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(a) Requirements for Dwelling Units. In each Dwelling Unit in any use district, the required windows (as defined by Section 504 of the San Francisco ) of at least one room that meets the 120-square-foot minimum superficial floor area requirement of Section 503 of the shall face directly onto an open area of one of the following types:
(1) A public street, public alley at least 20 feet in width, side yard at least 25 feet in width, or rear yard meeting the requirements of this Code; provided, that if such windows are on an outer court whose width is less than 25 feet, the depth of such court shall be no greater than its width; or
(2) An open area (whether an inner court or a space between separate buildings on the same lot) which is unobstructed (except for fire escapes not projecting more than necessary for safety and in no case more than four feet six inches, chimneys, and those obstructions permitted in Sections 136(c)(14), (15), (16), (19), (20) and (29) of this Code) and is no less than 25 feet in every horizontal dimension for the floor at which the Dwelling Unit in question is located and the floor immediately above it, with an increase of five feet in every horizontal dimension at each subsequent floor, except for SRO buildings in the Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use Districts, which are not required to increase five feet in every horizontal dimension until the fifth floor of the building.
(b) Requirements for Group Housing. For group housing projects, either each bedroom or at least one interior common area that meets the 120 square-foot minimum superficial floor area requirement of Section of the shall include windows meeting the requirements of subsections (a)(1) or (a)(2) above. The requirements of this subsection (b) may be waived by the Zoning Administrator per Section 307(m) of this Code.
(c) Exceptions.
(1) For historic buildings identified in Section 307(h), and for the conversion of a nonconforming use in an existing building to a Residential Use in a district where the Residential Use is principally permitted, the requirements of this Section 140 may be modified or waived pursuant to the procedures and criteria set forth in Sections 307(h) and 329. This administrative exception does not apply to new additions to historic buildings.
(Amended by Ord. 443-78, App. 10/6/78; Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 368-94, App. 11/4/94; Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; Ord. 51-09, File No. 081620, App. 4/2/2009; Ord. 196-11
, File No. 110786, App. 10/4/2011, Eff. 11/3/2011; Ord. 232-14
, File No. 120881, App. 11/26/2014, Eff. 12/26/2014; Ord. 164-15
, File No. 150348, App. 9/23/2015, Eff. 10/23/2015, Retro. 5/20/2015; Ord. 188-15
, File No. 150871, App. 11/4/2015, Eff. 12/4/2015; Ord. 195-18, File No. 180268, App. 8/10/2018, Eff. 9/10/2018; Ord. 296-18, File No. 180184, App. 12/12/2018, Eff. 1/12/2019)
AMENDMENT HISTORY
[Former] division (b) amended; Ord. 196-11
, Eff. 11/3/2011. Divisions (a), (a)(1), and [former] (b) amended; Ord. 232-14
, Eff. 12/26/2014. Division (a) amended; new division (b) added and former division (b) redesignated as (c); Ord. 164-15
, Eff. 10/23/2015. Diagram amended; other nonsubstantive changes; Ord. 188-15
, Eff. 12/4/2015. Division (c) content redesignated as (c)(1); division (c)(2) added; Ord. 195-18, Eff. 9/10/2018. Division (a) amended; Ord. 296-18, Eff. 1/12/2019.
Editor's Note:
Ordinance 155-15 (File No. 150348, App. 8/6/2015, Eff. 9/5/2015) purported to amend this section. At the direction of the Office of the City Attorney, Ord. 155-15 was never codified (and accordingly is not referenced in the history notes above). Its provisions effectively were superseded by Ord. 164-15 (File No. 150348, App. 9/23/2015, Eff. 10/23/2015, Retro. 5/20/2015).
Ordinance 155-15 (File No. 150348, App. 8/6/2015, Eff. 9/5/2015) purported to amend this section. At the direction of the Office of the City Attorney, Ord. 155-15 was never codified (and accordingly is not referenced in the history notes above). Its provisions effectively were superseded by Ord. 164-15 (File No. 150348, App. 9/23/2015, Eff. 10/23/2015, Retro. 5/20/2015).