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Part XVI›Article 11 — PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS AND DISTRICTS OF ARCHITECTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND AESTHETIC IMPORTANCE IN THE C-3 DI›SEC. 1111. APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS TO ALTER, PERMITS TO DEMOLISH, AND PERMITS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IN CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.

San Francisco Planning Code § 1111.5 Decision by the Historic Preservation Commission

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

Cite as: San Francisco Planning Code § 1111.5 · Text as of 2026-09-23

(a) The HPC may approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions an application for a Permit to Alter or a Permit to Demolish and, where applicable for new or replacement construction, for a determination that the building is a Compatible Rehabilitation under Section 1113 or a Compatible Replacement Building under Section 1109(c), and shall make findings in support of its decision.

(b) For applications for a Permit to Demolish, the applicant has the burden of establishing that the criteria governing the approval of applications set forth in Section 1111.7 have been met.

(c) The decisions of the HPC shall be final except upon modification by the Planning Commission as provided in Section 1114 or upon the filing of a timely appeal to the Board of Appeals or Board of Supervisors as provided in Section 1115.

(Added by Ord. 414-85, App. 9/17/85; amended by Ord. 95-12, File No. 120301, App. 5/21/2012, Eff. 6/20/2012) AMENDMENT HISTORY

Section header amended; previously undesignated paragraph designated as division (a) and amended; divisions (b) and (c) added; Ord. 95-12, Eff. 6/20/2012.

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