San Francisco Planning Code § 121.6 Large-Scale Retail Uses

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, establishment of a single Retail Use in excess of 50,000 gross square feet in any zoning district other than the C-3 Zoning Districts shall require Conditional Use authorization pursuant to Section 303 unless such use already is prohibited. This Section 121.6 shall apply to the establishment of a new Use and the expansion of an existing Use. For purposes of this Section, “single Retail Use” shall include all Retail Sales and Service Uses listed in Section 102 and retail uses identified in Article 8 of this Code, except General Grocery, Hotel, and Motel Uses. This Section shall not apply to Health Service Uses and Reproductive Health Clinics located in the MUO District east of 7th Street. Notwithstanding this Section 121.6, division of Non-Residential Use Sizes is permitted to the extent provided in Section 121.5.

(Added by Ord. 89-04, File No. 031463, App. 5/27/2004; amended by Ord. 202-18, File No. 180557, App. 8/10/2018, Eff. 9/10/2018; Ord. 122-23, File No. 230371, App. 7/5/2023, Eff. 8/5/2023; Ord. 159-23, File No. 230732, App. 7/28/2023, Eff. 8/28/2023; Ord. 92-25, File No. 250099, App. 6/20/2025, Eff. 7/21/2025; Ord. 173-25, File No. 250634, App. 9/5/2025, Eff. 10/6/2025; Ord. 13-26, File No. 251099, App. 2/13/2026, Eff. 3/16/2026)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Divisions (e)-(e)(2) amended; division (e)(3) added; Ord. 202-18, Eff. 9/10/2018. Divisions (b)-(d), (e)(1)-(2) deleted; divisions (a), (e), and (e)(3) combined and amended as an undesignated paragraph; Ord. 122-23, Eff. 8/5/2023, and Ord. 159-23, Eff. 8/28/2023. Section amended; Ord. 92-25, Eff. 7/21/2025. Section amended; Ord. 173-25, Eff. 10/6/2025. Section amended; Ord. 13-26, Eff. 3/16/2026.