SEC. 249.11. 530 SANSOME MIXED-USE TOWER AND FIRE STATION SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.

(a) Purpose. A Special Use District entitled “530 Sansome Mixed-Use Tower and Fire Station Special Use District” (the SUD) is hereby established, the precise boundaries of which are shown on Sectional Map SU01 of the Zoning Map. The purpose of the SUD is to implement the land use controls for the 530 Sansome Mixed-Use Tower and Fire Station 13 Development Project (the Project), which is subject to a Development Agreement, approved by the Board of Supervisors in the ordinance contained in Board File No. 250698 (the Development Agreement). The Project will provide several benefits to the City, such as a new fire station, privately owned and maintained public street improvements, and affordable housing contributions paid to the City earlier than otherwise required by the Planning Code.

(b) Relationship to Other Planning Code Provisions. Applicable provisions of the Planning Code shall control in the SUD except as otherwise provided in this Section 249.11. If there is a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section 249.11, this Section 249.11 shall prevail.

(c) Relationship to the Development Agreement. This Section 249.11 shall be read and construed consistent with the Development Agreement, and all development within the Project Site that is subject to the Development Agreement shall satisfy the requirements of the Development Agreement for so long as the Development Agreement remains in effect.

(d) Conditional Use. Notwithstanding otherwise applicable use, design, project authorization, or approval process requirements set forth for development projects in the underlying C-3O zoning district, a development project within the SUD may be approved pursuant to the conditional use authorization provisions set forth in Section 304.8.

(e) Conditional Rescission of Landmark Designation for 447 Battery Street. The otherwise applicable procedures for rescinding an Article 10 landmark designation do not apply in the SUD. The Board of Supervisors rescinds the landmark status of the building at 447 Battery Street (Assessor’s Block 0206, Lot 002; “447 Battery Street”), which rescission shall be contingent and only effective upon the City acquiring fee title to 447 Battery Street. Upon the City acquiring such fee title, the City Attorney shall cause Landmark No. 299 in Appendix A to Planning Code Article 10 to be removed from the Planning Code. Except as required under the California Environmental Quality Act, any new legislation that would impose requirements for the historic preservation or rehabilitation of the buildings within the SUD existing as of the effective date of the ordinance in Board File No. 250697 creating the SUD shall not apply unless and until this Section 249.11(e) is amended accordingly or eliminated.

(Added by Ord. 197-25, File No. 250697, App. 10/27/2025, Eff. 11/27/2025, Oper. 11/27/25)