SEC. 121.1. DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE LOTS, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.

   (a)   Purpose. In order to promote, protect, and maintain a scale of development that is appropriate to each district and compatible with adjacent buildings, new construction or significant enlargement of existing buildings on lots of the same size or larger than the square footage stated in the table below shall be permitted only as Conditional Uses.

District	Lot Size Limits
North Beach	2,500 sq. ft.
Pacific Avenue
Polk Street
NC-1, NCT-1	5,000 sq. ft.
24th Street-Mission
24th Street-Noe Valley
Broadway
Castro Street
Glen Park
Haight Street
Inner Clement Street
Inner Sunset
Irving Street
Judah Street
Noriega Street
Outer Clement Street
Sacramento Street
Taraval Street
Union Street
Upper Fillmore Street
West Portal Avenue
NC-2, NCT-2	10,000 sq. ft.
NC-3, NCT-3
Divisadero Street
Excelsior Outer Mission Street
Fillmore Street
Folsom Street
Hayes-Gough
Japantown
Mission Street
Ocean Avenue
Regional Commercial District
SoMa
Upper Market Street
Valencia Street
NC-S	Not Applicable

 

   (b)   Design Review Criteria. In addition to the criteria of Section 303(c) of this Code, the City Planning Commission shall consider the extent to which the following criteria are met:

      (1)   The mass and facade of the proposed structure are compatible with the existing scale of the district.

      (2)   The facade of the proposed structure is compatible with design features of adjacent facades that contribute to the positive visual quality of the district.

(Added by Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; amended by Ord. 262-00, File No. 001426, App. 11/17/2000; Ord. 72-08, File No. 071157, App. 4/3/2008; Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; Ord. 61-09, File No. 090181, App. 4/17/2009; Ord. 35-12 , File No. 111305, App. 2/21/2012, Eff. 3/22/2012; Ord. 42-13 , File No. 130002, App. 3/28/2013, Eff. 4/27/2013; Ord. 129-17, File No. 170203, App. 6/30/2017, Eff. 7/30/2017; Ord. 196-17, File No. 170419, App. 10/5/2017, Eff. 11/4/2017; Ord. 205-17, File No. 170418, App. 11/3/2017, Eff. 12/3/2017)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Table amended; Ord. 35-12 , Eff. 3/22/2012. Table amended; Ord. 42-13 , Eff. 4/27/2013. Divisions (a) and (b) designated; division (a) and table amended; Ord. 129-17, Eff. 7/30/2017. Division (a) and table amended; Ord. 196-17, Eff. 11/4/2017. Table amended; Ord. 205-17, Eff. 12/3/2017.