SEC. 249.95. 900 KEARNY STREET SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.

(a) Purpose. The 900 Kearny Street Special Use District is intended to facilitate the reuse of the ground and basement floors of 900 Kearny Street, which were previously occupied by a Formula Retail Financial Services Use that vacated the space in 2021.

(b) Location. The 900 Kearny Street Special Use District consists of Assessor’s Block 0176, Lot 011. Its boundaries are shown on Special Use District Map SU01 of the Zoning Map, and consists of the area within a perimeter established

by Columbus Street to the east, Jackson Street to the south, and Kearny Street to the west, and adjacent to the Sentinel Building/Columbus Tower to the north.

(c) Controls. Applicable provisions of the Planning Code shall apply to the 900 Kearny Street Special Use District except as otherwise provided in this Section 249.95. In the event of a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section, this Section shall control.

(1) Non-Retail Professional Services Uses shall be permitted on all floors, including the First Story and Basement.

(2) The non-residential use size limits and use size maximums in Sections 121.4 and 810 shall not apply to NonRetail Professional Services Uses.

(3) Arts Activities Uses shall be permitted on all floors.

(4) An enclosed building addition is permitted at the roof level provided it is 1) no more than 735 square feet, 2) no more than 11 feet above the finished roof, and 3) only occupied as an Arts Activities Use, subject to the following provisions. Such a building addition is permitted notwithstanding the bulk limits of Section 270, the sun access

requirements of Section 132.3, the height limit exemptions for the features specified in Section 260(b), and the limit on the horizontal area for the features specified in Section 260(b)(1). However, such a building addition shall be included in the calculations of the horizontal area for any other proposed building additions or features to determine if other such additions or features meet applicable Code requirements.

(Added by Ord. 60-24, File No. 231006, App. 3/27/2024, Eff. 4/27/2024; amended by Ord. 105-24, File No. 240260, App. 5/24/2024, Eff. 6/24/2024)

AMENDMENT HISTORY Division (c)(4) added; Ord. 105-24, Eff. 6/24/2024.