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Article 1.2 — DIMENSIONS, AREAS, AND OPEN SPACES›SEC. 121. MINIMUM LOT WIDTH AND AREA.

SEC. 121.9. SUBDIVISION OF LARGE LOTS, PDR DISTRICTS.

San Francisco Planning Code · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · San Francisco

In order to promote, protect, and maintain viable space for a wide range of light industrial uses in PDR Districts, in furtherance of Objective 4 of the Commerce and Industry Element and Policies 1.5 and 8.1 of the Bayview Hunters Point Area Plan, any proposal to subdivide, resubdivide, or perform a lot line adjustment to a parcel that is equal to or greater than 10,000 square feet, into one or more smaller parcels, shall be permitted only with Conditional Use authorization.

Additionally, all proposals for the subdivision, resubdivision, or lot line adjustments of parcels in PDR Districts shall be evaluated in consideration of the following criteria in order to further Objective 4 of the Commerce and Industry Element and Policies 1.5 and 8.1 of the Bayview Hunters Point Area Plan:

(a) The proposed parcelization will support light industrial activities in the district.

(b) If the resulting parcelization will require demolition of a structure, the demolition of the structure complies with the Industrial Uses replacement requirement per Section 202.7.

(c) The uses proposed for the parcels, if any, comply with the cumulative use size limits detailed in the PDR Zoning Control Table.

(Added as Sec. 121.7 by Ord. 99-08, File No. 080339, App. 6/11/2008; redesignated and amended by Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; amended by Ord. 22-15, File No. 141253, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015; Ord. 202-18, File No. 180557, App. 8/10/2018, Eff. 9/10/2018)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Former divisions (1)-(3) redesignated as (a)-(c); current division (c) amended; Ord. 22-15, Eff. 3/22/2015. Undesignated introductory paragraph and division (b) amended; Ord. 202-18, Eff. 9/10/2018.

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▸ Contents — San Francisco Planning Code
San Francisco Planning Code
  1. Article 1 — GENERAL ZONING PROVISIONS
  2. ▸ Article 1.2 — DIMENSIONS, AREAS, AND OPEN SPACES
    Overview
    1. ▸ SEC. 121. MINIMUM LOT WIDTH AND AREA.
      Overview
      1. SEC. 121.1. DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE LOTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCI…
      2. SEC. 121.3. DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE LOTS, CHINATOWN MIXED USE DIS…
      3. SEC. 121.4. NON-RESIDENTIAL USE SIZE LIMITS IN MIXED USE DISTR…
      4. SEC. 121.6. LARGE-SCALE RETAIL USES.
      5. SEC. 121.7. RESTRICTION OF LOT MERGERS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS AN…
      6. SEC. 121.8. [REPEALED.]
      7. SEC. 121.9. SUBDIVISION OF LARGE LOTS, PDR DISTRICTS.
    2. SEC. 124. BASIC FLOOR AREA RATIO.
    3. SEC. 128. TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IN C-3 DISTRICTS.
    4. SEC. 132. FRONT SETBACK AREAS IN RTO, RH, AND RM DISTRICTS AND…
    5. SEC. 134. REAR YARDS IN R, RC, NC, M, CMUO, MUG, MUO, MUR, RED…
    6. SEC. 135. USABLE OPEN SPACE FOR DWELLING UNITS AND GROUP HOUSI…
    7. SEC. 136. OBSTRUCTIONS OVER STREETS AND ALLEYS AND IN REQUIRED…
    8. SEC. 138. PRIVATELY-OWNED PUBLIC OPEN SPACE (POPOS) REQUIREMEN…
    9. SEC. 140. ALL DWELLING UNITS IN ALL USE DISTRICTS TO FACE ON A…
    10. SEC. 144. STREET FRONTAGES IN RH, RTO, RTO-M, AND RM DISTRICTS.
    11. SEC. 145. FRONTAGES, OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AREAS, WALKUP FACILITIES…
  3. Article 1.5 — TRANSPORTATION, OFF-STREET PARKING, AND LOADING
  4. Article 1.7 — COMPLIANCE
  5. Article 2 — USE DISTRICTS
  6. Article 2.5 — HEIGHT AND BULK DISTRICTS
  7. Article 3 — ZONING PROCEDURES
  8. Article 3.5 — FEES
  9. Article 4 — DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND PROJECT REQUIREMENTS T…
  10. Article 5 — [RESERVED] ARTICLE 6: SIGNS
  11. Article 7 — NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
  12. Article 8 — MIXED USE DISTRICTS
  13. Article 9 — MISSION BAY DISTRICTS
  14. Part I — SCOPE, PURPOSE AND RELATIONSHIPS
  15. Part II — USES
  16. Part III — DENSITY
  17. Part IV — HEIGHT
  18. Part V — BUILDING FORM
  19. Part VI — OPEN AREAS
  20. Part VII — PARKING
  21. Part VIII — SIGNS
  22. Part X — OFFICE SPACE LIMITATION
  23. Part XI — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
  24. Part XII — RULES FOR NONCONFORMING USES AND NONCOMPLYING STRUC…
  25. Part XIII — COMPLIANCE, PERMIT APPROVAL AND ENFORCEMENT
  26. Part XIV — FEES
  27. Part XV — DEFINITIONS
  28. Part XVI — SEVERABILITY

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