SEC. 1333.4. INCONSISTENCY WITH ORDINANCES AND OTHER STANDARDS.
§ 1333.4
When a proposed subdivision map conflicts with the Planning Code, the conflict must be noted on the map and the City may deny it. Property owners can also request approvals or permits that depart from applicable ordinances, policies, or standards, and the City may grant them if otherwise permitted by law.
If someone wants to subdivide land in a way that breaks the Planning Code rules, they have to mark that conflict on their map, and San Francisco can reject the map because of it. However, property owners can still ask for special permission to do something different from the usual rules, and the city can say yes if the law allows it.
- Complex:Subsection (b) uses double negatives and cross-references ('notwithstanding,' 'to the extent permitted by otherwise applicable law') that may obscure its practical effect for non-lawyers.
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Official text
(a) Whenever a proposed subdivider files a proposed vesting tentative map for a subdivision whose intended development is inconsistent with the Planning Code, that inconsistency shall be noted on the proposed map. The City may deny such a map based on the inconsistency.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a property owner or his or her designee may seek approvals or permits for development which depart from the ordinances, policies or standards applicable under Section 1333.3(a), and the City may grant such approvals or issue such permits to the extent permitted by otherwise applicable law.
(Added by Ord. 576-85, App. 12/27/85)