SEC. 608.18. 3250 19TH AVENUE SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT.

(a) Establishment of Special Sign District. The 3250 19th Avenue Special Sign District (“3250 19th Avenue SSD” or “SSD”), consisting of Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 7231, Lot 003, as shown on Sectional Map SS01 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco, is hereby established for the purposes and subject to the controls set forth in this Section 608.18.

(b) Purpose. The purpose of the 3250 19th Avenue SSD is to modify the sign controls that would otherwise apply within the SSD to allow for appropriate signage opportunities for this large, undivided lot and the structures that occupy the lot.

(c) Controls. Signs within the 3250 19th Avenue SSD shall be controlled by all applicable provisions in the Planning Code, except to the extent they conflict with this Section 608.18. In the event of a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section 608.18, this Section shall control. Unless otherwise indicated in this Section 608.18, the controls within the SSD shall apply to signs for all principally permitted or conditionally permitted uses of the subject property.

(1) Freestanding Signs are permitted to be placed within a required front setback area or within a legislated setback line, provided that the Sign is located at least three feet from the street property line. No Sign shall project beyond a street property line.

(2) The total number of permitted Signs shall not exceed one Sign for each 130 linear feet of street frontage of the lot. Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall limit the placement of such Signs on the applicable street frontage.

(3) Signs may be Indirectly Illuminated or Nonilluminated.

(4) All Signs shall satisfy the following requirements, as applicable:

(A) The Height of any Wall Sign shall not exceed 50 feet or the height of the wall to which it is affixed, whichever is less; and

(B) The Area of any Wall Sign shall not exceed one square foot per three linear feet of street frontage or 140 square feet, whichever is less; and

(C) The Area of any Freestanding Sign shall not exceed one square foot per seven linear feet of street frontage or 60 square feet, whichever is less.

(5) In calculating the limits in subsection (c)(4) of this Section 608.18, the relevant street frontage shall be the street from which the Sign is visible. Further, two street frontages cannot be combined to install larger Signs or a greater number of Signs on a single street frontage.

(6) Nothing in this Section 608.18 shall limit the applicability of Planning Code Sections 608.6 and 609.6 within the SSD.

(Added by Ord. 61-25, File No. 250100, App. 5/2/2025, Eff. 6/2/2025)