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Article 4 — DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND PROJECT REQUIREMENTS THAT AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF IN-LIEU FEESSEC. 413. JOBS-HOUSING LINKAGE PROGRAM; HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

SEC. 413.5. COMPLIANCE BY PAYMENT OF IN-LIEU FEE.

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(a) The amount of the fee which may be paid by the sponsor of a development project shall be determined by the following formulas for each type of space proposed as part of the development project and subject to this Article 4.

(1) For applicable projects (as defined in Section 413.3), any net addition shall pay per the Fee Schedule in Table 413.5A, and

(2) For applicable projects (as defined in Section 413.3), any replacement or change of use shall pay per the Fee Schedule in Table 413.5B.

TABLE 413.5A
FEE SCHEDULE FOR NET ADDITIONS OF GROSS SQUARE FEET
Use Fee per Gross Square Foot
Use Fee per Gross Square Foot
Entertainment $18.62
Hotel $14.95
Institutional $0
Office (50,000 gsf and above) See subsection (c) below.
Office (up to 49,999 gsf) See subsection (d) below.
PDR $0
Laboratory See subsection (e) below.
Residential $0
Retail $18.62
Small Enterprise Workspace $15.69
TABLE 413.5B
FEE SCHEDULE FOR REPLACEMENT OF USE OR CHANGE OF USE
Previous Use New Use Fee per Gross Square Foot
Entertainment, Hotel, Office, Laboratory, Retail, or
Small Enterprise Workspace
Entertainment, Hotel, Office, Retail, or
Small Enterprise Workspace
$0
PDR which received its First Certificate of Occupancy
on or before April 1, 2010
Entertainment, Hotel, Office, Laboratory,
Retail, or Small Enterprise Workspace
Use Fee from Table 413.5A
minus $14.09
Institutional which received its First Certificate of
Occupancy on or before April 1, 2010
Entertainment, Hotel, Office, Laboratory,
Retail, or Small Enterprise Workspace
$0
Institutional or PDR which received its First Certificate
of Occupancy on or before April 1, 2010
Institutional, PDR, Laboratory,
Residential
$0
Institutional or PDR which received its First Certificate
of Occupancy after April 1, 2010
Any Use Fee from Table 413.5
Residential Entertainment, Hotel, Office, PDR,
Laboratory, Retail, or Small Enterprise
Workspace
Use Fee from Table 413.5

(b) Any in-lieu fee required under this Section 413.5 is due and payable to the Development Fee Collection Unit at DBI consistent with the timing set forth in Section 107A.13.3 of the San Francisco Building Code.

(c) Office Fees for Large Capital Projects. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, fees for the net addition of 50,000 gross square feet and above of Office Use shall be paid as follows:

(1) For any project that (1) received an approval from the Planning Commission or Planning Department on or before September 10, 2019, stating that the project shall be subject to any new, changed, or increased Jobs Housing Linkage Fee adopted prior to that project’s procurement of a Certificate of Occupancy or Final Completion, and (2) has not procured a Certificate of Occupancy or Final Completion as of the effective date of the ordinance in Board File No. 190548, amending this Section 413.5, such project shall pay the difference between the amount of the fees assessed at the time of site permit issuance and any additional amounts due under the new, changed, or increased fee up to $52.20 before the City may issue a Certificate of Occupancy or Final Completion.

(2) For any project that has submitted a complete Preliminary Project Assessment on or before September 10, 2019, and has not had its building or site permit issued as of the effective date of this ordinance in Board File No. 190548, such

project, regardless of when it submitted its complete Development Application, shall pay $52.20 per gross square foot. Any fees shall be assessed and paid consistent with this Article 4.

(3) For any project that has submitted a complete Development Application between the dates of September 11, 2019, and January 1, 2021, and has not had its building or site permit issued as of the effective date of this ordinance in Board File No. 190548, such project shall pay $60.90 per gross square foot. Any fees shall be assessed and paid consistent with this Article 4.

(4) For any project that has submitted a complete Development Application after January 1, 2021, shall pay $69.60 per gross square foot.1 Any fees shall be assessed and paid consistent with this Article 4 .

(d) Office Fees for Small Capital Projects. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, fees for the net addition up to 49,999 gross square feet of Office Use shall be paid as follows:

(1) For any project that has submitted a complete Preliminary Project Assessment on or before September 10, 2019, and has not had its building or site permit issued as of the effective date of this ordinance in Board File No. 190548, such project, regardless of when it submitted its complete Development Application, shall pay $46.98 per gross square foot. Any fees shall be assessed and paid consistent with this Article 4.

(2) For any project that has submitted a complete Development Application between the dates of September 11, 2019, and January 1, 2021, and has not had its building or site permit issued as of the effective date of this ordinance in Board File No. 190548, such project shall pay $54.81 per gross square foot. Any fees shall be assessed and paid consistent with this Article 4.

(3) Any project that has submitted a complete Development Application after January 1, 2021, shall pay $62.64 per gross square foot. Any fees shall be assessed and paid consistent with this Article 4.

(e) Laboratory Fees. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, fees for the net addition of Laboratory Use shall be paid as follows:

(1) For any project that has submitted a complete Preliminary Project Assessment on or before September 10, 2019, and has not had its building or site permit issued as of the effective date of this ordinance in Board File No. 190548, such project, regardless of when it submitted its complete Development Application, shall pay $31.43 per gross square foot. Any fees shall be assessed and paid consistent with this Article 4.

(2) For any project that has submitted a Development Application between the dates of September 11, 2019, and January 1, 2021, and has not had its building or site permit issued as of the effective date of this ordinance in Board File No. 190548, such project shall pay $34.90 per gross square foot. Any fees shall be assessed and paid consistent with this Article 4.

(3) For any project that has submitted a Development Application after January 1, 2021, shall pay $38.37 per gross square foot.1 Any fees shall be assessed and paid consistent with this Article 4 .

(Added as Sec. 413.6 by Ord. 108-10, File No. 091275, App. 5/25/2010; amended by Ord. 270-10, File No. 100917, App. 11/5/2010; Ord. 55-11, File No. 101523, App. 3/23/2011; Ord. 263-13, File No. 130549, App. 11/27/2013, Eff. 12/27/2013; Ord. 50-15, File No. 150149, App. 4/24/2015, Eff. 5/24/2015; redesignated and amended by Ord. 251-19, File No. 190548, App. 11/15/2019, Eff. 12/16/2019; Ord. 63-20, File No. 200077, App. 4/24/2024, Eff. 5/25/2020; Ord. 136- 21, File No. 210674, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021; Ord. 196-25, File No. 250657, App. 10/24/2025, Eff. 11/24/2025) (Former Sec. 413.5 added by Ord. 108-10, File No. 091275, App. 5/25/2010; Ord. 270-10, File No. 100917, App. 11/5/2010; repealed by Ord. 251-19, File No. 190548, App. 11/15/2019, Eff. 12/16/2019) AMENDMENT HISTORY

Undesignated paragraph preceding division (c) amended; Ord. 263-13, Eff. 12/27/2013. Division (c) amended; Ord. 5511, Eff. 5/24/2015. Section redesignated; section header amended; undesignated paragraph deleted; divisions (a)- (a)(2) and Tables 413.5A and 413.5B amended; former division (c) redesignated as (b); new divisions (c)-(e)(3) added; Ord. 25119, Eff. 12/16/2019. Division (b) amended; Ord. 63-20, Eff. 5/25/2020. Division (d)(3) amended; Ord. 136-21, Eff. 9/4/2021. Division (b) amended; Ord. 196-25, Eff. 11/24/2025.

CODIFICATION NOTE

1. So in Ord. 251-19.
Editor’s Note:

Ord. 63-20 purported to amend Sec. 413.6(c), which had been amended and redesignated as Sec. 413.5(b) by Ord. 25119. Accordingly, Ord. 63-20 has been listed in the history of Sec. 413.5.

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  1. Article 1 — GENERAL ZONING PROVISIONS
  2. Article 1.2 — DIMENSIONS, AREAS, AND OPEN SPACES
  3. Article 1.5 — TRANSPORTATION, OFF-STREET PARKING, AND LOADING
  4. Article 1.7 — COMPLIANCE
  5. Article 2 — USE DISTRICTS
  6. Article 6
  7. Article 2.5 — HEIGHT AND BULK DISTRICTS
  8. Article 3 — ZONING PROCEDURES
  9. Article 3.5 — FEES
  10. Article 4 — DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND PROJECT REQUIREMENTS T…
    Overview
    1. SEC. 411. TRANSIT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FEE.
    2. SEC. 412. DOWNTOWN PARK FEE.
    3. SEC. 413. JOBS-HOUSING LINKAGE PROGRAM; HOUSING REQUIREMENTS F…
    4. SEC. 414. CHILD-CARE REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICE AND HOTEL DEVELOP…
    5. SEC. 415. HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND LIVE/WORK D…
    6. SEC. 416. MARKET AND OCTAVIA AREA PLAN AND UPPER MARKET NEIGHB…
    7. SEC. 417. EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS AREA PLAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING R…
    8. SEC. 418. RINCON HILL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS FUND AND SOMA COM…
    9. SEC. 419. HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PRO…
    10. SEC. 420.1. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS SUPPORTING VISITACION VALLEY …
    11. SEC. 420.2. DEFINITIONS.
    12. SEC. 420.4. IMPOSITION OF REQUIREMENTS.
    13. SEC. 420.5. LIEN PROCEEDINGS.
    14. SEC. 420.6. VISITACION VALLEY COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
    15. SEC. 421. MARKET AND OCTAVIA COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
    16. SEC. 422. BALBOA PARK COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
    17. SEC. 423. EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACT FEES AND PUBLIC BENEFIT…
    18. SEC. 424. VAN NESS & MARKET AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOO…
    19. SEC. 425. VAN NESS & MARKET COMMUNITY FACILITIES FEE AND FUND.
    20. SEC. 428. DIVISADERO STREET NCT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE AND REQ…
    21. SEC. 429. ARTWORKS, OPTIONS TO MEET PUBLIC ART FEE REQUIREMENT…
    22. SEC. 430. BICYCLE PARKING IN LIEU FEE.
    23. SEC. 432. CENTRAL SOMA COMMUNITY SERVICES FACILITIES FEE AND F…
    24. SEC. 433. CENTRAL SOMA INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACT FEE AND FUND.
    25. SEC. 435. UNION SQUARE PARK, RECREATION, AND OPEN SPACE FEE.
  11. Article 6 — SIGNS
  12. Article 7 — NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
  13. Article 8 — MIXED USE DISTRICTS
  14. Article 9 — MISSION BAY DISTRICTS
  15. Part I
  16. Part II
  17. Part III
  18. Part IV
  19. Part V
  20. Part VI
  21. Part VII
  22. Part VIII
  23. Part IX
  24. Part X
  25. Part XI
  26. Part XII
  27. Part XIII
  28. Part XIV
  29. Part XV
  30. Part XVI

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