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SAN FRANCISCO FLOWER MART PROTECTION ACT


Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco:

SECTION 1. Title

This measure shall be known and may be cited as the San Francisco Flower
Mart Protection Act

SECTION 2. Findings and Declarations

The People of the City and County of San Francisco declare their findings and
purposes in enacting this Initiative to be as follows:

Whereas, the San Francisco Flower Mart is an irreplaceable public resource of
the highest value having existed over 100 years providing local and regional growers
an outlet to sell thousands of varieties of flowers to wholesale and retail markets;
Whereas, the San Francisco Flower Mart, located in the SoMa District on the
block between Bryant and Harrison Streets and between Fifth and Sixth Streets, is the
second largest in the country and one of five grower-owned wholesale flower markets
in the United States;
Whereas, the San Francisco Flower Mart provides thousands of working and
living wage jobs and supports retail florists, flower wholesalers, event planners,
interior decorators, gift shop owners, truck drivers and countless others whose
livelihoods rely on the San Francisco Flower Mart;




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Whereas, its unique location provides critical access to and from major
transportation links for commerce and local delivery of flowers from throughout the
Bay Area and northern California;
Whereas, reasonable zoning standards have preserved the San Francisco
Flower Mart at this site currently zoned SALI (Service/Arts/Light Industrial), 40-55-
X Height and Bulk in the Western SoMa Special Use District;
Whereas, Kilroy Realty Corporation is under contract to purchase a 1.9-acre
portion of the Flower Mart site for $26.6 million;
Whereas, the Flower Mart is threatened by a proposal on file with the San
Francisco Planning Department, submitted by a representative of Kilroy Realty
Corporation, to demolish the Flower Mart, replace it with over a half million square
feet of office space and increase the height limit to 160 feet;
Whereas, it is the policy of the City and County of San Francisco to create and
retain local jobs and the closure of the Flower Mart would cost thousands of jobs
contrary to City policy;
Therefore, the people of San Francisco declare that it is the policy of the City
and County of San Francisco that:
The existing height and bulk limits and zoning classification for the San
Francisco Flower Mart shall be preserved and shall not be increased unless approved
by San Francisco voters.

SECTION 3. San Francisco Flower Mart Protection Act

The existing San Francisco Planning Code height and bulk district and zoning
classifications for the San Francisco Flower Mart shall be as follows:





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(a) The height and bulk district classification of the property located at
Assessor's Block No. 3778, Lot No. 005 (575 Sixth Street), shall be
preserved as 40-55-X Height and Bulk District as set forth on the City
and County of San Francisco Zoning Map Sheet HT08.

(b) The zoning classification of the property located at Assessor's Block No.
3778, Lot No. 005 (575 Sixth Street), shall be preserved as SALI
(Service/Arts/Light Industrial) Zoning District as set forth on the City
and County of San Francisco Zoning Map Sheet ZN08.

(c) Pursuant to Sections 106 and 302(c) of the Planning Code, the following
height and bulk district classification, is hereby affirmed by the City and
County of San Francisco:

Description of Property Height and Bulk District Zoning Class

Assessors Block 3778 40-55-X SALI
Lot 005

SECTION 4. Effective Date

In accordance with the provisions of California Elections Code section 9217, if
a majority of the voters vote in favor of the Initiative, the Initiative shall go into effect
10 days after the vote is declared by the Board of Supervisors.