SEC. 211.2. CONDITIONAL USES, P DISTRICTS.

The following uses shall require Conditional Use authorization from the Planning Commission, as provided in Section 303 of this Code, unless otherwise permitted under Section 211.1 of this Code:

(a) For any P District, Social Service and Philanthropic Facility, School, Post-Secondary Educational Institution, Religious Institution, Community Facility, Open Recreation Area, Passive Outdoor Recreation and Neighborhood Agriculture as defined in Section 102 of this Code. Additionally, Neighborhood Agriculture, as defined in Section 102 of this Code, if it does not comply with the performance and operational standards contained in Section 202.2(c), and a Wireless Telecommunications Services Facility, as defined in Section 102 of this Code, if used for commercial communication systems.

• (b) For P Districts located within the right-of-way of any State or federal highway:

(1) Parking lot or garage uses when: (A) adjacent to any Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use Districts or (B) within the Market and Octavia Plan Area.

(2) Retail and personal service uses primarily meeting the needs of commuters on nearby streets and highways or persons who work or live nearby, provided that:

• (A) The space is on the ground floor of a publicly-accessible parking garage;

• (B) The total gross floor area per establishment does not exceed 2,500 square feet;

• (C) The space fronts on a major thoroughfare; and

• (D) The building façade incorporates sufficient fenestration and lighting to create an attractive urban design and pedestrian-oriented scale.

(c) Additionally, on property with a P District designation that the City and County of San Francisco owns, any use not otherwise principally permitted in a P district as set forth in Section 211.1 of this Code shall be permitted with Conditional Use authorization, except for:

• (1) Residential uses;

• (2) Any use first permitted in a M-2 District; and

• (3) Formula Retail uses where the subject P zoned lot is within ¼ of a mile of a zoning district that prohibits Formula Retail.

(Formerly codified as Sec. 234.2; amended by Ord. 443-78, App. 10/6/78; Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; Ord. 445-87, App. 11/12/87; Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 77-02, File No. 011448, App. 5/24/2002; Ord. 72-08, File No. 071157, App. 4/3/2008; Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; Ord. 66-11, File No. 101537, App. 4/20/2011, Eff. 5/20/2011; Ord. 80-14 , File No. 140062, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; redesignated and amended by Ord. 22-15, File No. 141253, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015; amended by Ord. 188-15 , File No. 150871, App. 11/4/2015, Eff. 12/4/2015; Ord. 166-16 , File No. 160477, App. 8/11/2016, Eff. 9/10/2016; Ord. 189-17, File No. 170693, App. 9/15/2017, Eff. 10/15/2017; Ord. 296-18, File No. 180184, App. 12/12/2018, Eff. 1/12/2019)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Section amended essentially in its entirety; Ord. 80-14 , Eff. 7/13/2014. Section redesignated; division (a) amended; Ord. 22-15, File No. 141253, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015. Divisions (c) and (c)(3) amended; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015. Division (a) amended; Ord. 166-16 , Eff. 9/10/2016. Division (a) amended; Ord. 189-17, Eff. 10/15/2017. Division (b)(1) amended; Ord. 296-18, Eff. 1/12/2019.