SEC. 201. CLASSES OF USE DISTRICTS.

Residential Districts (Defined in Sec. 209.1-209.4)
RH-1(D)	Residential, House Districts, One-Family (Detached Dwellings) (Defined in Sec. 209.1)
RH-1	Residential, House Districts, One-Family (Defined in Sec. 209.1)
RH-1(S)	Residential, House Districts, One-Family with Minor Second Unit (Defined in Sec. 209.1)
RH-2	Residential, House Districts, Two-Family (Defined in Sec. 209.1)
RH-3	Residential, House Districts, Three-Family (Defined in Sec. 209.1)
RM-1	Residential, Mixed Districts, Low Density (Defined in Sec. 209.2)
RM-2	Residential, Mixed Districts, Moderate Density (Defined in Sec. 209.2)
RM-3	Residential, Mixed Districts, Medium Density (Defined in Sec. 209.2)
RM-4	Residential, Mixed Districts, High Density (Defined in Sec. 209.2)
RTO	Residential, Transit-Oriented Neighborhood Districts (Defined in Sec. 209.4)
RTO-M	Residential, Transit-Oriented – Mission Neighborhood Districts (Defined in Sec. 209.4)

Residential-Commercial Districts (RC) (Defined in Sec. 209.3)
RC-3	Residential-Commercial Districts, Medium Density (Defined in Sec. 209.3)
RC-4	Residential-Commercial Districts, High Density (Defined in Sec. 209.3)

Neighborhood Commercial Districts (NC) General Neighborhood Commercial Districts (Defined in Sec. 702(a)(1))
NC-1	Neighborhood Commercial Cluster District (Defined in Sec. 710)
NC-2	Small-Scale Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 711)
NC-3	Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 712)
NC-S	Neighborhood Commercial Shopping Center District (Defined in Sec. 713)

Named Neighborhood Commercial Districts
(Defined in Sec. 702(a)(1))

Broadway Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 714)

Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 715)

Inner Clement Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 716)

Outer Clement Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 717)

Excelsior Outer Mission Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 720)

Upper Fillmore Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 718)

Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 719)

Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 721)

North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 722)

Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 723)

Sacramento Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 724)

Union Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 725)

Lakeside Village NCD (Defined in Sec. 727)

24th Street - Noe Valley Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 728)

West Portal Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 729)

Inner Sunset Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 730)

Pacific Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 726)

Noriega Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 731)

Irving Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in 732)

Taraval Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 733)

Judah Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 734)

Inner Balboa Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 735)

Outer Balboa Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 736)

Bayview Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 737)

Cortland Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 738)

Geary Boulevard Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 739)

Mission Bernal Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 740)

San Bruno Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 741)

Cole Valley Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 742)

Lower Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 743)

Lower Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 744)

Inner Taraval Street Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 745)

Neighborhood Commercial Transit Districts (NCT) (Defined in Sec. 702(a)(2))
NCT-1	Neighborhood Commercial Transit Cluster District (Defined in Sec. 750)
NCT-2	Small-Scale Neighborhood Commercial Transit District (Defined in Sec. 751)
NCT-3	Moderate Scale Neighborhood Commercial Transit (Defined in Sec. 752)

Named Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) Districts
(Defined in Sec. 702(a)(2))

Hayes-Gough NCT (Defined in Sec. 761)

Valencia Street NCT (Defined in Sec. 762)

24th Street - Mission NCT (Defined in Sec. 763)

Upper Market Street NCT (Defined in Sec. 764)

SoMa NCT (Defined in Sec. 753)

Mission Street NCT (Defined in Sec. 754)

Ocean Avenue NCT (Defined in Sec. 755)

Glen Park NCT (Defined in Sec. 756)

Folsom Street NCT (Defined in Sec. 757)

Regional Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 758)

Divisadero Street NCT (Defined in Sec. 759)

Fillmore Street NCT (Defined in Sec. 760)

Neighborhood Commercial Special Use Districts (Defined in Sec. 702.2)
Lakeshore Plaza Special Use District (Defined in Sec. 780.1)
Bayshore-Hester Special Use District (Defined in Sec. 780.2)
Mission-Harrington Special Use District (Defined in Sec. 780.4)
North Beach Special Use District (Defined in Sec. 780.3)
1800 Market Community Center Project Special Use District (Defined in Sec. 787)

Neighborhood Commercial Restricted Use Districts and Subdistricts (Defined in Sec. 249, 781 and 784)
Taraval Street Restaurant Subdistrict (Defined in Sec. 781.1)
Geary Boulevard Formula Retail Pet Supply Store and Formula Retail Eating and Drinking Subdistrict (Defined in Sec. 781.4)
North Beach Financial Service, Limited Financial Service, and Business or Professional Service Subdistrict (Defined in Sec. 781.6)
Chestnut Street Financial Subdistrict (Defined in Sec. 781.7)
Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use District (Defined in Sec. 249.60)
Haight Street Alcohol Special Use District (Defined in Sec. 781.9)
17th and Rhode Island Street Grocery Store Special Use District (Defined in Sec. 249.61)
Third Street Alcohol Restricted Use District (Defined in Sec. 249.62)
Lower Haight Street Alcohol Restricted Use District (Defined in Sec. 784)
Fringe Financial Service Restricted Use District (Defined in Sec. 249.35)

Commercial Districts (C) (Defined in Sec. 210.1 and 210.2)
C-2	Community Business Districts (Defined in Sec. 210.1)
C-3-O	Downtown Office District (Defined in Sec. 210.2)
C-3-O(SD)	Downtown Office Special Development District (Defined in Sec. 210.2)
C-3-R	Downtown Retail District (Defined in Sec. 210.2)
C-3-G	Downtown General Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 210.2)
C-3-S	Downtown Support District (Defined in Sec. 210.2)

Industrial Districts (Defined in Sec. 210.4)
M-1	Light Industrial Districts (Defined in Sec. 210.4)
M-2	Heavy Industrial Districts (Defined in Sec. 210.4)

Production Distribution Repair (PDR) Districts Category (Defined in Sec. 210.3)
PDR-1-B	Production Distribution and Repair - Light Industrial Buffer (Defined in Sec. 210.3)
PDR-1-D	Production Distribution and Repair - Design (Defined in Sec. 210.3)
PDR-1-G	Production Distribution and Repair - General (Defined in Sec. 210.3)
PDR-2	Core Production Distribution and Repair - Bayview (Defined in Sec. 210.3)

Chinatown Mixed Use Districts (Also see Sec. 802.3)
CCB	Chinatown Community Business District (Defined in Sec. 810)
CR/NC	Chinatown Residential/Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 812)
CVR	Chinatown Visitor Retail District (Defined in Sec. 811)

Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use Districts (Also see Sec. 802.4)
CMUO	Central SoMa Mixed Use – Office District (Defined in Sec. 830)
MUG	Mixed Use – General (Defined in Sec. 831)
MUO	Mixed Use – Office (Defined in Sec. 832)
MUR	Mixed Use – Residential (Defined in Sec. 833)
RED	Residential Enclave District (Defined in Sec. 834)
RED-MX	Residential Enclave District – Mixed (Defined in Sec. 835)
SALI	Service/Arts/Light Industrial (Defined in Sec. 836)
SPD	South Park District (Defined in Sec. 837)
UMU	Urban Mixed Use (Defined in Sec. 838)
WMUG	Western SoMa Mixed Use – General (Defined in Sec. 839)
WMUO	Western SoMa Mixed Use – Office (Defined in Sec. 840)

Downtown Residential Districts (DTR) (Also see Sec. 802.6)
RH-DTR	Rincon Hill Downtown Residential (Defined in Sec. 827)
SB-DTR	South Beach Downtown Residential (Defined in Sec. 829)
TB-DTR	Transbay Downtown Residential District (Defined in Sec. 828)

Mission Bay Districts (MB) (Also see Sec. 902)
MB-R-1	Mission Bay Lower Density Residential District (Defined in Sec. 906)
MB-R-2	Mission Bay Moderate Density Residential District (Defined in Sec. 907)
MB-R-3	Mission Bay High Density Residential District (Defined in Sec. 908)
MB-NC-2	Mission Bay Small Scale Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 909)
MB-NC-3	Mission Bay Moderate Scale Neighborhood Commercial District (Defined in Sec. 910)
MB-NC-S	Mission Bay Neighborhood Commercial Shopping Center District (Defined in Sec. 911)
MB-O	Mission Bay Office District (Defined in Sec. 912)
MB-CI	Mission Bay Commercial-Industrial District (Defined in Sec. 913)
MB-H	Mission Bay Hotel District (Defined in Sec. 914)
MB-CF	Mission Bay Community Facilities District (Defined in Sec. 915)
MB-OS	Mission Bay Open Space District (Defined in Sec. 916)

Parkmerced Districts (Also see Section 249.64)
PM-R	Parkmerced Residential District (Defined in Sec. 249.64(b)(2)(i))
PM-MU1	Parkmerced Mixed Use - Social Heart District (Defined in Sec. 249.64(b)(2)(ii))
PM-MU2	Parkmerced Mixed Use - Neighborhood Commons (Defined in Sec. 249.64(b)(2)(iii))
PM-S	Parkmerced School District (Defined in Sec. 249.64(b)(2)(iv))
PM-CF	Parkmerced Community/Fitness District (Defined in Sec. 249.64(b)(2)(v))
PM-OS	Parkmerced Open Space District (Defined in Sec. 249.64(b)(2)(vi))

Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island Districts (Also see Section 249.52)
TI-R	Treasure Island-Residential (Defined in Sec. 249.52)
TI-MU	Treasure Island-Mixed Use (Defined in Sec. 249.52)
TI-OS	Treasure Island-Open Space (Defined in Sec. 249.52)
TI-PCI	Treasure Island-Public/Civic/Institutional (Defined in Sec. 249.52)
YBI-R	Yerba Buena Island-Residential (Defined in Sec. 249.52)
YBI-MU	Yerba Buena Island-Mixed Use (Defined in Sec. 249.52)
YBI-OS	Yerba Buena Island-Open Space (Defined in Sec. 249.52)
YBI-PCI	Yerba Buena Island-Public/Civic/Institutional (Defined in Sec. 249.52)

Mission Rock Mixed Use District (Also see Sec. 249.80)
MR-MU	Mission Rock Mixed Use District (Defined in Sec. 249.80(f)(1))

Potrero Power Station Special Use District (Also see Sec. 249.87)
PPS-MU	Potrero Power Station Special Use District (Defined in Sec. 249.87(g)(1) 1

Balboa Reservoir Mixed Use District (Also see Sec. 249.90(g)(1))
BR-MU	Balboa Reservoir Mixed Use District (Defined in Sec. 249.90(g)(1) 2

Stonestown Mixed Use District (Also see Section 249.9)
S-MU	Stonestown Special Use District (Defined in Section 249.9(f)(1))

In addition to the classes of use districts in the above table, the following terms shall apply:

"R District" shall mean any RH-1(D), RH-1, RH-1(S), RH-2, RH-3, RM-1, RM-2, RM-3, RM-4, RTO, RTO-M, RC-1, RC-2, RC-3 or RC-4 District;

"M District" shall mean any M-1 or M-2 District;

"PDR District" shall mean any PDR-1-B, PDR-1-D, PDR-1-G or PDR-2 District;

"RH District" shall mean any RH-1(D), RH-1, RH-1(S), RH-2, or RH-3 District;

"RM District" shall mean any RM-1, RM-2, RM-3, or RM-4 District;

"RTO District" shall mean any RTO or RTO-M District;

"C-3 District" shall mean any C-3-O, C-3-R, C-3-G, or C-3-S District. For the purposes of Section 128 and Article 11 of this Code, the term "C-3 District" shall also include the South of Market Extended Preservation District designated on Section Map SU03 of the Zoning Map;

“NCT District” shall mean any district described in Section 702(a)(2), including any NCT-1, NCT-2, NCT-3, and any Named Neighborhood Commercial Transit District; and

“Mixed Use District” shall mean all Chinatown Mixed use, Eastern Neighborhood Mixed use, and Downtown Residential Districts.

(Amended by Ord. 443-78, App. 10/6/78; Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87; Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91; Ord. 262-00, File No. 001426, App. 11/17/2000; Ord. 217-05, File No. 050865, App. 8/19/2005; 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. 85-10, File No. 091271, App. 4/30/2010; Ord. 90-11 , File No. 110301, App. 6/9/2011, Eff. 7/9/2011; Ord. 98-11, File No. 110229, App. 6/15/2011, Eff. 7/15/2011; Ord. 140-11, File No. 110482, App. 7/5/2011, Eff. 8/4/2011; Ord. 35-12 , File No. 111305, App. 2/21/2012, Eff. 3/22/2012; Ord. 176-12 , File No. 120472, App. 8/7/2012, Eff. 9/6/2012; Ord. 182-12 , File No. 120665, App. 8/8/2012, Eff. 9/7/2012; Ord. 42-13 , File No. 130002, App. 3/28/2013, Eff. 4/27/2013; Ord. 56-13 , File No. 130062, App. 3/28/2013, Eff. 4/27/2013; Ord. 261-13 , File No. 130084, App. 11/27/2013, Eff. 12/27/2013; Ord. 227-14 , File No. 120796, App. 11/13/2014, Eff. 12/13/2014; Ord. 228-14 , File No. 120814, App. 11/13/2014, Eff. 12/13/2014; Ord. 22-15, File No. 141253, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015; Ord. 126-15 , File No. 150081, App. 7/17/2015, Eff. 8/16/2015; Ord. 127-15 , File No. 150082, App. 7/17/2015, Eff. 8/16/2015; Ord. 188-15 , File No. 150871, App. 11/4/2015, Eff. 12/4/2015; Ord. 229-15 , File No. 151126, App. 12/22/2015, Eff. 1/21/2016; Ord. 129-17, File No. 170203, App. 6/30/2017, Eff. 7/30/2017; Ord. 31-18, File No. 170940, App. 3/6/2018, Eff. 4/6/2018; Ord. 202-18, File No. 180557, App. 8/10/2018, Eff. 9/10/2018; Ord. 296-18, File No. 180184, App. 12/12/2018, Eff. 1/12/2019; Ord. 208-19, File No. 190594, App. 9/20/2019, Eff. 10/21/2019; Ord. 7-20, File No. 191260, App. 1/31/2020, Eff. 3/2/2020; Ord. 61-20, File No. 200039, App. 4/24/2020, Eff. 5/25/2020, Oper. 5/25/2020; Ord. 63-20, File No. 200077, App. 4/24/2020, Eff. 5/25/20202020; Ord. 141-20, File No. 200422, App. 8/28/2020, Eff. 9/28/2020, Oper. 9/28/2020; Ord. 136-21, File No. 210674, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021; Ord. 70-23, File No. 220340, App. 5/3/2023, Eff. 6/3/2023; Ord. 249-23, File No. 230701, App. 12/14/2023, Eff. 1/14/2024; Ord. 204-24, File No. 240409, App. 8/1/2024, Eff. 9/1/2024, Oper. 9/1/2024)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Parkmerced Districts table added; Ord. 90-11 , Eff. 7/9/2011. Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island Districts table added; Ord. 98-11 , Eff. 7/15/2011. [Former] Individual Area Districts table amended; Neighborhood Commercial SUD and Neighborhood Commercial RUD tables added; Downtown RD table amended; Ord. 140-11, Eff. 8/4/2011. [Former] Individual Area NCT Districts table amended; Ord. 35-12 , Eff. 3/22/2012. Public Use Districts, Neighborhood Commercial SUD, Neighborhood Commercial RUD, and Commercial Districts tables amended; non-tabular district definitions added; Ord. 176-12 , Eff. 9/6/2012. Commercial Districts table amended; Ord. 182-12 , Eff. 9/7/2012. Former Individual Area Districts table redesignated as Named NCD table and amended; former Individual Area Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) Districts table redesignated as Named NCT Districts table and amended; SoMa MUD and Eastern Neighborhoods MUD tables and "R District" definition amended; Ord. 42-13 , Eff. 4/27/2013. Definition references added to all district table entries; Ord. 56-13 , Eff. 4/27/2013. Named NCD and Neighborhood Commercial RUD and Subdistricts tables amended; "R District" definition amended; Ord. 261-13 , Eff. 12/27/2013. Named NCD and Named NCT Districts tables amended; Ord. 227-14 , Eff. 12/13/2014. Named NCD table amended; Ord. 228-14 , Eff. 12/13/2014. Residential Districts, R-C Districts, and Commercial Districts tables amended; Ord. 22-15, Eff. 3/22/2015. Named NCD and Named NCT Districts tables amended; Ord. 126-15 , Eff. 8/16/2015. Named NCD and Named NCT Districts tables amended; Ord. 127-15 , Eff. 8/16/2015. Public Use Districts, Residential Districts, Neighborhood Commercial RUD and Subdistricts, Commercial Districts, Industrial Districts, and PDR Districts tables amended; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015. Named NCD table amended; Ord. 229-15 , Eff. 1/21/2016. NCD, Named NCD, NCT Districts, and Named NCT Districts tables amended; Ord. 129-17, Eff. 7/30/2017. Mission Rock Mixed Use District table added; Ord. 31-18, Eff. 4/6/2018. NCD and Named NCD tables and “NCT District” definition amended; Ord. 202-18, Eff. 9/10/2018. South of Market Use Mixed Use Districts table deleted; designation of Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use districts table deleted and table amended; “Mixed Use District” definition amended; Ord. 296-18, Eff. 1/12/2019. Chinatown MUD table amended; Ord. 208-19, Eff. 10/21/2019. Named NCD table amended; Ord. 7-20, Eff. 3/2/2020. Potrero Power Station MUD table added; Ord. 61-20, Eff. 5/25/2020. Eastern Neighborhoods MUD table designated; Ord. 63-20, Eff. 5/25/2020. Potrero Power Station Mixed Used District table renamed Potrero Power Station Special Use District; Ord. 136-21, Eff. 9/4/2021. Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use Districts table amended; Ord. 70-23, Eff. 6/3/2023. Neighborhood Commercial RUD and Subdistricts table amended; Ord. 249-23, Eff. 1/14/2024. Stonestown Mixed Use District table added; Ord. 204-24, Eff. 9/1/2024.

CODIFICATION NOTES

1 . So in Ord. 61-20 .

2 . So in Ord. 141-20 .

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