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San Francisco Planning Code § 911 Mission Bay Neighborhood Commercial Shopping Center District (mb-Ncs)

San Francisco Planning Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-23 · San Francisco

Cite as: San Francisco Planning Code § 911 · Text as of 2026-09-23

The MB-NC-S Districts are located at the northwest corner of 3rd and 16th Street and the northeast corner of 3rd and Mariposa Streets. They are intended to provide retail goods and services for car-oriented shoppers from a wide market area as well as from Mission Bay. Although nonresidential uses are not limited as to story, the districts are expected to contain one story to two story buildings (one being a supermarket) with a substantial amount of off-street parking above or adjacent to the building. Residential use is permitted in both locations. Light industrial uses are permitted in the 3rd and Mariposa location as a conditional use. Live/work units are permitted in the 3rd and 16th Streets location. TABLES 909, 910, 911

MISSION BAY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

(MB-NC-2, MB-NC-3 and MB-NC-S) CONTROL TABLES

No. Zoning Category § References § 909
MB-NC-2
§ 910
MB-NC-3
§ 911
MB-NC-S
Controls
No. Zoning Category § References § 909
MB-NC-2
§ 910
MB-NC-3
§ 911
MB-NC-S
Controls
BUILDING STANDARDS
.10
Height §§ 930 - 933, 940 Max. 55' Max. 70' Max.
55' - 70'
See § 940 text
.11
Bulk § 940 See § 940 text
.12
Density: Nonresidential § 922 Varies. See § 922
.13
Density: Residential § 920 Varies. See Table 920
.14
Lot Coverage § 950 75% at most resi dential levels
.15
Separation of Buildings § 950 Varies. See Table 950
.16

Modulation of Building
Fronts
§ 940 R R R
.17
Projections § 942 P P P
.18
RooftopFeatures § 943 R R R
.19

Orientation of Units to Open
Area
§ 952 R R R
.20
Awning, Canopy, Marquee § 944 P P P
.21
Street Tree § 956 R R R
.22

Usable Open Space
[Residential, Per Unit]
§ 951 Varies according
See Table 951
to building type.
.23 Off-street Parking,
Nonresidential
§ 961 1 space/
850 gsf
1 space/
850 gsf
1 space/
850 gsf
.24 Off-street Parking,
Residential
§ 960 1 space/
1 space/
1 space/
unit unit unit
.25 Off-street Freight Loading § 968 NR NR NR
.26 Signs §§ 970, 973 P P P
.27 Outdoor Activity Area §§ 145.2, 790.70 P P P
.28 Walk-Up Facility § 790.140 P P P
.29 Drive-UpFacility § 790.30 P P
.30 Location of Nonresidential
Uses
§§ 909, 1st story only 1st and 2nd
stories only
all stories
910, 911
NONRESIDEN TIAL USES*
.50 Other Retail Sales and § 790.102 P P P
Services not listed below
.51 Bar § 790.22 P P P
.53 Limited Restaurant § 790.90 P P P
.54 Restaurant § 790.91 P P P
.55 Movie Theater § 790.64 P P P
.56 Adult Entertainment § 790.36 C
.57 Other Entertainment § 790.38 P P
.58 Financial Service § 790.110 P P P
.59 Limited Financial Service § 790.112 P P P
.60 Medical Service § 790.114 P P P
.61 Personal Service § 790.116 P P P
.62 Business or Professional
Service
§ 790.108 P P P
.63 Massage Establishment § 790.60
§ 2700
C
Police Code
.64 Tourist Hotel § 790.46
.65 Automobile Parking §§ 790.8, 156 C C C
.66 Automotive Gas Station § 790.14 C
.67 Automotive Service Station § 790.17 C
.68 Automotive Repair § 790.15 C C
.69 Automotive Wash § 790.18 C C
.70 Automobile Sale or Rental § 790.12 C
.71 Animal Hospital § 790.6 C
.72 Ambulance Service § 790.2 C
.73 Mortuary § 790.62 C
.74 Trade Shop § 790.124 P P P
.75 Storage § 790.117 P P
.76 Administrative Service § 790.106 C C
.77 Hospital or Medical Center
§ 790.44
C
.78 Other Institutions, Large § 790.50 P P P
.79 Other Institutions, Small § 790.51 P P P
.80
Public Use
§ 790.80
C C
C
.81
Light Manufacturing
Wholesale, etc.
§ 790.54
C**
.82
Live/Work Unit
(Any Permitted Work
Activity)
§ 996(3)
P*** P
P****
.83
Arts Activity and Space
§ 102.2
P P
P
.84
Religious Institutions
§ 209.3(j)
C C
C
.85
Public Transportation
Facility*****
§ 996(b)(12)
P P
P
RESIDENTIAL USES
.90
Dwelling Unit
§ 102.7
P P
P
.91
GroupHousing
§ 209.2(a)-(c)
P P
P
Residential Care Facility
.92
small
§ 209.3(b)
P P
P
.93
large
§ 209.3(c)
C C
C
Child Care Facility
.94
small
§ 209.3(e)
P P
P
.95
large
§ 209.3(f)
C C
C
* Nonresidential uses are also governed by the Retail Use Guidelines (Commerce
Mission Bay Plan.
** Permitted onlyon Development Block 53.
*** Permitted onlyon Development Blocks 27A and 33A.
**** Permitted only on Development Block 35.
***** Permitted only along and in the vicinity of Sixteenth Street and China Basin
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and Industry Desig
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(Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91; amended by 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)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Control Tables: .52 deleted; .53 and .54 amended; Ord. 56-13 , Eff. 4/27/2013. Control Tables: .27 and .28 amended; Ord. 235-14 , Eff. 12/26/2014.

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