San Francisco Planning Code § 911 Mission Bay Neighborhood Commercial Shopping Center District (mb-Ncs)
San Francisco Planning Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-23 · San Francisco
Cite as: San Francisco Planning Code § 911 · Text as of 2026-09-23
The MB-NC-S Districts are located at the northwest corner of 3rd and 16th Street and the northeast corner of 3rd and Mariposa Streets. They are intended to provide retail goods and services for car-oriented shoppers from a wide market area as well as from Mission Bay. Although nonresidential uses are not limited as to story, the districts are expected to contain one story to two story buildings (one being a supermarket) with a substantial amount of off-street parking above or adjacent to the building. Residential use is permitted in both locations. Light industrial uses are permitted in the 3rd and Mariposa location as a conditional use. Live/work units are permitted in the 3rd and 16th Streets location. TABLES 909, 910, 911
MISSION BAY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
(MB-NC-2, MB-NC-3 and MB-NC-S) CONTROL TABLES
| No. | Zoning Category | § References | § 909 MB-NC-2 |
§ 910 MB-NC-3 |
§ 911 MB-NC-S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls | |||||
| No. | Zoning Category | § References | § 909 MB-NC-2 |
§ 910 MB-NC-3 |
§ 911 MB-NC-S |
| Controls | |||||
| BUILDING STANDARDS | |||||
| .10 |
Height | §§ 930 - 933, 940 | Max. 55' | Max. 70' | Max. 55' - 70' |
| See § 940 text | |||||
| .11 |
Bulk | § 940 | See § 940 text | ||
| .12 |
Density: Nonresidential | § 922 | Varies. See § 922 | ||
| .13 |
Density: Residential | § 920 | Varies. See Table | 920 | |
| .14 |
Lot Coverage | § 950 | 75% at most resi | dential levels | |
| .15 |
Separation of Buildings | § 950 | Varies. See Table | 950 | |
| .16 |
Modulation of Building Fronts |
§ 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 |
Awning, Canopy, Marquee | § 944 | P | P | P |
| .21 |
Street Tree | § 956 | R | R | R |
| .22 |
Usable Open Space [Residential, Per Unit] |
§ 951 | Varies according See Table 951 |
to building type. |
| .23 | Off-street Parking, Nonresidential |
§ 961 | 1 space/ 850 gsf |
1 space/ 850 gsf |
1 space/ 850 gsf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .24 | Off-street Parking, Residential |
§ 960 | 1 space/ |
1 space/ |
1 space/ |
| unit | unit | unit | |||
| .25 | Off-street Freight Loading | § 968 | NR | NR | NR |
| .26 | Signs | §§ 970, 973 | P | P | P |
| .27 | Outdoor Activity Area | §§ 145.2, 790.70 | P | P | P |
| .28 | Walk-Up Facility | § 790.140 | P | P | P |
| .29 | Drive-UpFacility | § 790.30 | P | P | |
| .30 | Location of Nonresidential Uses |
§§ 909, | 1st story only | 1st and 2nd stories only |
all stories |
| 910, 911 | |||||
| NONRESIDEN | TIAL USES* | ||||
| .50 | Other Retail Sales and | § 790.102 | P | P | P |
| Services not listed below | |||||
| .51 | Bar | § 790.22 | P | P | P |
| .53 | Limited Restaurant | § 790.90 | P | P | P |
| .54 | Restaurant | § 790.91 | P | P | P |
| .55 | Movie Theater | § 790.64 | P | P | P |
| .56 | Adult Entertainment | § 790.36 | C | ||
| .57 | Other Entertainment | § 790.38 | P | P | |
| .58 | Financial Service | § 790.110 | P | P | P |
| .59 | Limited Financial Service | § 790.112 | P | P | P |
| .60 | Medical Service | § 790.114 | P | P | P |
| .61 | Personal Service | § 790.116 | P | P | P |
| .62 | Business or Professional Service |
§ 790.108 | P | P | P |
| .63 | Massage Establishment | § 790.60 § 2700 |
C | ||
| Police Code | |||||
| .64 | Tourist Hotel | § 790.46 | |||
| .65 | Automobile Parking | §§ 790.8, 156 | C | C | C |
| .66 | Automotive Gas Station | § 790.14 | C | ||
| .67 | Automotive Service Station | § 790.17 | C | ||
| .68 | Automotive Repair | § 790.15 | C | C | |
| .69 | Automotive Wash | § 790.18 | C | C | |
| .70 | Automobile Sale or Rental | § 790.12 | C | ||
| .71 | Animal Hospital | § 790.6 | C | ||
| .72 | Ambulance Service | § 790.2 | C | ||
| .73 | Mortuary | § 790.62 | C | ||
| .74 | Trade Shop | § 790.124 | P | P | P |
| .75 | Storage | § 790.117 | P | P | |
| .76 | Administrative Service | § 790.106 | C | C | |
| .77 | Hospital or Medical Center | § 790.44 |
C | ||
| .78 | Other Institutions, Large | § 790.50 | P | P | P |
| .79 | Other Institutions, Small | § 790.51 | P | P | P |
| .80 Public Use § 790.80 |
C | C C |
|---|---|---|
| .81 Light Manufacturing Wholesale, etc. § 790.54 |
C** | |
| .82 Live/ (Any Permitted Work Activity) § 996(3) |
P*** | P P**** |
| .83 Arts Activity and Space § 102.2 |
P | P P |
| .84 Religious Institutions § 209.3(j) |
C | C C |
| .85 Public Transportation Facility***** § 996(b)(12) |
P | P P |
| RESIDENTIAL USES | ||
| .90 Dwelling Unit § 102.7 |
P | P P |
| .91 GroupHousing § 209.2(a)-(c) |
P | P P |
| Residential Care Facility | ||
| .92 small § 209.3(b) |
P | P P |
| .93 large § 209.3(c) |
C | C C |
| Child Care Facility | ||
| .94 small § 209.3(e) |
P | P P |
| .95 large § 209.3(f) |
C | C C |
| * Nonresidential uses are also governed by the Retail Use Guidelines (Commerce Mission Bay Plan. ** Permitted onlyon Development Block 53. *** Permitted onlyon Development Blocks 27A and 33A. **** Permitted only on Development Block 35. ***** Permitted only along and in the vicinity of Sixteenth Street and China Basin 48, 50 and 80 are relocated as more particularly described in Chapter 4 of the Miss |
and Industry Desig Street if the freigh ion Bay Plan. |
n Guidelines Section 4) contained in the t tracks providing rail service to Piers |
(Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91; amended by Ord. 56-13 , File No. 130062, App. 3/28/2013, Eff. 4/27/2013; Ord. 235-14 , File No. 140844, App. 11/26/2014, Eff. 12/26/2014)
AMENDMENT HISTORY
Control Tables: .52 deleted; .53 and .54 amended; Ord. 56-13 , Eff. 4/27/2013. Control Tables: .27 and .28 amended; Ord. 235-14 , Eff. 12/26/2014.
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