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Article 6 — SIGNS›SEC. 609. AMORTIZATION PERIODS.

SEC. 609.13. NONCONFORMING GENERAL ADVERTISING SIGNS IN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.

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

If state and/or federal statutes, as applicable, which currently required local governments to pay monetary compensation to the owners of nonconforming Signs as a condition of requiring removal of such Signs is/are repealed, or amended so as to eliminate that requirement, then any lawfully existing General Advertising Sign within a Neighborhood Commercial District shall be removed within five years of the effective date of the repeal of the amendment of said state and/or federal legislation, as applicable.

(Added by Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; amended by Ord. 217-16, File No. 160424, App. 11/10/2016, Eff. 12/10/2016) AMENDMENT HISTORY

Section header and section amended; Ord. 217-16, Eff. 12/10/2016.

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▸Contents — San Francisco Planning Code
San Francisco Planning Code
  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…
  11. ▸Article 6 — SIGNS
    Overview
    1. SEC. 602. SIGN DEFINITIONS.
    2. SEC. 604. PERMITS AND CONFORMITY REQUIRED.
    3. SEC. 607. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
    4. SEC. 608. SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICTS AND SIGNS IN SPECIAL USE DIST…
    5. ▸SEC. 609. AMORTIZATION PERIODS.
      Overview
      1. SEC. 609.1. GENERAL ADVERTISING SIGNS LOCATED IN R DISTRICTS.
      2. SEC. 609.2. [REPEALED.]
      3. SEC. 609.3. WITHIN CIVIC CENTER SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICTS.
      4. SEC. 609.4. SIGNS NEAR NONLANDSCAPED FREEWAYS.
      5. SEC. 609.5. SIGNS NEAR LANDSCAPED FREEWAYS.
      6. SEC. 609.6. SIGNS NEAR CERTAIN SCENIC STREETS.
      7. SEC. 609.7. WIND SIGNS.
      8. SEC. 609.8. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE STATION SIGNS IN R DISTRICTS.
      9. SEC. 609.9. SIGNS NEAR RAPID TRANSIT ROUTES.
      10. SEC. 609.10. IN THE MARKET STREET SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT.
      11. SEC. 609.11. IN THE JACKSON SQUARE SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT.
      12. SEC. 609.12. ON AND NEAR MARKET STREET FROM THE CENTRAL SKYWAY…
      13. SEC. 609.13. NONCONFORMING GENERAL ADVERTISING SIGNS IN NEIGHB…
      14. SEC. 609.14. IN THE NORTHEAST WATERFRONT SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT.
  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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