San Francisco Planning Code § 908 Mission Bay High Density Residential District (mb-R-3)
San Francisco Planning Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-23 · San Francisco
Cite as: San Francisco Planning Code § 908 · Text as of 2026-09-23
The MB-R-3 Districts are on the periphery of the residential section of Mission Bay and provide a buffer between the lower and moderate density housing and the office and commercial-industrial development. These districts are to be developed with apartment complexes up to eight and ten stories in height with perimeter housing units with street level entries screening two levels of parking. Common open space is expected to be located on the parking podium. TABLES 906, 907, 908
MISSION BAY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
(MB-R-1, MB-R-2 and MB-R-3) CONTROL TABLES
| No. | Zoning Category | § References | § 906 MB-R-1 |
§ 907 MB-R-2 |
§ 908 MB-R-3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls | |||||
| No. | Zoning Category | § References | § 906 MB-R-1 |
§ 907 MB-R-2 |
§ 908 MB-R-3 |
| Controls | |||||
| BUILDING S | TANDARDS |
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| .10 | Height | §§ 930 - 933, 940 | max. 45’ See text |
max. 45’ See text |
Varies from 95’ to 110’. See Height Map & Text |
| .11 | Bulk | § 940 | See text | ||
| .12 | Density | § 920 | Varies. See Table 920 | ||
| .13 | Lot Coverage | § 950 | 75% at most residential | levels | |
| .14 | Separation of Buildings |
§ 950 | Varies. See Table 950 | ||
| .15 | Setbacks at Building Bases |
§ 941 | R | R | R |
| .16 | Modulation of BuildingFronts |
§ 940 | R | R | R |
| .17 | Projections | § 942 | P | P | P |
| .18 | RooftopFeatures | § 943 | R | R | R |
| .19 | Orientation of Units to Open Area |
§ 952 | R | R | R |
| .20 | Usable Open Space [Per dwelling unit] |
§ 951 | Varies according to bld See Table 951 |
g. type. | |
| .21 | Off-Street Parking | § 960(a) | Generally1 space d.u. | ||
| .22 | Street Tree | § 956 | R | R | R |
| USES |
| .30 | DwellingUnit | § 102.7 | P | P | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .31 | GroupHousing | § 209.2(a)(b)(c) | P | P | P |
| .32 | Family Day Care | § 996.1a | P | P | P |
| .33 .34 |
Residential Care Facility small large |
§ 209.3(b) § 209.3(c) |
P C |
P C |
P C |
| .35 | Child Care Facility | § 209.3(e) | P | P | P |
| .36 | small large |
§ 209.3(f) | C | C | C |
| .37 | Religious Institutions | § 209.3(j) | C | C | C |
| .38 | Community Facilities* | § 209.4 | P | P | |
| .39 | Open Recreation and Horticultural |
§ 209.5(b) | P | P | |
| .40 | Public Facilities and Utilities* |
§ 209.6 | P | P | |
| .41 | Vehicle Storage and Access |
§ 209.7 | C | C | |
| .42 | Small Scale Convenience Retail |
§§ 996(b)(9), 921, 960(a), 972(a)5 |
P | P | P |
| .43 | Public Transportation Facility** |
§ 996(b)(12) | P | P | P |
| .44 * As more par |
Internet Services Exchange ticularly identified and described |
§ 209.6(c) in the Mission Bay Pla |
n. | C | C |
** Permitted only along and in the vicinity of Sixteenth Street and China Basin Street if the freight tracks providing rail service to Piers 48, 50 and 80 are relocated as more particularly described in Chapter 4 of the Mission Bay Plan.
(Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91; amended by Ord. 77-02, File No. 011448, App. 5/24/2002)
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