SEC. 249.8. [ NON-PROFIT ARTS EDUCATION SPECIAL USE]. [1]

(a) General. A special use district entitled the “Non-Profit Arts Education Special Use District” consisting of Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 49, Lot No. 1, which is generally bounded by Francisco Street, Jones Street, Chestnut Street, and Leavenworth Street, and is numbered as 800 Chestnut Street, is hereby established for the purposes set forth below. The boundaries of the Non-Profit Arts Education Special Use District are designated on Sectional Map No. SU01 of the Zoning Map.

(b) Purpose. The purpose of the special use district is to continue the tradition of arts education at the site of the former San Francisco Art Institute and facilitate the establishment of a Non-Profit Arts Education Institutional Use.

(c) Definition. For purposes of this special use district, a Non-Profit Arts Education Institutional Use shall mean an Institutional use in which the chief activity is not carried on as a gainful business and whose chief function is to operate as a post-secondary educational institution that gathers persons for the purposes of offering arts education. A Non-Profit Arts Education Institutional Use shall not be required to be certified by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Such institution may include employee or student dormitories and other housing operated by and affiliated with the institution.

(d) Controls. All provisions of the Planning Code applicable to the RH-3 District shall apply; provided that a Non-Profit Arts Education Institutional Use is principally permitted and shall not be obligated to comply with Section 304.5 concerning institutional master plans.

(Added by Ord. 238-23, File No. 230924, App. 12/4/2023, Eff. 1/4/2024, Oper. 2/29/2024)

CODIFICATION NOTE

1. Ord. 238-23 did not add the Section heading. The heading has been included by the publisher for ease of reference, with square brackets to indicate that it is unofficial