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215 Moulton St, San Francisco, CA

What are the local zoning regulations for 215 Moulton St ?

NCD-UNION (UNION STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL)

The Union Street Commercial District is located in northern San Francisco between the Marina and Pacific Heights neighborhoods. The district lies along Union Street between Van Ness Avenue and Steiner, including an arm extending north on Fillmore Street to Lombard. The shopping area provides limited convenience goods for the residents of sections of the Cow Hollow, Golden Gate Valley, and Pacific Heights neighborhoods immediately surrounding the street. Important aspects of Union Street's business activity are eating and drinking establishments and specialty shops whose clientele comes from a wide trade area.

Housing development in new buildings is encouraged above the second story. Existing residential units are protected by limitations on demolitions and upper-story conversions.

The Union Street Commercial District in northern San Francisco, between Marina and Pacific Heights, spans Union Street from Van Ness to Steiner, with an extension on Fillmore to Lombard. Catering to Cow Hollow, Golden Gate Valley, and Pacific Heights residents, it offers limited convenience goods. The district, known for eating establishments, specialty shops, and offices, is governed by controls promoting compatible growth, continuous retail frontage, and residential livability protection. Restrictions include limits on building height, retail service levels, and prohibitions on additional drinking establishments and certain uses to preserve neighborhood character.

Permitted Residential Uses: ADU, single room occupancy, student housing, residential uses, dwelling units, senior housing, and group housing and homeless shelters.

Permitted Non-Residential Uses: walk-up facility, agriculture (neighborhood), arts activities, general entertainment, movie theater, child care facility, residential care facility, public facilities, social service or philanthropic facility, animal hospital, gym, massage establishment, restaurant, financial services, health services, limited financial services, personal services retail professional services, trade shop and trade office.

What is the maximum height for 215 Moulton St ?

40-X

No portion of a dwelling can exceed a height of 40 feet, except that the permitted height has to be reduced to 35 feet where the average ground elevation at the rear line of the lot is lower by 20 or more feet than at the front line. The height is measured by taking a point at the centerline of the building or, where the building steps in relation to a street that is the basis for height measurement. Separate points need to be taken at the centerline of each building step. The upper point is the highest point on the finished roof in the case of a flat roof, and the average height of the rise in the case of a pitched or stepped roof.

What are the ADU regulations for 215 Moulton St ?

ADU eligible

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), also called secondary units, in-law units, or cottages, are units added to existing and new residential buildings. Adding an ADU to your property can provide several benefits, such as providing housing for family members, simplifying your lifestyle, and increased financial flexibility.Learn more about building ADU in this article

What neighborhood is 215 Moulton St located in?

Cow Hollow, San Francisco

Cow Hollow is old-time vernacular for the valley lying west of Van Ness Ave. between Russian Hill and the Presidio.

The name nowadays is applied mainly to the locality around Union Street’s 1600 to 2200 blocks, a patch of ex-cow country where shoppers have replaced the milkmaids and cash registers ring more briskly than the cow bells ever did.

In post-Gold Rush days, this district was a green dale watered by the surrounding hills and small creeks seeking the Bay. The first dairy was established there in 1861, and 30 others followed. Soon hundreds of cows shared the grasslands with wild ducks, quail and rabbits.