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Article 2 — USE DISTRICTS›SEC. 202. PERMITTED BY THIS CODE.

San Francisco Planning Code § 202.3 Limitation on Change in Use or Demolition of General Grocery Use

San Francisco Planning Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-23 · San Francisco

Cite as: San Francisco Planning Code § 202.3 · Text as of 2026-09-23

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a change in use or demolition of a General Grocery, as defined in Section 102, which use exceeds 5,000 gross square feet shall require Conditional Use authorization pursuant to Section 303 of this Code, which shall include the findings required by Section 303(l). This Section shall not authorize a change in use if the new Use or Uses are otherwise prohibited.

(Added as Sec. 218.2 by Ord. 298-06, File No. 061261, App. 12/12/2006; amended by Ord. 245-08, File No. 080696; Ord. 56-13 , File No. 130062, App. 3/28/2013, Eff. 4/27/2013; 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. 129-17, File No. 170203, App. 6/30/2017, Eff. 7/30/2017)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Section amended; Ord. 56-13 , Eff. 4/27/2013. Former Sec. 218.2 redesignated as Sec. 202.3 and amended; Ord. 22-15, Eff. 3/22/2015. Section header and section amended; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015. Section amended; Ord. 129-17, Eff. 7/30/2017.

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