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SAN FRANCISCO
PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice of Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission Chambers - Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B.
Goodlett Place
Thursday, April 28, 2011
12:00 PM
Regular Meeting
President: Christina R. Olague
Vice-President: Ron Miguel
Commissioners: Michael
J. Antonini; Gwyneth Borden; Rodney Fong; Kathrin Moore;
Hisashi Sugaya
Commission Secretary: Linda
D. Avery
Commission Calendars are
available on the Internet at http://www.sfgov.org/planning
or as a recorded message at (415) 558-6422.
Case reports and
relevant materials are linked to the items on calendar at the above web
site.
View the
meeting online at: http://www.sfgov.org/site/sfgtv_index.asp
Or
View the
broadcast live, Thursdays on Cable Channel 78.
And
The
re-broadcast on Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Cable Channel 26
THE AGENDA PACKET IS
AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
1650 MISSION STREET, 4TH FLOOR RECEPTION
Commission Meeting Procedures
Material submitted by the
public for Commission review prior to a scheduled hearing should be received by
the Planning Department reception counter at 1650 Mission Street, 4th floor, no
later than 5:00 PM the Wednesday (eight days) prior to the scheduled public
hearing. Persons unable to attend a hearing may submit written comments
regarding a calendared item to: Planning Commission, 1650 Mission Street, Suite
400, San Francisco, CA 94103-2414. Comments received by 9:30 AM on the day of
the hearing will be made part of the official record and will be brought to the
attention of the Planning Commission at the public hearing. Otherwise, submit
material related to a calendared item at the scheduled hearing for
distribution. For complete distribution to all Commissioners, necessary staff
and case/docket/correspondence files, submit an original plus 10 copies.
When sending e-mail correspondence to Commissioners, please copy the Commission
Secretary at:
linda.avery@sfgov.org
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, if you
challenge, in court, (1) the adoption or amendment of a general plan, (2) the
adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance, (3) the adoption or amendment of
any regulation attached to a specific plan, (4) the adoption, amendment or
modification of a development agreement, or (5) the approval of a variance,
conditional-use authorization, or any permit, you may be limited to raising only
those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this
notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission, at,
or prior to, the public hearing.
Commission action on conditional-uses and
reclassification may be appealed to the Board of Supervisors within 30 days.
Call (415) 554-5184 for more information. Commission actions after
Discretionary Review may be appealed to the Board of Appeals within 15 days of
action by the Central Permit Bureau. Call (415) 575-6880 for more information.
Zoning Administrator action on a variance application may be appealed to the
Board of Appeals within 10 days of issuance of the written decision.
The
Commission has instituted a policy that, in most cases, they will not call an
item for consideration after 10:00 PM. If an item is scheduled but not called
or introduced prior to 10:00 PM, the Commission may continue the matter to the
next available hearing. Items listed on this calendar will not be heard before
the stated time.
Policy on Commissioner’s requests for hearings:
There must be consensus of the Commission (four commissioners) or direction from
the President/Chair to schedule a hearing that otherwise would not be scheduled.
Cell Phone and/or Sound-Producing
Electronic Devices Usage at Hearings
Effective January 21, 2001,
the Board of Supervisors amended the Sunshine Ordinance by adding the following
provision: The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar
sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be
advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any
person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other
similar sound-producing electronic devices (67A.1 Prohibiting the use of cell
phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices at and during
public meetings).
For more
information related to Planning Commission matters, please call Linda D. Avery,
Commission Secretary, at (415) 558-6407.
San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance
Attention: Individuals and
entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or
administrative action my be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF
Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Section 21.00-2.160] to register and
report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance,
please contact the Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San
Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; and web site
http//www.sfgov.org/ethics.
Accessible Meeting Policy
Hearings are held at City
Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400, fourth floor, San Francisco,
CA. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center station located at
the intersection of Market, Hyde and Grove Streets. Accessible curbside parking
has been designated at points along McAllister Street. Accessible MUNI lines
serving City Hall are the 9 San Bruno and 71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line.
Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, and N. For more information
regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. Requests for American
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558-6318 at least 48 hours prior to a hearing. A sound enhancement system will
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and Hearing Impaired at 557-5533 (TDD) or 557-5534 (Voice) at least 48 hours
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is deaf or hearing impaired may gain meeting information prior to the meeting by
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Service can be used by individuals with hearing and speech impairments by
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are available in alternative formats. If you require the use of a reader during
the meeting, please contact the Library for the Blind and Print Handicapped at
292-2022 at least 48 hours in advance of need. Accessible seating for persons
with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available at
meetings. Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple
chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility
hotline at (415) 554-8925 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist
the City’s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are
reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based
products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.
Know Your Rights Under the
Sunshine Ordinance
Government's duty is to serve
the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions,
boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the
people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted
before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review.
For more information on your
rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco
Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Adele
Destro, Interim Administrator, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, by
phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by E-mail at
sotf@sfgov.org.
Copies of the Sunshine
Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San
Francisco Library and on the City’s website at www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.
COMMUNICATIONS
Note: Each item on the
Consent or Regular calendar may include the following documents:
1) Planning Department
Case Executive Summary
2) Planning Department
Case Report
3) Draft Motion or
Resolution with Findings and/or Conditions
4) Public Correspondence
These items will be available
for review at the Planning Department, 1650 Mission St., 4th floor reception.
12:00 PM _________
ROLL
CALL:
President:
Christina R.
Olague
Vice-President:
Ron Miguel
Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Gwyneth Borden;
Rodney Fong; Kathrin Moore; Hisashi Sugaya
A.
CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE
The
Commission will consider a request for continuance to a later date. The
Commission may choose to continue the item to the date proposed below, to
continue the item to another date, or to hear the item on this calendar.
B. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed hereunder
constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the Planning
Commission, and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the
Commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member
of the Commission, the public, or staff so requests, in which event the matter
shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item at
this or a future hearing
1.
2010.0277C
(S. Young: (415) 558-6346)
2020 LOMBARD STREET
- north side between Webster and Fillmore Streets; Lot 006 in Assessor’s Block
0492 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization under Sections 161(j)
and 303 of the Planning Code to allow the elimination of a residential
off-street parking space on the ground floor of a three-story mixed use building
within the NC-3 (Moderate-Scale) Neighborhood Commercial District and a 40-X
Height and Bulk District. The residential off-street parking space, with
approximately 150 square feet in floor area, is proposed to be converted to a
retail commercial space.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
2.
2009.0718C
(B. FU: (415) 558-6613)
123 TOWSEND STREET
- east side between 2nd and 3rd
Streets, in Assessor’s Block 3794 and Lot 010 -
Request for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections
227(h), 842.93 and 303 to install up to six panel antennas and associated
equipment cabinets on the building known historically as the Southern Pacific
Warehouse and as part of a wireless transmission network operated by T-Mobile on
a Location Preference Four (Preferred Location – Industrial or Commercial
Structures) according to the Wireless Telecommunications Services (WTS)
Siting Guidelines, within a MUO (Mixed Use, Office) Zoning District and a 105-F
Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
C.
COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
Adoption of Commission
Minutes – Charter
Section 4.104 requires all commissioners to vote yes or no on all matters unless
that commissioner is excused by a vote of the Commission. Commissioners may not
be automatically excluded from a vote on the minutes because they did not attend
the meeting.
3. Consideration of
Adoption:
·
Draft Minutes of
Regular Meeting of April 14, 2011.
4. Commission
Comments/Questions
·
Inquiries/Announcements.
Without discussion, at this time Commissioners may make announcements or
inquiries of staff regarding various matters of interest to the Commissioner(s).
·
Future
Meetings/Agendas.
At this time, the Commission may discuss and take action to set the date of a
Special Meeting and/or determine those items that could be placed on the agenda
of the next meeting and other future meetings of the Planning Commission.
D. DIRECTOR’S REPORT
5. Director’s
Announcements
6. Review of Past
Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors, Board of Appeals, and Historic
Preservation Commission.
E. GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT – 15 MINUTES
At this time, members of the
public may address the Commission on items of interest to the public that are
within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission except agenda items.
With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Commission will be
afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may
address the Commission for up to three minutes.
F. REGULAR CALENDAR
7.
2010.1121T
(A.
Rodgers: (415) 558-6395)
Parking in South of Market and Mission Bay -
The Commission will consider a proposed Ordinance introduced
by Supervisor Daly amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections
151, 151.1, 155, 161, 249.1, 249.23 and Part VII of Article 9 (1)
to remove minimum
parking requirements and establish maximum parking limits in M-1, C-M, and South
of Market districts and the Folsom and Main Residential/Commercial and Fourth
and Freelon Streets Special Use Districts to make them consistent with those of
neighboring districts, (2) to require that non-residential and non-hotel parking
in C-3 in the South of Market Mixed Use districts adjacent to Downtown maintain
a fee structure which discourages long-term commuter parking, (3) to make
parking controls in the Mission Bay Districts that are subject to the Planning
Code consistent with requirements of neighboring districts; and adopting
findings, including environmental findings, Section 302 findings, and findings
of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code
Section 101.1.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with
Modifications of Proposed Ordinance to Board of Supervisors.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 10,
2011)
8.
2010.1162C (E.
Jackson: (415) 558-6363)
741 VALENCIA STREET - east side between 18th and 19th
Streets; Lot 090 in Assessor’s Block 3589 - Request for Conditional Use
Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 121.2, 303, 316, 726.24,
and 726.41, to convert an existing single-story office building to a new
Full-Service Restaurant & Bar Establishment with an Outdoor Seating Area (dba
Tacolicious) that exceeds the use size limitations for the Zoning District.
The Project is approximately 4,064 square feet, including the Outdoor Activity
Area. The project is located within the Valencia Street Neighborhood Commercial
Transit District (Valencia NCT), a 55-X Height and Bulk District, and the
Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use Subdistrict.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
9.
2011.0085C (R.
Crawford: (415) 558-6358)
1760 OCEAN AVENUE
- north side of Ocean Avenue at Dorado Terrace, Block 3283, Lot 195 - Request
for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections 121.2, and
737.21, use size and 703.4, formula retail to allow a 15,312 square foot,
formula retail establishment, CVS Pharmacy store, to be developed in the
existing building within the Ocean Avenue Neighborhood Commercial Transit
Oriented District, and 45-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
10.
2011.0084C (R.
Crawford: (415) 558-6358)
701 PORTOLA DRIVE
- south side of Portola Drive, Block 2901C, Lot 001 - Request for Conditional
Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections 121.1 and 710.11, lot size,
121.2 and 710.21, use size, 703.4, formula retail and 228.2 service station
conversion to allow demolition of a service station and a 10,000 square foot,
formula retail establishment, CVS Pharmacy store, to be constructed on a 7,800
square foot lot within the NC-1, Neighborhood Commercial Cluster District, and
26-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
11.
2010.1118DD (R.
CRAWFORD: (415) 558-6358)
952 MISSION STREET
- north side between 5th and 6th Streets; Lot 017 in
Assessor’s Block 2704 - Mandatory Discretionary Review for a Medical Cannabis
Dispensary, pursuant to Planning Code Section 217(k) of Building Permit
Application No. 2010 1222 7171, proposing to develop a Medical Cannabis
Dispensary (dba Grass Roots Cannabis) on the ground floor of an existing
building. This project lies within a C-3-G (Downtown, General Commercial)
District, and within the 160-F Height and Bulk District. A separate request for
Discretionary Review has also been filed by a member of the public against the
project.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take
Discretionary Review and approve
4:00 PM
G.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS
WHERE THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED
At
this time, members of the public who wish to address the Commission on agenda
items that have already been reviewed in a public hearing at which members of
the public were allowed to testify and the public hearing has been closed, must
do so at this time. Each member of the public may address the Commission for up
to three minutes.
H.
CONSIDERATION OF FINDINGS AND FINAL ACTION – PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
12.
2006.0868E
(M. JACINTO: (415) 575-9033)
800 PRESIDIO AVENUE
- southeast corner of Presidio Avenue and
Sutter Streets (Assessor's Block 1073, Lot 13) - Certification of Final
Environmental Impact Report - The project sponsors, Booker T. Washington
Community Services Center and Equity Community Builders, LLC, propose to
demolish the existing 12,600-square-foot Booker T. Washington Community Services
Center building, presumed an historic resource for purposes of environmental
review, and to construct a mixed-use structure, which would replace and enlarge
the community/recreation center and include new residential uses. The project
would encompass about 68,206 square feet of space on six levels, five above
grade and one below at a height of 55 feet along Presidio Avenue. The roughly
20,726 square-foot community center space would accommodate the center’s current
and future programs and would include a gymnasium, meeting space, and several
classrooms. The project also comprises a total of 50 affordable residential
units, including 24 units for emancipated foster youth, 24 affordable units for
persons earning up to 60 percent of area median income, and two units for onsite
building managers. The project proposes 21 parking spaces in a basement garage
accessible from Sutter Street. The project requires amendments to the Planning
Code to establish a “Presidio-Sutter Affordable Housing Special Use District,”
subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors to reclassify the site’s height
limit from a 40-X height and bulk district to up to a 55-X height and bulk
district, and to increase the residential density beyond permitted limits
established by the Planning Code. The project would also request exceptions to
Planning Code provisions related to street trees, rear yard, usable open space
and dwelling unit exposure through a Planned Unit Development subject to
Conditional Use authorization by the Planning Commission.
Preliminary Recommendation: certify the
Environmental Impact Report
NOTE: The public review period for the Draft
Environmental Impact Report is closed. The Planning Commission does not conduct
public review of Final EIRs. Public comments on the certification may be
presented to the Planning Commission during the public comment portion of the
Commission calendar.
I. REGULAR CALENDAR
13a.
2006.0868CEKTZ
(G. Cabreros: (415) 558-6169)
800 Presidio Avenue
- east
side between Sutter and Post Streets, Lot 013 in Assessor's Block 1073 -
Consideration of a proposed ordinance introduced by Supervisor Farrell
requesting Rezoning and Text Amendments to the Planning Code and Zoning
Map to establish the Presidio-Sutter Special Use District (SUD) in association
with a proposed community center and affordable housing project pursuant to
Planning Code Sections 302 and 306. The Planning Code Text Amendment
would establish the Presidio-Sutter SUD by adding Planning Code Section 249.53.
The SUD would allow dwelling unit density and building height bonuses for
projects with an affordable housing component beyond the amount required by the
Planning Code. Zoning Map Amendments would include (1) establishing the
Presidio-Sutter SUD at Lot 013 in Assessor’s Block 1073 on Zoning Map Sheet SU03
and (2) amending the height limit from 40-X to 40-X/55-X on Zoning Map Sheet
HT03.
Preliminary Recommendation: Recommend Adoption
13b.
2006.0868CEKTZ
(G. Cabreros: (415) 558-6169)
800 Presidio Avenue
- east
side between Sutter and Post Streets, Lot 013 in Assessor's Block 1073 -
Request for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections 303,
304 and 306 to demolish the existing community center (Booker T. Washington
Community Services Center) and to construct a Planned Unit Development including
a new community center and an affordable housing residential building. The
project proposes a 55 foot, 50-unit residential building with a basement level
garage and a community center with mixed uses including a gymnasium within the
RM-1 (Residential, Mixed, Low Density) District, the proposed Presidio-Sutter
Special Use District and a proposed 40-X/55-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
J.
PUBLIC COMMENT
At this time, members of
the public may address the Commission on items of interest to the public that
are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission except agenda
items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Commission
will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting with one exception.
When the agenda item has already been reviewed in a public hearing at which
members of the public were allowed to testify and the Commission has closed the
public hearing, your opportunity to address the Commission must be exercised
during the Public Comment portion of the Calendar. Each member of the public
may address the Commission for up to three minutes.
The Brown Act forbids a
commission from taking action or discussing any item not appearing on the posted
agenda, including those items raised at public comment. In response to public
comment, the commission is limited to:
(1) responding to
statements made or questions posed by members of the public; or
(2) requesting staff to
report back on a matter at a subsequent meeting; or
(3)
directing staff to place the item on a future agenda. (Government Code
Section 54954.2(a))
Adjournment:
