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Part XVI›Article 10 — PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL AND AESTHETIC LANDMARKS›SEC. 1006. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS REQUIRED.

SEC. 1006.4. CONDUCT OF HEARING; DECISION.

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

Where a public hearing before the HPC has been scheduled:

(a) Report and Recommendation. The Department shall make necessary investigations and studies prior to the hearing of the HPC. The Department shall provide its report and recommendation to the HPC.

(b) Record. A record shall be kept of the pertinent information presented at the hearing, and such record shall be maintained as a part of the permanent public records of the Department. A verbatim record may be made if permitted or ordered by the HPC.

(c) Continuations. The HPC shall determine the instances in which cases scheduled for hearing may be continued or taken under advisement. In such cases, new notice need not be given of the further hearing date, provided such date is announced at the scheduled hearing.

(d) Decision. The HPC shall approve, disapprove, or approve with modifications Certificates of Appropriateness for work to designated landmarks or within historic districts, except where it delegates such decisions to Departmental staff under the provisions of Section 1006.2 above. The decision of the HPC shall be rendered within 30 days from the date of conclusion of the hearing; failure of the HPC to act within the prescribed time shall be deemed to constitute disapproval of the application. The decision of the HPC shall be final except upon the filing of a valid appeal to the Board of Appeals or Board of Supervisors as provided in Section 1006.7. If the HPC, or the Board of Appeals or Board of Supervisors on appeal, approves the application, the Department shall issue a Certificate of Appropriateness to the applicant.

(e) Time Limit for Exercise. When approving an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness as provided herein, the HPC may impose a time limit for submission of a permit application conforming to the Certificate; otherwise, such permit application must be submitted within a reasonable time.

(f) Delegation of Hearing. The HPC may delegate to a committee of one or more of its members, or to the Director of Planning or his or her designee, or to any combination of the foregoing, the holding of the hearing required by this Article 10 for a Certificate of Appropriateness. The delegate or delegates shall submit to the HPC a record of the hearing, together with a report of findings and recommendations relative thereto, for the consideration of the HPC in reaching its decision in the case.

(g) Reconsideration. Whenever an application has been disapproved by the HPC, or by the Board of Appeals or Board of Supervisors on appeal as described in Section 1006.7, no application, the same or substantially the same as that which was disapproved, shall be resubmitted to or reconsidered by the HPC within a period of one year from the effective date of final action upon the earlier application.

(Formerly codified as Sec. 1006.5; redesignated and amended by Ord. 94-12, File No. 120300, App. 5/21/2012, Eff. 6/20/2012)

(Former Sec. 1006.4 amended by Ord. 222-72, App. 8/9/72; deleted by Ord. 94-12, File No. 120300, App. 5/21/2012, Eff. 6/20/2012)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Former Sec. 1006.5 redesignated as current Sec. 1006.4; undesignated introductory paragraph and divisions (a) through (g) amended; Ord. 94-12, Eff. 6/20/2012.

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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
  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
    Overview
    1. ▸Article 10 — PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL AND AEST…
      Overview
      1. SEC. 1004. DESIGNATION OF LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
      2. ▸SEC. 1006. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS REQUIRED.
        Overview
        1. SEC. 1006.1. APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
        2. SEC. 1006.2. REVIEW BY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
        3. SEC. 1006.3. SCHEDULING AND NOTICE OF HEARING.
        4. SEC. 1006.4. CONDUCT OF HEARING; DECISION.
        5. SEC. 1006.5. NATURE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION DECISI…
        6. SEC. 1006.6. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.
        7. SEC. 1006.7. APPEALS OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
      3. SEC. 1015. SEVERABILITY.
      4. SEC. 10. ADDITIONS.
      5. SEC. 10. PAINT COLOR.
    2. Article 11 — PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS AND DISTRICTS OF ARCHIT…
    3. Article 12 — [RESERVED]

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