SEC. 249.96. WAWONA STREET AND 45TH AVENUE CULTURAL CENTER

(a) General. A special use district entitled the “Wawona Street and 45th Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District” consisting of Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 2513, Lot No. 026, is hereby established for the purposes set forth below. The boundaries of the Wawona Street and 45th Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District are designated on Sectional Map No. SU13 of the Zoning Map.

(b) Purpose. The purpose of this special use district is to provide for the development of a community center with related educational, cultural, social, entertainment, recreational, and retail uses to serve both the immediate neighborhood and the larger San Francisco community.

(c) Development Controls. Applicable provisions of the Planning Code shall control except as otherwise provided in this Section 249.96. If there is a conflict between other provisions of the Planning Code and this Section 249.96, this Section 249.96 shall prevail.

(1) The following uses and use categories shall be permitted as principal uses on all floors: General Office, Institutional, Retail Sales and Service, Wireless Telecommunications Facility, and Nighttime Entertainment.

(2) The provisions of Planning Code Sections 121.1 (Development of Large Lots, Neighborhood Commercial Districts) and 121.2 (Non-Residential Use Size Limits in Neighborhood Commercial and Neighborhood Commercial Transit Districts) shall not apply.

(3) For the purposes of compliance with Planning Code Section 169 (Transportation Demand Management Program), development projects shall be subject to 30% of the applicable target. All other provisions of Section 169 shall apply.

(4) The applicable height limit shall be 100 feet.

(d) Additional Exceptions. The following exceptions from otherwise applicable requirements of the Planning Code may be appropriate to further the purpose of the Wawona Street and 45th Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District. The Planning Commission may authorize the following exceptions from Planning Code requirements through a Conditional Use Authorization:

(1) Floor Area Ratio. The maximum Floor Area Ratio shall be 7.0:1.

(2) Rear Yard Setbacks. The provisions of Section 134 do not apply, and thus there shall be no required rear yard.

(3) Bulk. The applicable Bulk limits shall be a maximum length of 130 feet and a maximum diagonal of 176 feet, applying at a height of 40 feet and above.

(e) Principal Permitted Use Under the Local Coastal Program. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code or the City and County’s Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan that identify principal permitted, conditional, and other types of uses, within the Wawona Street and 45th Avenue Cultural Center Special Use District, the principal permitted use for the purposes of California Public Resources Code Section 30603(a)(4) shall be Commercial, where, solely for the purposes of this Special Use District, that shall be understood to mean a community center with related educational, cultural, social, office, entertainment, recreational, wireless telecommunications services, and retail uses. The designation of the principal permitted use for the purpose of the Local Coastal Program does not alter the uses permitted on the site under the Planning Code or applicable requirements under the Planning Code to establish such uses.

(Added by Ord. 241-23, File No. 230505, App. 12/13/2023, Eff. 1/13/2024, Oper. 7/11/2024; amended by Ord. 111-24, File No. 240228, App. 6/13/2024, Eff. 7/14/2024, Oper. 7/11/2024)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Divisions (c)(4) and (e) added; divisions (d) and (d)(2) amended; Ord. 111-24, Eff. 7/14/2024.