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Article 2 — USE DISTRICTS

San Francisco Planning Code § 244 Residential Character Districts

San Francisco Planning Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-23 · San Francisco

Cite as: San Francisco Planning Code § 244 · Text as of 2026-09-23

In order to provide for certain areas with special building forms and natural characteristics, there shall be Residential Character Districts as designated on Special Use Districts Sectional Maps of the Zoning Map. In these Residential Character Districts, all provisions of the Planning Code applicable to the underlying R (Residential) District shall continue to apply to Residential Character Districts except as otherwise provided in the sections for the specific districts which

follow or as shown on the Zoning Map. A Residential Character District may include residential design guidelines for that district, to supplement the "Residential Design Guidelines" published by the Planning Department, as amended from time to time.

(Added by Ord. 32-96, App. 1/11/96; amended by Ord. 188-15 , File No. 150871, App. 11/4/2015, Eff. 12/4/2015) AMENDMENT HISTORY Nonsubstantive changes; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015.

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