San Francisco Administrative Code § 116.2 Definitions

Editor's Note:

Section 8(b) of this Chapter's enacting ordinance (Ord. 70-15, File No. 141298, App. 5/21/2015, Eff. 6/20/2015) provides as follows: "Administrative Code Sections 116.2 through 116.3, 116.5 through 116.7, 116.9 and 116.11 shall not apply to any Project for which a first construction document, as that term is defined in Section 107A.13.1 of the Building Code, has been issued as of the effective date of this ordinance."

For the purposes of this Chapter 116, the following definitions shall apply.

• " City " means the City and County of San Francisco.

" Development Permit " means any land use permit or entitlement, including but not limited to any building permit, site permit, Conditional Use authorization, variance, or decision based on discretionary review of a proposed project, where the project meets at least one of the following criteria:

• (1) the project is subject to the Planning Department's requirement for a Preliminary Project Assessment for residential use, pursuant to Planning Department policy;

• (2) the project is subject to the Planning Department’s requirement that a Pre-Application Meeting be held for new construction, pursuant to Planning Department policy;

• (3) the project proposes a change of use of a structure from non-residential use to residential use; or

• (4) the project proposes the new construction of a Hotel or Motel, or change of use to a Hotel Use or Motel Use.

• “ Hotel ” is defined in Section 102 of the Planning Code.

• “ Hotel Use ” means the use of any real property as a Hotel, regardless of whether it is a mixed use property.

• “ Motel ” is defined in Section 102 of the Planning Code.

• “ Motel Use ” means the use of any real property as a Motel, regardless of whether it is a mixed use property.

• " Place of Entertainment " is defined in Section 1060 of the Police Code.

“ Project ” means a structure for Residential Use, Hotel Use, or Motel Use, where the structure’s exterior boundaries are within 300 radial feet of a Place of Entertainment that has been permitted for 12 or more consecutive months prior to the filing of the first complete application for a Development Permit for construction of the Project structure or for its conversion to Residential Use, Hotel Use, or Motel Use.

• " Project Site " means the lot or lots on which a Project is located.

• " Residential Use " means the use of any real property as a dwelling unit or units, regardless of whether it is a primary residence or a mixed use property.

• " Transfer " means sale or lease.

" Transferee " means a purchaser or lessee of all or any portion of a structure for Residential Use, the exterior boundaries of which are within 300 radial feet of a Place of Entertainment, and includes but is not limited to the purchaser or lessee's partners, employees, assigns, successors, representatives, and heirs.

" Transferor " means an owner of a structure for Residential Use, the exterior boundaries of which are within 300 radial feet of a Place of Entertainment, who sells or leases all or any portion of the structure to a Transferee, and includes but is not limited to the owner's partners, employees, assigns, successors, representatives, and heirs. (Added by Ord. 70-15, File No. 141298, App. 5/21/2015, Eff. 6/20/2015; amended by Ord. 47-17, File No. 161064, App. 3/10/2017, Eff. 4/9/2017)