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Division XIArticle 4 — DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND PROJECT REQUIREMENTSSEC. 424. VAN NESS & MARKET AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FEE AND PROGRAM.

SEC. 424.5. VAN NESS & MARKET RESIDENTIAL SPECIAL USE DISTRICT INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.

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(a) Purpose. There is hereby established a separate fund set aside for a special purpose entitled the Van Ness and Market Neighborhood Infrastructure Fund ("Fund"). That portion of Gross Floor Area subject to the $15.00 per gross square foot fee referenced in Section 424.3(b)(ii) above shall be deposited into the Fund, maintained by the Controller. The receipts of the Fund are hereby appropriated in accordance with law through the normal budgetary process to fund public infrastructure and other allowable improvements subject to the conditions of this Section.

Table 424.5A.

Breakdown of Use of Van Ness and Market Neighborhood Infrastructure Fund

by Infrastructure Type

by Infrastructure Type
Infrastructure Type Dollars Received From Residential
Development
Dollars Received From Non-Residential
Development
Complete Streets: Pedestrian and Streetscape
Improvements, Bicycle Facilities
44% 30%
Transit 22% 45%
Recreation and Open Space 21% 20%
Childcare 8% Not applicable
Program Administration 5% 5%

(1) Infrastructure. All monies deposited in the Fund, plus accrued interest, shall be used solely to design, engineer, acquire and develop neighborhood recreation and open space, pedestrian amenities and streetscape improvements, and bicycle infrastructure that result in new publicly-accessible facilities. First priority should be given to projects within the Van Ness & Market Residential Special Use District. Second Priority should be given to projects within the Market and Octavia Plan Area or within 1,250 feet of the Plan Area. These improvements shall be consistent with the Market and Octavia Area Plan of the General Plan and any Plan that is approved by the Board of Supervisors in the future for the area covered by the Van Ness & Market Residential Special Use District, except that monies from the Fund may be used by the Planning Commission to commission studies to revise the fee above, or to commission landscape, architectural or other planning, design and engineering services in support of the proposed public improvements.

(2) No portion of the Fund may be used, by way of loan or otherwise, to pay any administrative, general overhead, or similar expense of any public entity.

(3) At the close of a fiscal year in which the Market and Octavia Community Improvements Program has generated funding for no less than $211 million of expenditures in the plan area, including revenue generated through this Section 424.1 et seq. , Section 421 fee payments, in-kind improvements, public grants, San Francisco general funds, assessment districts, and other sources which contribute to the overall programming, all future funds generated through Section 424.1 et seq. shall be redirected 100% to the Citywide Affordable Housing Fund.

expenditures in the plan area, including revenue generated through this Section 424.1 et seq. , Section 421 fee payments, in-kind improvements, public grants, San Francisco general funds, assessment districts, and other sources which contribute to the overall programming, all future funds generated through Section 424.1 et seq. shall be redirected 100% to the Citywide Affordable Housing Fund.

(4) Expenditure of funds shall be coordinated with appropriate City agencies as detailed in Section 421.5. (5) The Director shall have the authority to prescribe rules and regulations governing the Fund, which are consistent with Section 424.1 et seq. The Director of Planning, as the head of the Interagency Plan Implementation Committee (IPIC), shall make recommendations to the Board regarding allocation of funds.

(Added by Ord. 108-10, File No. 091275, App. 5/25/2010; amended by Ord. 263-13, File No. 130549, App. 11/27/2013, Eff. 12/27/2013; Ord. 50-15 , File No. 150149, App. 4/24/2015, Eff. 5/24/2015; Ord. 188-15 , File No. 150871, App. 11/4/2015, Eff. 12/4/2015; Ord. 126-20, File No. 200559, App. 7/31/2020, Eff. 8/31/2020) AMENDMENT HISTORY

Former divisions (a)(i)-(vi) redesignated as (a)(1)-[former] (a)(6); [former] division (a)(3) amended; Ord. 263-13, Eff. 12/27/2013. Divisions (a) and (a)(1) amended; former division (a)(3) deleted; former divisions (a)(4)-(6) redesignated as (a)(3)-(5) and amended; Ord. 50-15 , Eff. 5/24/2015. Division (a) and Table 424.5A amended; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015. Section header and division (a)(1) amended; Ord. 126-20, Eff. 8/31/2020. [TRANSIT CENTER DISTRICT]

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  1. Chapter 10E — PLANNING MONITORING
  2. Chapter 10E — PLANNING MONITORING
  3. Chapter 24 — REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
  4. Chapter 24 — REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
  5. Chapter 29A — APPROVAL OF POWER PLANT; PLANNING CODE SEC. 303
  6. Chapter 29A — APPROVAL OF POWER PLANT; PLANNING CODE SEC. 303
  7. Chapter 31 — CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PROCEDURES
  8. Chapter 31 — CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PROCEDURES
  9. Chapter 44 — ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE PLANNING COUNCIL
  10. Chapter 44 — ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE PLANNING COUNCIL
  11. Chapter 56 — DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
  12. Chapter 56 — DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
  13. Chapter 61 — WATERFRONT LAND USE
  14. Chapter 61 — WATERFRONT LAND USE
  15. Chapter 2 — ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PURCHASING ORDINANCE
  16. Chapter 2 — ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PURCHASING ORDINANCE
  17. Chapter 4 — EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS.
  18. Chapter 4 — EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS.
  19. Division I
  20. Division II
  21. Division III
  22. Division IV
  23. Division V
  24. Division VI
  25. Division VII
  26. Division VIII
  27. Division IX
  28. Division X
  29. Division XI
    Overview
    1. Article 4 — DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
    2. Article 4 — DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
      Overview
      1. SEC. 411. TRANSIT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FEE.
      2. SEC. 412. DOWNTOWN PARK FEE.
      3. SEC. 413. JOBS-HOUSING LINKAGE PROGRAM; HOUSING REQUIREMENTS F…
      4. SEC. 414. CHILD-CARE REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICE AND HOTEL DEVELOP…
      5. SEC. 415. HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND LIVE/WORK D…
      6. SEC. 416. MARKET AND OCTAVIA AREA PLAN AND UPPER MARKET NEIGHB…
      7. SEC. 417. EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS AREA PLAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING R…
      8. SEC. 418. RINCON HILL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS FUND AND SOMA COM…
      9. SEC. 419. HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PRO…
      10. SEC. 420. VISITACION VALLEY COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRU…
      11. SEC. 421. MARKET AND OCTAVIA COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
      12. SEC. 422. BALBOA PARK COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
      13. SEC. 423. EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACT FEES AND PUBLIC BENEFIT…
      14. SEC. 424. VAN NESS & MARKET AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOO…
      15. SEC. 425. VAN NESS & MARKET COMMUNITY FACILITIES FEE AND FUND.
      16. SEC. 428. DIVISADERO STREET NCT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE AND REQ…
      17. SEC. 429. ARTWORKS, OPTIONS TO MEET PUBLIC ART FEE REQUIREMENT…
      18. SEC. 430. BICYCLE PARKING IN LIEU FEE.
      19. SEC. 432. CENTRAL SOMA COMMUNITY SERVICES FACILITIES FEE AND F…
      20. SEC. 433. CENTRAL SOMA INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACT FEE AND FUND.
      21. SEC. 435. UNION SQUARE PARK, RECREATION, AND OPEN SPACE FEE.
    3. Article 7 — REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORITY
    4. Article 7 — REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORITY
  30. Division 1 — SUBDIVISION CODE
  31. Division 11 — LIMITED EQUITY HOUSING COOPERATIVE CONVERSIONS
  32. Division 2 — MISSION BAY SUBDIVISION CODE
  33. Division 2 — MISSION BAY SUBDIVISION CODE
  34. Division 3 — CANDLESTICK POINT/HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD SUBDIVI
  35. Division 3 — CANDLESTICK POINT/HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD SUBDIVI
  36. Division 4 — TREASURE ISLAND AND YERBA BUENA ISLAND SUBDIVISI

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