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Article 7 — NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS›SEC. 781. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED USE SUBDISTRICTS.

SEC. 781.1. TARAVAL STREET RESTAURANT SUBDISTRICT.

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

(a) Purpose. In order to preserve the mix and variety of goods and services provided to the Sunset and Parkside neighborhoods and City residents, prevent further proliferation of restaurant uses and prevent further aggravation of parking and traffic congestion in this district, there shall be a Taraval Street Restaurant Subdistrict, generally applicable for the NC-1zoned portion of Taraval Street located between 40th and 41st Avenues and between 45th and 47th Avenues, and for the Inner Taraval Street Neighborhood Commercial District located between 12th and 19th Avenues, as designated on Sectional Maps SU05 and SU06 of the Zoning Map .

(b) Controls. The following provisions shall apply within such Subdistrict:

(1) Restaurants and Limited-Restaurants are principally permitted on the First Story and below.

(2) Restaurants and Limited-Restaurants also defined as Formula Retail, as defined in Section 303.1 of this Code, shall not be permitted in this Subdistrict.

(3) The provisions of Sections 180 through 186.1 of this Code shall govern Restaurants and Limited-Restaurants also defined as Formula Retail, which existed lawfully at the effective date of this Code in this subdistrict.

(Added by Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; amended by Ord. 445-87, App. 11/12/87; Ord. 140-11, File No. 110482, App. 7/5/2011, Eff. 8/4/2011; Ord. 75-12, File No. 120084, App. 4/23/2012, Eff. 5/23/2012; Ord. 56-13, File No. 130062, App. 3/28/2013, Eff. 4/27/2013; Ord. 235-14, File No. 140844, App. 11/26/2014, Eff. 12/26/2014; Ord. 129-17, File No. 170203, App. 6/30/2017, Eff. 7/30/2017; Ord. 136-21, File No. 210674, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021; Ord. 249-23, File No. 230701, App. 12/14/2023, Eff. 1/14/2024)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Section amended in its entirety; Ord. 75-12, Eff. 5/23/2012. [Former] nondesignated introductory material amended; Ord. 56-13, Eff. 4/27/2013. Reference amended in [former] division (b); Ord. 235-14, Eff. 12/26/2014. Undesignated introductory material designated as divisions (a) and (b) and amended; former divisions (a)-(c) redesignated as (b)(1)-(3) and amended; Ord. 129-17, Eff. 7/30/2017. Division (a) amended; Ord. 136-21, Eff. 9/4/2021. Divisions (a) and (b)(1) amended; Ord. 249-23, Eff. 1/14/2024.

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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.
    5. ▸ SEC. 781. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED USE SUBDISTRICTS.
      Overview
      1. SEC. 781.1. TARAVAL STREET RESTAURANT SUBDISTRICT.
      2. SEC. 781.2. [REPEALED.]
      3. SEC. 781.3. [REPEALED.]
      4. SEC. 781.4. GEARY BOULEVARD FORMULA RETAIL PET SUPPLY STORE AN…
      5. SEC. 781.5. [REPEALED.]
      6. SEC. 781.6. NORTH BEACH FINANCIAL SERVICE, LIMITED FINANCIAL S…
      7. SEC. 781.7. CHESTNUT STREET FINANCIAL SERVICE SUBDISTRICT.
      8. SEC. 781.8. MISSION ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SPECIAL USE SUBDISTRICT.
      9. SEC. 781.9. HAIGHT STREET ALCOHOL RESTRICTED USE SUBDISTRICT.
      10. SEC. 781.10. 17TH AND RHODE ISLAND STREET GROCERY STORE SPECIA…
  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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