San Francisco
Zoning districts
66 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
13Community Commercial District
Downtown Commercial District
C-3-G
- Max height
- 6 ft
C-3-O
- Max height
- 6 ft
C-3-R
- Max height
- 6 ft
C-3-S
- Max height
- 6 ft
Chinatown Community Business District
Chinatown Residential Neighborhood Commercial District
Chinatown Visitor Retail District
Neighborhood Commercial District
- Front setback
- 10 ft
Neighborhood Commercial Shopping Center District
NCT District
RCD District
Mixed use
12Chinatown Mixed Use Office District
Chinatown Residential Neighborhood Commercial District
Eastern Neighborhoods Mixed Use
HP Height and Bulk District
- Max height
- 370 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
MUG District
MUO District
MUR District
Residential Commercial District
RED-MX Districts
Urban Mixed Use
Western Mixed Use General District
Waterfront Mixed Use Office
Other
19Bulk District CP
Central SoMa Special Use District
- Max height
- 25 ft
Central SoMa Special Use District
Bulk District EP
Fourth and Harrison Streets Special Height Exception
- Max height
- 85 ft
Bulk District IB
Bulk District PM
Potrero HOPE SF Special Use District
Bulk District PY
RED Districts
Residential Transit Oriented Commercial District
- Front setback
- 10 ft
S-2 Bulk District
- Max height
- 90 ft
SALI District
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
SB-DTR Districts
SPD District
Sunnydale HOPE SF Special Use District
Bulk District TB
Bulk District TI
Vassar and Harrison Streets Special Height Exception
- Max height
- 130 ft
Residential
15Downtown Residential
North of Market Residential Special Use District
Bulk District R-2
Bulk District R-3
Bulk District R-4
Residential House District
- Front setback
- 10 ft
Single-Family Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
Two-Family Residential District
- Max height
- 40 ft
Rincon Hill Downtown Residential Mixed Use District
Residential Mixed District
- Front setback
- 10 ft
Residential Mixed District 1
Residential Mixed District 2
RSD District
Residential Transit Oriented District
- Front setback
- 10 ft
Residential Transit Oriented Mixed District
Industrial
2General provisions
163 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Have a minimum width of 20 feet, exclusive of those obstructions allowed within setbacks pursuant to Section 136. In RED, RED-MX, WMUG, WMUO, and SALI Districts, the minimum width shall be 30 feet.
Lots shall be divided into resultant blocks such that no block frontage exceeds a length of 300 feet between intersections; no block perimeter exceeds a total of 1,200 feet.
No building permit authorizing the construction of any structure that will cast any shade or shadow upon any property under the jurisdiction of, or designated for acquisition by, the Recreation and Park Commission may be issued except upon prior action of the Planning Commission
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.