Divisadero Street Neighborhood Marketplace Initiative - Office of ...

PIERCEALAMO SQUAREHAIGHTSCOTTPAGEOAKTURKGOLDEN GATEMCALLISTERFULTONGROVEDIVISADEROHAYESFELLBRODERICKBAKERExisting ConditionsZoningThe City zoning along Divisadero from Haight toTurk is RM-3/NC-2. This technically allows formixed residential and commercial uses (RM-3) andestablishes a Small Scale Neighborhood CommercialDistrict (NC-2). As defined by the City’s zoningcode, an NC-2 district:“is intended to serve as the City’s Small-ScaleNeighborhood Commercial District. These districtsare linear shopping streets which provideconvenience goods and services to the surroundingneighborhoods as well as limited comparisonshopping goods for a wider market. The range ofcomparison goods and services offered is varied andoften includes specialty retail stores, restaurants,and neighborhood-serving offices. NC-2 Districts arecommonly located along both collector and arterialstreets which have transit routes. These districtsrange in size from two or three blocks to manyblocks, although the commercial development inlonger districts may be interspersed with housing orother land uses. Buildings typically range in heightfrom two to four stories with occasional one-storycommercial buildings.” (Sec 711.1)RH-3RM-1RM-2NC-1RM-3/NC-2200 0200 FeetPANHANDLEThis Divisadero NC-2 commercial corridor is clearlyembedded in a surrounding residential zoning area.Allowable densities for housing on the east side ofDivisadero are generally higher (RH-3 and RM-2)than they are for the west side of the corridor (mostlyRM-1).3