San Francisco Planning Code § 204.5 Parking and Loading as Accessory Uses

(See Interpretations related to this Section.)

In order to be classified as an Accessory Use, off-street parking and loading shall meet all of the following conditions:

(a) Location. Such parking or loading facilities shall be located on the same lot as the structure or use served by them. (For provisions concerning required parking on a separate lot as a Principal or Conditional Use, see Sections 156 and 161 of this Code.)

(b) Parking Accessory to Dwellings. Unless rented on a monthly basis to serve a nearby resident as described in subsection (c) below, required accessory parking facilities for any Dwelling in any R District shall be limited, further, to storage of private passenger automobiles, private automobile trailers, boats, bicycle parking, scooters, motorcycles, and car-share vehicles as permitted by Section 150 and trucks of a rated capacity not exceeding three-quarters of a ton.

(c) Lease of Accessory Residential and Live/Work Parking to Neighbors. Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the contrary, the following shall be permitted as an Accessory Use:

(1) for use by any resident of a Dwelling Unit located on a different lot within 1,250 feet of such parking space; or

(2) for use by any resident of a Dwelling Unit located on a different lot within the City and County of San Francisco so long as no more than five spaces are rented to those who live beyond 1,250 feet of such parking space.

(d) Parking Exceeding Accessory Amounts. Accessory parking facilities shall include only those facilities that do not exceed the amounts permitted by Section 151.1(c) or Table 151.1. Off-street parking facilities that exceed the accessory amounts shall be classified as a separate use, and may be principally or conditionally permitted as indicated in the Zoning Control Table for the district in which such facilities are located.

(Amended by Ord. 443-78, App. 10/6/78; Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; Ord. 112-08, File No. 080095, App. 6/30/2008; Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; Ord. 209-12 , File No. 120631, App. 9/28/2012, Eff. 10/28/2012; Ord. 232-14

, File No. 120881, App. 11/26/2014, Eff. 12/26/2014; Ord. 188-15 , File No. 150871, App. 11/4/2015, Eff. 12/4/2015; Ord. 99-17, File No. 170206, App. 5/19/2017, Eff. 6/18/2017; Ord. 202-18, File No. 180557, App. 8/10/2018, Eff. 9/10/2018; Ord. 311-18, File No. 181028, App. 12/21/2018, Eff. 1/21/2019; Ord. 63-20, File No. 200077, App. 4/24/2020, Eff. 5/25/2020; Ord. 245-25, File No. 250701, App. 12/12/2025, Eff. 1/12/2026, Oper. 1/12/2026)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Divisions (b) and (b)(1) amended; divisions (b)(1)(A) and (B) added; Ord. 209-12 , Eff. 10/28/2012. Divisions (b) and (c) amended; Ord. 232-14 , Eff. 12/26/2014. Divisions (a), (b), and (c) amended; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015. Divisions (a), (b), (b)(1)(B), and (c) amended; Ord. 99-17, Eff. 6/18/2017. Non-substantive amendments; designation of former division (b)(1) removed; former divisions (b)(1)(A) and (B) redesignated as divisions (b)(1) and (b)(2); Ord. 202-18, Eff. 9/10/2018. Division (a) amended; former divisions (b)-(b)(2) redesignated as divisions (b) and (c)- (c)(2); current

divisions (b) and (c) amended; former division (c) redesignated as division (d); Ord. 311-18, Eff. 1/21/2019. Division (b) amended; Ord. 63-20, Eff. 5/25/2020. Division (d) amended; Ord. 245-25, Eff. 1/12/2026.