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Article 7 — NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS›SEC. 780. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL SPECIAL USE DISTRICTS.

SEC. 780.2. BAYSHORE-HESTER SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.

San Francisco Planning Code · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · San Francisco

In order to preserve the potential mix and variety of goods and services provided to the Bayview, Little Hollywood and Visitation Valley neighborhood residents yet provide the possibility for reasonable expansion, intensification and/or reconstruction of an existing hostelry use in this area, which use and action would not disrupt the single-family residential character of the surrounding neighborhoods, there shall be a Bayshore-Hester Special Use District, generally located on the northern end of the NC-S-zoned block bounded by Bayshore Boulevard and the loop of Hester Avenue, as designated on Sectional Map 10SU of the Zoning Map. The following provisions shall apply within such special use district:

(a) Purpose and Findings. In addition to the purposes stated in Section 701 of this Code, the following purpose and findings form a basis for special regulations and provide guidance for their application in the Bayshore-Hester Special Use District.

(1) The Bayshore-Hester Special Use District is the northern portion of the block bounded by Bayshore Boulevard and the loop of Hester Avenue. It is completely surrounded by the Little Hollywood, Visitation Valley and Bayview single-family neighborhoods and is bordered on the east by U.S. Highway 101. It is developed with a motel with a coffee shop and a restaurant, which uses have been present thereon for at least 50 years.

(2) The district contains a cluster of one- and two-story buildings devoted to motel and restaurant use. Immediately to the south is a new residential development containing 26 onefamily dwellings.

(b) Controls. All of the controls for the NC-S District, as set forth in Section 713 of this Code, shall apply to the Bayshore-Hester Special Use District, except that a Motel or Tourist Hotel shall be permitted as a Conditional Use.

(Added by Ord. 331-97, App. 8/19/97; amended by Ord. 129-17, File No. 170203, App. 6/30/2017, Eff. 7/30/2017)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Division (b) amended; table deleted; Ord. 129-17, Eff. 7/30/2017.

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▸ Contents — San Francisco Planning Code
San Francisco Planning Code
  1. Article 1 — GENERAL ZONING PROVISIONS
  2. Article 1.2 — DIMENSIONS, AREAS, AND OPEN SPACES
  3. Article 1.5 — TRANSPORTATION, OFF-STREET PARKING, AND LOADING
  4. Article 1.7 — COMPLIANCE
  5. Article 2 — USE DISTRICTS
  6. Article 2.5 — HEIGHT AND BULK DISTRICTS
  7. Article 3 — ZONING PROCEDURES
  8. Article 3.5 — FEES
  9. Article 4 — DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND PROJECT REQUIREMENTS T…
  10. Article 5 — [RESERVED] ARTICLE 6: SIGNS
  11. ▸ Article 7 — NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
    Overview
    1. SEC. 701. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT PROVISIONS.
    2. SEC. 702. CLASSES OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
    3. SEC. 703. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS.
    4. ▸ SEC. 780. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL SPECIAL USE DISTRICTS.
      Overview
      1. SEC. 780.1. LAKESHORE PLAZA SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
      2. SEC. 780.2. BAYSHORE-HESTER SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
      3. SEC. 780.3. NORTH BEACH SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
      4. SEC. 780.4. MISSION-HARRINGTON SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
    5. SEC. 781. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED USE SUBDISTRICTS.
  12. Article 8 — MIXED USE DISTRICTS
  13. Article 9 — MISSION BAY DISTRICTS
  14. Part I — SCOPE, PURPOSE AND RELATIONSHIPS
  15. Part II — USES
  16. Part III — DENSITY
  17. Part IV — HEIGHT
  18. Part V — BUILDING FORM
  19. Part VI — OPEN AREAS
  20. Part VII — PARKING
  21. Part VIII — SIGNS
  22. Part X — OFFICE SPACE LIMITATION
  23. Part XI — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
  24. Part XII — RULES FOR NONCONFORMING USES AND NONCOMPLYING STRUC…
  25. Part XIII — COMPLIANCE, PERMIT APPROVAL AND ENFORCEMENT
  26. Part XIV — FEES
  27. Part XV — DEFINITIONS
  28. Part XVI — SEVERABILITY

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