San Francisco Planning Code § 608 Special Sign Districts and Signs in Special Use Districts

In addition to the zoning districts that are established under other Articles of this Code, there shall also be in the City such Special Sign Districts as are established in this Article 6 and certain Special Use Districts with sign controls established in Article 2 in order to further the purposes of this Code. In the event of inconsistency with any other provision of Article 6, the most restrictive provision shall prevail unless this Code specifically provides otherwise.

(a) Special Sign Districts. The designations, locations, and boundaries of these Special Sign Districts shall be as provided in this Article 6 and as shown on the Zoning Map referred to in Section 105, subject to the provisions of Section 105. The original of the sectional map of the Zoning Map for Special Sign Districts (numbered SSD) referred to in this Article is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors under File No. 138-62. In each such Special Sign District, signs, other than those signs exempted by Section 603 of this Code, shall be subject to the special controls in Sections 608.1 through 608.16, respectively, in addition to all other, or, if so expressly specified in those Sections, in lieu of other, applicable sign provisions of this Code.

(b) Signs in Special Use Districts. The following Special Use Districts have sign controls

specific to the district:

(1) Sec. 249.64. Parkmerced Special Use District, as promulgated in the Parkmerced Design Standards and Guidelines.

(2) Sec. 249.21. California Street and Presidio Avenue - Community Center Special Use District.

• (3) Sec. 249.5. North of Market Residential Special Use District.

• (4) Sec. 249.9. Stonestown Special Use District.

(Amended by Ord. 64-77, App. 2/18/77; Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; Ord. 285-94, App. 8/2/94; Ord. 59-08, File No. 031034, App. 4/10/2008; Ord. 195-11 , File No. 110448, App. 10/4/2011, Eff. 11/3/2011; Ord. 188-15 , File No. 150871, App. 11/4/2015, Eff. 12/4/2015; Ord. 206-22, File No. 220643, App. 10/6/2022, Eff. 11/6/2022; Ord. 204-24, File No. 240409, App. 8/1/2024, Eff. 9/1/2024, Oper. 9/1/2024)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Section amended; Ord. 195-11 , Eff. 11/3/2011. Section header amended; former section amended and divided into introductory paragraph and new division (a); division (b) added; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015. Division (b)(3) added; Ord. 206-22, Eff. 11/6/2022. Introductory paragraph and division (a) amended; division (b)(4) added; Ord. 204-24, Eff. 9/1/2024.

(Added by Proposition F, 6/3/97; repealed by Proposition G, 6/3/2008)