(a) General. In the Hunters View Special Use District and the 40/65-X Height and Bulk District, exceptions to the 40-foot base height up to 65 feet may be approved by the Planning Commission, in appropriate cases, as part of a Planned Unit Development, and as provided herein.
(b) Purpose. The San Francisco Housing Authority, in partnership with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, proposes to demolish the existing public housing on the Hunters View site and to develop a mixture of public housing, affordable rental and ownership housing, and market-rate housing to replace it. It is anticipated that the project will be developed in multiple phases. Proceeds from the sale of the market rate units will be used to cross-collateralize the construction of the public housing and rental units. In order to achieve a successful program, the density of the Hunters View site will be increased from 267 units to up to 800 units. Due to the difficult topography of the site, such density cannot be achieved without an increase in the height limit for the site.
(c) Height Exceptions. Such height exceptions may be permitted provided that the following criteria, in addition to those stated in Section 303(c), are met:
(1) The height of the building or structure so approved by the Planning Commission does not exceed 65 feet.
(2) The principal use of the building or structure for which the additional height is sought is residential.
(3) The additional height will not add significant shadows on property under the jurisdiction of the Recreation and Park Commission pursuant to Section 295.
(4) The development as a whole, and any building or structure that is over 40 feet, provides an appropriate transition to adjacent higher or lower buildings or structures.
(5) No more than 35% of the gross area of the site will contain buildings or structures exceeding 50 feet in height and no more than 50% of the gross area of the site will contain buildings or structures exceeding 40 feet in height, as measured pursuant to Section 304(d)(6). Building heights in excess of 40 feet shall only be allowed in accordance with a Design for Development or other design guidelines approved by the Planning Commission as a part of a Planned Unit Development. Where such a Design for Development or other design guidelines is approved as part of a Planned Unit Development and provides more stringent restrictions on the amount of site area that can contain buildings over 40 feet than set forth in this subsection (5), the said Design for Development or design guidelines shall govern.
(Added by Ord. 200-08, File No. 080691, App. 8/22/2008)
Editor's Note:
This section was originally designated 263.20 when enacted by Ord. 200-08, approved 8/22/2008. The section was redesignated by the editor in order to avoid conflicting with previously existing material.
This section was originally designated 263.20 when enacted by Ord. 200-08, approved 8/22/2008. The section was redesignated by the editor in order to avoid conflicting with previously existing material.