Code Section: 212 (a)

Subject: Open uses, pushcart

Effective Date: 5/88

Interpretation:

   This Section requires that in C-1 and C-2 Districts, all uses be conducted within an enclosed building. An exception may be made in the case of a pushcart when it is part of a commercial complex (such as Ghirardelli Square or Pier 39) and is shielded from view from any public right-of-way. (See also Interpretation 240.2(e).)

Code Section: 212 (e)

Subject: C-3 residential conversion/
demolition

Effective Date: 5/90

Interpretation:

   This Section requires a conditional use authorization to demolish a residential use or convert it to nonresidential use in a C-3 District. In the case where two residential hotel units were converted to a communal kitchen, storage and building mechanical space, there had been no conversion to nonresidential use since these uses were accessory to the residential use. Note: This interpretation may not apply to Section 803.5(b) which is worded differently.

Code Section: 215

Subject: Dwelling on split-zoned lot, use of industrial portion

Effective Date: 4/64

Interpretation:

   This Section allows dwelling units in the C-M through M-2 Districts only with a conditional use authorization. In the case where a portion of a lot is in one of these industrial districts, a dwelling may not occupy such portion of the lot without a conditional use authorization, but such portion may nevertheless be used to satisfy rear yard and open space requirements for a dwelling constructed on the residential portion.

Code Section: 215 (a)

Subject: Dwelling double density in non-R Districts

Effective Date: 

Interpretation:

   See Interpretation 209.1(m)

Code Section: 215 - 227

Subject: Nonresidential use table, distancing requirement

Effective Date: 3/96

Interpretation:

   Numerous subsections in the nonresidential use table require distancing the use from the nearest R District. Sometimes the boundary line of a zoning district is along the center of a street right-of-way, in which case the required distance shall be measured to the nearest residentially zoned property outside a street right-of-way.

   In cases where multiple uses occupy a single lot, this distance shall be measured from where the use itself is located on the lot. The location of a use shall be considered to be the entire contiguous property controlled by the operator of the use. Therefore, in the case where a proposed kennel operator owned or leased the entire lot, the distance to the R District was measured from the lot containing the proposed establishment rather from the kennel structures or from any other specific establishment structure or function. If they had controlled only a portion of the lot, the distance would be measured from that point.

Code Section: 216

Subject: Other housing in nonresidential districts

Effective Date: 

Interpretation:

   See Interpretation 209.2

Code Section: 216 (b)

Subject: Temporary shelters, where permitted

Effective Date: 12/87

Interpretation:

   Except in the South of Market Districts, temporary shelters for the homeless are analogous to tourist hotels and are allowed as permitted or conditional uses in the same districts under the same terms as tourist hotels. Since temporary shelters are specifically mentioned in the South of Market controls, they are not treated the same as tourist hotels there.

Code Section: 218

Subject:

Effective Date: 3/97

Interpretation:

   See "Printing, where allowed, plus: for training purposes 3/97" in the Interpretations - Alphabetical