative journey

Land Use and Transportation CommitteeNov 27, 2023
CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
Clerk of the BoardNov 30, 2023
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Land Use and Transportation CommitteeDec 4, 2023
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIRPass
Planning DepartmentDec 11, 2023
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning CommissionMar 7, 2024
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Land Use and Transportation CommitteeMar 18, 2024 – Mar 25, 2024
CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDEDPass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
Board of SupervisorsApr 2, 2024 – Apr 16, 2024
PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass
FINALLY PASSEDPass
MayorApr 26, 2024
APPROVED