SEC. 263.34. SPECIAL HEIGHT AND SETBACK EXCEPTIONS: FOURTH

(a) Purpose. To facilitate the provision of affordable housing or other public benefits.

(b) Applicability. Assessor’s Block No. 3762, Lots 106, 108, 109, 112, 116, and 117.

(1) Lots 108, 109, 117, and portions of Lot 116 shall have a base height limit of 85 feet, as shown on Height and Bulk District Map HT01 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco.

(2) Lots 106, 113 and portions of Lots 112 and 116 shall have a base height limit of 130 feet, as shown on Height and Bulk District Map HT01 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco.

(3) For a project that dedicates land for the provision of affordable housing, pursuant to Section 249.78(e)(2) for housing consisting entirely of affordable housing units as defined in Section 401:

(A) The height limit shall be 160 feet; and

(B) Notwithstanding Sections 145.1(c)(4) and 249.78(d)(10), non-residential and PDR uses on the ground floor shall have a minimum floor-to-floor height of 14 feet, measured from the ground floor slab; and

(C) Notwithstanding the Apparent Mass Reduction controls in Section 270(h)(2), on Lots 106, 108, 109, 112, 116, and 117, the following Apparent Mass Reduction controls shall apply:

(i) on the building frontage on Harrison Street, the Apparent Mass Reduction requirement is 50%; and

(ii) on the building frontage on Fourth Street, there is no Apparent Mass Reduction Requirement.

(4) Conditional use authorization by the Planning Commission shall not be required for use of the exceptions in this Section 263.34.

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