SEC. 238. NOB HILL SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.

   In order to provide for an established area with a unique combination of uses and a special identity, there shall be a Nob Hill Special Use District as designated on Sectional Map No. SU01 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco. The following provisions shall apply within such special use district:

   (a)   A Hotel, as defined in Section 102 of this Code, may be permitted by the Planning Commission as a conditional use under Section 303 of this Code.

   (b)   In connection with any permitted principal or conditional use located in such Special Use District, incidental commercial uses may be permitted by the Planning Commission as a conditional use under Section 303 of this Code, if designed primarily for occupants of and visitors to the use to which they are incidental, accessible to the general public only from within the building, and not identified outside the building by means of any sign or signs.

   (c)   A Private Community Facility as defined in Section 102 of this Code, and that is not operated as a gainful (for-profit) business may be permitted by the Planning Commission as a conditional use under Section 303 of this Code.

   (d)   Eating and Drinking uses as defined in Section 102 of this Code, with the exception of Eating and Drinking uses that are also defined as Formula Retail may be permitted by the Planning Commission as a conditional use under Section 303 of this Code. The limitations on design, accessibility, and identification set forth in Subsection (b) above shall not apply to such uses hereby permitted.

   (e)   Signage for principal permitted uses or for Eating and Drinking uses within the Nob Hill Special Use District shall be limited as per Section 606 of this Code with the exception that projecting signs in the form of sign copy on canopies and awnings shall be permitted for Eating and Drinking uses in lieu of wall signs unless otherwise limited as a condition of approval of a conditional use authorization.

   (f)   The various uses provided for in Subsections 238(a) through 238(e) above are not permitted in any portion of a building that is devoted to a Dwelling Unit or to Group Housing as defined in Section 102 of this Code.

(Amended by Ord. 443-78, App. 10/6/78; Ord. 329-91, App. 9/11/91; Ord. 22-15, File No. 141253, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Divisions (a), (c), (d), and (f) amended; former division (g) deleted; Ord. 22-15, Eff. 3/22/2015.