SEC. 263.33. SPECIAL HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS: VASSAR AND HARRISON

(a) Purpose. To facilitate the provision of increased affordable housing and a large hotel proximate to the Moscone Convention Center.

(b) Applicability. Assessor’s Block No. 3763, Lots 078, 079, 080, 080A, 081, 099, 100, 101, and 105.

(1) The applicable lots shall have a base Height limit of 130 feet, except as specified below.

(2) For development on Assessor’s Block No. 3763, Lot 105, if a project sponsor elects one of the following options, the Height limit shall be 200 feet:

(A) development of the site for a hotel use, or

(B) development of the site for a residential or combined residential and hotel use, with election of the On-Site Affordable Housing Alternative, or with the voluntary provision of 110% or more of the requirement set forth in Section 415.5 for the subject lot.

(3) For development on Assessor’s Block No. 3763, Lots 078, 079, 080, 080A, 081, 099, 100, and 101, if the project sponsor elects to provide 110% or more of the requirement set forth in Section 415, the Height limit shall be 350 feet.

(4) Conditional use authorization by the Planning Commission shall not be required for use of this special height exception.

(Added by Ord. 296-18, File No. 180184, App. 12/12/2018, Eff. 1/12/2019)