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Guidelines

Accessory Dwelling Unit Handbook

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Accessory Uses for Dwellings in All Zoning Districts

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Adding Garages and Curb Cuts

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Affordable Housing Bonus Program (AHBP) Design Guidelines

01/08/2019

Guidelines

Awnings Canopies and Marquees

08/14/2018

Guidelines

Bayshore Boulevard Home Improvement District Design Guidelines

08/14/2018

Guidelines

Bayview Hunters Point Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Review

08/14/2018

Guidelines

Bernal Heights East Slope Building Guidelines

08/14/2018

Guidelines

Calle 24 Special Area Design Guidelines

12/04/2019

Guidelines

Cannabis Related Land Uses

04/17/2018

Guidelines

Commission Guide for Formula Retail

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Cow Hollow Neighborhood Design Guidelines

08/14/2018

Guidelines

Decks and Roof Decks

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Downtown Streetscape Plan aka Destination Downtown (1995)

12/04/2020

Guidelines

Dwelling Unit Removal - Periodic Adjustment to Numerical Criteria

08/15/2018

Guidelines

Excelsior and Outer Mission (EOM) Streetscape Design Guidelines

03/12/2020

Guidelines

Executive Park Design Guidelines

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Fences

02/11/2019

Guidelines

Find My Zoning

01/28/2019

Guidelines

Green Landscaping Ordinance

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Ground Floor Residential Design

01/03/2019

Guidelines

HCSMP Consistency Determination Process

07/30/2018

Guidelines

Health Care Systems Master Plan Recommendations and Guidelines

08/08/2018

Guidelines

Housing Programs Cheat Sheet

01/07/2019

Guidelines

Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program Monitoring and Procedures

01/04/2019

Guidelines

Industrial Area Design Guidelines

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Instructions for Creating a TDM Plan

12/19/2018

Guidelines

Japantown Special Area Design Guidelines

03/25/2020

Guidelines

Limited Commercial Uses (LCU & LCCU)

01/04/2019

Guidelines

Living Innovation Zone (LIZ) Manual

01/04/2019

Guidelines

Living Roof Manual

01/04/2019

Guidelines

Miscellaneous Permit Referrals

01/04/2019

Guidelines

Murals

11/06/2020

Guidelines

Northeast Embarcadero Study

01/14/2019

Guidelines

Plan Submittal Guidelines

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Polk / Pacific Special Area Design Guidelines

11/01/2019

Guidelines

Procedures for In-Kind Agreements

01/04/2019

Guidelines

Reconstruction of Destroyed Buildings and Uses

01/04/2019

Guidelines

Residential Design Guidelines

08/14/2018

Guidelines

Retained Elements Special Topic Design Guidelines

03/24/2020

Guidelines

San Francisco Fine Art Guidelines

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Shadow Analysis Procedures and Scope Requirements

01/04/2019

Guidelines

Short-Term Rentals - Application and Appeals Process

06/03/2020

Guidelines

Signs

01/04/2019

Guidelines

Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings

09/04/2019

Guidelines

Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings Design Guide

08/14/2018

Guidelines

Standards for Storefront Transparency

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Standards for Window Replacement

01/03/2019

Guidelines

The Balboa Reservoir Neighborhood Design Standards and Guidelines

10/27/2020

Guidelines

Tobacco Paraphernalia Establishments

01/04/2019

Guidelines

Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program Standards

11/21/2018

Guidelines

Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program Standards Appendix A

11/21/2018

Guidelines

Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Tool User Guide

11/21/2018

Guidelines

Upper Market Development Design Guidelines

01/14/2019

Guidelines

Urban Design Guidelines

07/13/2018

Guidelines

Visitacion Valley / Schlage Lock Design for Development

01/14/2019

Guidelines

Western SoMa Design Standards

01/03/2019

Guidelines

Wireless Telecommunication Services (WTS)

01/07/2019

Guidelines

Wireless Telecommunications Services (WTS) Facilities Siting Guidelines

04/26/2019

Guidelines

Zoning Controls on the Removal of Dwelling Units

06/19/2020