SEC. 249.10. 600 TOWNSEND STREET WEST SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.

(a) Location. A special use district entitled the “600 Townsend Street West Special Use District” (“SUD”) consisting of Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 3783, Lot No. 008, is hereby established for the purposes set forth below. The boundaries of the SUD are designated on Sectional Map No. SU08 of the Zoning Map.

(b) Purpose. The purpose of this SUD is to allow the legalization of the longstanding office use at 600 Townsend Street West.

(c) Controls. The Planning Code shall control except as otherwise provided in this Section 249.10. If there is a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section 249.10, this Section 249.10 shall prevail.

(1) Uses.

(A) Office Uses shall be principally permitted on all floors.

(B) Section 803.9(e) (“Vertical Controls for Office Uses”) shall not apply.

(2) Development Controls. For any project that receives an Office Allocation pursuant to Section 321 after January 1, 2025, and proposes a change of use to Office within the building as it exists as of the effective date of this SUD, the following development controls shall apply. These controls shall also apply in the event the existing building is damaged or destroyed by fire, or other calamity, or by Act of God, or by the public enemy and is replaced with a substantially similar building.

(A) Open Space. The open space requirement for changes of use to Office within Eastern Neighborhood Mixed Use Districts in Section 135.5 shall be a maximum of 2,600 gross square feet.

(B) Bicycle Parking. The requirement for Class 2 bicycle parking in Section 155 et seq. shall not apply. All other requirements of Section 155 et seq., including Class 1 bicycle parking, shall apply.

(C) Streetscape and Pedestrian Improvements. The streetscape and pedestrian improvement requirements in Section 138.1 shall not apply.

(D) Transportation Demand Management. The Transportation Demand Management plan and program requirement in Section 169 et seq. shall not apply.

(3) Impact Fees.

(A) Projects that file a Development Application between January 1, 2025 and November 1, 2026 to establish an Office use pursuant to this Section 249.10 shall pay only the following Development Impact Fees under the Planning Code:

(i) Child-care (Planning Code Section 414): $0.99 per gross square foot;

(ii) Jobs-Housing Linkage Program (Planning Code Section 413): $7.94 per gross square foot; and

(iii) Transportation Sustainability Fee (Planning Code Section 411A): $1.87 per gross square foot.

(B) The Development Impact Fee rates prescribed in this Section 249.10 include the 33% reduction available under Section 403 and shall not be offset by any further waiver or reduction.

(Added by Ord. 47-25, File No. 250125, App. 4/17/2025, Eff. 5/18/2025)