Title 4 — SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS SEC. 43.15.25. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.Chapter 116

SEC. 116.2. DEFINITIONS.

San Francisco Administrative Code · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-08 · San Francisco

For the purposes of this Chapter 116, the following definitions shall apply.

" City " means the City and County of San Francisco.

" Development Permit " means any land use permit or entitlement, including but not limited to any building permit, site permit, Conditional Use authorization, variance, or decision based on discretionary review of a proposed project, where the project meets at least one of the following criteria:

(1) the project is subject to the Planning Department's requirement for a Preliminary Project Assessment for residential use, pursuant to Planning Department policy;

(2) the project is subject to the Planning Department’s requirement that a Pre-Application Meeting be held for new construction, pursuant to Planning Department policy;

(3) the project proposes a change of use of a structure from non-residential use to residential use; or

(4) the project proposes the new construction of a Hotel or Motel, or change of use to a Hotel Use or Motel Use.

Hotel ” is defined in Section 102 of the Planning Code.

Hotel Use ” means the use of any real property as a Hotel, regardless of whether it is a mixed use property.

Motel ” is defined in Section 102 of the Planning Code.

Motel Use ” means the use of any real property as a Motel, regardless of whether it is a mixed use property.

" Place of Entertainment " is defined in Section 1060 of the Police Code.

Project ” means a structure for Residential Use, Hotel Use, or Motel Use, where the structure’s exterior boundaries are within 300 radial feet of a Place of Entertainment that has been permitted for 12 or more consecutive months prior to the filing of the first complete application for a Development Permit for construction of the Project structure or for its conversion to Residential Use, Hotel Use, or Motel Use.

" Project Site " means the lot or lots on which a Project is located.

" Residential Use " means the use of any real property as a dwelling unit or units, regardless of whether it is a primary residence or a mixed use property.

" Transfer " means sale or lease.

" Transferee " means a purchaser or lessee of all or any portion of a structure for Residential Use, the exterior boundaries of which are within 300 radial feet of a Place of Entertainment, and includes but is not limited to the purchaser or lessee's partners, employees, assigns, successors, representatives, and heirs.

" Transferor " means an owner of a structure for Residential Use, the exterior boundaries of which are within 300 radial feet of a Place of Entertainment, who sells or leases all or any portion of the structure to a Transferee, and includes but is not limited to the owner's partners, employees, assigns, successors, representatives, and heirs.

(Added by Ord. 70-15, File No. 141298, App. 5/21/2015, Eff. 6/20/2015; amended by Ord. 47-17, File No. 161064, App. 3/10/2017, Eff. 4/9/2017)

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