San Francisco County Municipal Code § 811 Chinatown Visitor

The Chinatown Visitor Retail District extends along Grant Avenue between California and Jackson Streets. This district contains a concentration of shopping bazaars, art goods stores, and restaurants, which attract visitors and shoppers and contribute to the City’s visual and economic diversity. Grant Avenue provides an important link between Downtown retail shopping and the Broadway, North Beach, and Fisherman’s Wharf areas. This district is intended to preserve the street’s present character and scale and to accommodate uses primarily appealing to visitors (e.g. tourist gifts shops, jewelry stores, art goods, large restaurants). In order to promote continuous retail frontage, entertainment, financial services, health service, automotive, and drive-up uses are restricted. Most commercial uses, except financial services, are permitted on the first two stories. Administrative services (those not serving the public) are prohibited in order to prevent encroachment from downtown office uses. There are also special controls on restaurants and tourist hotels. Building standards protect and complement the existing small-scale development and the historic character of the area. The height limit applicable to the district will accommodate two floors of housing or institutional use above two floors of retail use. Accessory dwelling units are permitted. Table 811 CHINATOWN VISITOR RETAIL DISTRICT ZONING CONTROL TABLE Chinatown Visitor Retail District Zoning Category § References Controls BUILDING STANDARDS Massing and Setbacks Height and Bulk Limits §§ 102, 105, 106, 250 - 252, 254, 260, 263.4, 270, 271. See also Height and Bulk District Maps 50-N. P up to 35 feet; C above 35 feet. See Height and Bulk Map for more information. 5 Foot Height Bonus for Active Ground Floor Uses § 263.20 Not Permitted Rear Yard §§ 130, 134, 134.1, 136 No more than 75% of lot coverage at the lowest level occupied by a dwelling. Location of open space may be modified per