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(a) “Office use” shall mean space within a structure or portion thereof intended or primarily suitable for occupancy by persons or entities which perform, provide for their own benefit, or provide to others at that location services including, but not limited to, the following: Professional; banking; insurance; management; consulting; technical; sales; and design; and the non-accessory office functions of manufacturing and warehousing businesses; multimedia, software development, web design, electronic commerce, and information technology; all uses encompassed within the definition of “administrative services” in Section 890.106 of this Code; and all “professional services” as proscribed in Section 890.108 of this Code excepting only those uses which are limited to the Chinatown Mixed Use District.
(b) “Office use” shall exclude: retail uses; repair; any business characterized by the physical transfer of tangible goods to customers on the premises; wholesale shipping, receiving and storage; and design showrooms or any other space intended and primarily suitable for display of goods.
(Added by Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; amended by Ord. 70-23, File No. 220340, App. 5/3/2023, Eff. 6/3/2023)
AMENDMENT HISTORY
Division (a) amended; Ord. 70-23, Eff. 6/3/2023.
(See Interpretations related to this Section.)
An area, not including primary circulation space or any public street, located outside of a building or in a courtyard which is provided for the use or convenience of patrons of a commercial establishment including, but not limited to, newspaper sales, sitting, eating, drinking, dancing, and food service activities.
(Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87; amended by Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90)
A publicly or privately owned use which provides public services to the community, whether conducted within a building or on an open lot, and which has operating requirements which necessitate location within the district, including civic structures such as museums, post offices, administrative offices of government agencies, public libraries, police stations, transportation facilities, utility installations, and Internet Services Exchange. Such use shall not include service yards, machine shops, garages, incinerators and publicly operated parking in a garage or lot. Public uses shall also include a community recycling collection center, as defined in Subsection (a) below.
(a) Community Recycling Collection Center. A public use, which collects, stores or handles recyclable materials, including glass and glass bottles, newspaper, aluminum, paper and paper products, plastic and other materials which may be processed and recovered, if within a completely enclosed container or building, having no openings other than fixed windows or exits required by law. This use shall not include the storage, exchange, packing, disassembling or handling of waste, used furniture and household equipment, used cars in operable condition, used or salvaged machinery, or salvaged housewrecking and structural steel materials and equipment.
(Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87; amended by Ord. 77-02, File No. 011448, App. 5/24/2002; Ord. 166-16
, File No. 160477, App. 8/11/2016, Eff. 9/10/2016)
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A publicly or privately owned facility of at least 10,000 gross square feet that offers free or fee-based membership to the general public and is used for recreational activities such as ice skating, bowling, swimming, soccer, tennis, racquetball, basketball, softball, baseball, and similar activities. The facility may also include play areas for children and accessory accommodations such as locker rooms and activity rooms.
(See Interpretations related to this Section.)
A use which provides housing for San Francisco residents, rather than visitors, including a dwelling unit or group housing, as defined in Subsections (a) and (b) below, or a residential hotel, as defined in Section 890.47 of this Code and in Chapter 41 of the San Francisco Administrative Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, use of a dwelling unit as a Short-Term Residential Rental in compliance with Administrative Code Section 41A.5 shall not alter the use type as a residential use.
(a) Dwelling Unit. A residential use which consists of a suite of two or more rooms and includes sleeping, bathing, cooking, and eating facilities, and has only one kitchen.
(b) Group Housing. A residential use which provides lodging or both meals and lodging without individual cooking facilities for a week or more at a time in a space not defined as a dwelling unit. Group housing includes, but is not limited to, a roominghouse, boarding house, guest house, lodging house, residence club, commune, fraternity and sorority house, monastery, nunnery, convent, and ashram. It also includes group housing operated by a medical or educational institution when not located on the same lot as such institution.
(c) Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Unit. A dwelling unit or group housing room consisting of no more than one occupied room with a maximum gross floor area of 350 square feet and meeting the Housing Code's minimum floor area standards. The unit may have a bathroom in addition to the occupied room. As a dwelling unit, it would have a cooking facility and bathroom. As a group housing room, it would share a kitchen with one or more other single room occupancy unit/s in the same building and may also share a bathroom. A single room occupancy building (or "SRO" building) is one that contains no residential uses other than SRO units and accessory living space.
(d) Homeless Shelter. A residential use which consists of living and/or sleeping accommodations without any fee to individuals and families who are homeless, as defined in the Federal Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009 (S. 896), as amended from time to time, subject to the physical and operational standards in Section 102 of this Code.
(Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87; amended by Ord. 368-94, App. 11/4/94; Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; Ord. 42-13
, File No. 130002, App. 3/28/2013, Eff. 4/27/2013; Ord. 218-14
, File No. 140381, App. 10/27/2014, Eff. 11/26/2014, Oper. 2/1/2015; Ord. 14-15
, File No. 141210, App. 2/13/2015, Eff. 3/15/2015)
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