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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, June 2, 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
Sign Language interpreters, sound enhancement systems and/or language
translators will be available upon request by contacting Lulu Hwang at (415)
558-6318 at least 48 hours prior to a hearing. A sound enhancement system will
be available upon request at the meetings. Please contact Services for the Deaf
and Hearing Impaired at 557-5533 (TDD) or 557-5534 (Voice) at least 48 hours
prior to the meeting. Late requests will be honored if possible. A person who
is deaf or hearing impaired may gain meeting information prior to the meeting by
calling 557-4433 (TDD) or 557-4434 (Voice). In addition, the California Relay
Service can be used by individuals with hearing and speech impairments by
calling 1-800-735-2929 (TDD) or 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). Minutes of the meetings
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.
1.
2010.1042C
(E. JACKSON: (415) 558-6363)
660-670 4TH
STREET –
corner of 4th
and Bluxome Streets, Lots 104-160 of Assessor’s Block 3786 - Request for
Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 227(h),
303, and 842.93 to install a wireless telecommunications facility consisting of
10 new antennas and 6 new cabinets on the rooftop on an existing 7 story mixed
use building. The project site is within a MUO (Mixed Use Office) Zoning
District and a 85-X Height and Bulk District.
(Proposed for
continuance to July, 7, 2011)
2.
2011.0450C
(S. VELLVE: (415) 558-6263)
55 LAGUNA STREET – (aka 218 – 220 Buchanan Street)
– most of the
blocks bound by Laguna, Haight, Buchanan and Hermann Streets, Lots 1, 2 and a
portion of Lot 3 in Assessor’s
Block 0870 and Lots 1 and 1A in Assessor’s
Block 0857 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization per Planning Code
Section 303 to modify Conditional Use Motion 17537, Case No. 2004.0773C,
relating to inclusionary affordable housing within RM–3
and NC–3 Districts, the Laguna, Haight, Buchanan and
Hermann Streets Special Use District and 40–X, 50–X
and 85–XHeight and Bulk Districts.
Preliminary Recommendation:
(Proposed for continuance to July, 7, 2011)
3.
2011.0165C
(S. YOUNG: (415) 558-6346)
2424 POLK STREET -
east side between Filbert and Union Streets;
Lot 020 in
Assessor’s Block
0525 -
Request for Conditional Use Authorization
under Sections 723.21, 723.41, 723.42, and 303 of the Planning Code to convert a
vacant retail space into a full-service restaurant with bar (d.b.a. Revo) and to
allow a use size that exceeds 1,999 square feet in a one-story commercial
building within the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District and a 65-A
Height and Bulk District. The proposed full-service restaurant with bar will
contain approximately 2,500 square feet of floor area and will accommodate up to
49 patrons.
Preliminary Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed for
continuance to July, 14, 2011)
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
4.
2011.0269C
(E. JACKSON: (415) 558-6363)
524 VALENCIA
STREET -
west side between 16th
and 17th Streets, Lot 003 of Assessor’s Block 3568 -
Request for Conditional Use
Authorization
pursuant to Planning Code Sections 726.41 to add a bar to an existing
full-service restaurant (d.b.a. Limon Restaurant) within the Valencia Street NCT
(Neighborhood Commercial Transit) District, and a 55-X Height and Bulk
District. If granted, the Conditional Use Authorization would allow the
applicant to seek a Type 47 License from the California Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control. This license would permit the sale of beer, wine, and
distilled spirits for on-site consumption in association with the restaurant.
The size of the restaurant would not change.
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.
5. Consideration of
Adoption:
·
Draft minutes
from Special Meeting of April 21, 2011
·
Draft minutes
from Regular Meeting of April 21, 2011
6. 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
7. Director’s
Announcements
8. Review of Past
Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors, Board of Appeals, and Historic
Preservation Commission.
9.
2011.0118I
(D. SÁNCHEZ: (415) 575-9082)
2 HARRISON STREET - north side of Harrison Street between Spear
and Embarcadero Streets; Lot 005 of Assessor’s Block 3744 -
Report on the
Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Abbreviated
Institutional Master Plan (IMP), pursuant to Planning Code Section 304.5.
The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Abbreviated
Institutional Master Plan contains information on the nature and history of the
institution, the location and development plans within the RH-DTR (Rincon Hill
Downtown Residential Mixed Use) District and a 84-X/105-X Height and Bulk
District. The IMP is available for viewing on the Planning Department's website
(from www.sfplanning.org click "Publications & Reports" and then "Institutional
Master Plans").
Recommended
Action: Informational presentation, no action requested
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
10.
2011.0422C
(D. SÁNCHEZ: (415) 575-9082)
2 HARRISON
STREET -
north side of
Harrison Street between Spear and Embarcadero Streets; Lot 005 of Assessor’s
Block 3744 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to
Planning Code Sections 303, 827.21 and 827.30 to establish an Other Institutions
use (d.b.a. The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania) on the
6th floor of an existing office building occupying approximately
36,000 square feet, in excess of the 25,000 square foot use size limit
principally permitted for non-residential uses, within the RH DTR (Rincon Hill
Downtown Residential Mixed Use) Zoning District and 84-X/105-X Height and Bulk
District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
11.
2011.0295T
(A. STARR: (415) 558-6362)
The Commission
will consider an Ordinance introduced by Supervisor Campos concerning historic
signs as well as additional recommendations by Planning staff.
Specifically,
the proposed Ordinance would amend the San Francisco Planning Code by amending
Sections 608.14 of the Planning Code to: (1) delete the requirement that the
proposed historic sign be located within a historic sign district; and (2) allow
signs that contribute to the visual identity and historic character of a City
neighborhood in addition to the City as a whole.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval of Proposed Ordinance with
Modifications to Board of Supervisors.
12.
2011.0241C
(C. LAMORENA: 9415) 575-9085)
663 HAIGHT STREET
- south side between Pierce and Steiner Streets; Lot 075 of Assessor’s Block
0861 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning
Code Sections 145.2, 303, and 710.24 to amend Conditions of Approval attached to
Planning Commission Motion No. 16327 (Case No. 2001.0914C) to allow the addition
of an outdoor activity area (outdoor dining patio) in the rear yard of an
existing full-service restaurant (d.b.a. Katz) located within the NC-1
(Neighborhood Commercial, Cluster) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk
District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with
Conditions
13.
2005.1004E
(L. Gibson: (415) 575-9032)
Glen Park Community Plan
- Public Hearing on
the Draft Environmental Impact Report.
The Glen Park Community Plan covers a plan area bounded generally
by Chenery Street; Roanoke Street; San Jose Avenue, Calvert Drive, and Bosworth
Street; and Elk Street. The plan would require amendments to the San
Francisco General Plan as well as changes to use and height and bulk
controls in the San Francisco Planning Code. The plan also
includes policies for transportation and infrastructure improvements.
Preliminary Recommendation: No Action Required
Written comments
will be accepted at the Planning Department until 5:00 p.m. on
June 13, 2011.
14.
2011.0060D
(D. SÁNCHEZ: (415) 575-9082)
472 CONNECTICUT - west side between 19th
and 20th Streets; Lot 008 in Assessor’s Block 4068 - Request for
Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2010.08.23.9362,
proposing a rear horizontal addition and two story deck and spiral stair at the
rear of an existing two-family residence. This project lies within a RH-2
(Residential, House, Two-Family) District and within the 40-X Height and Bulk
District.
Abbreviated Discretionary Review
Preliminary Recommendation: Do Not Take Discretionary
Review and Approve
15.
2011.0265D
(D. SÁNCHEZ: (415) 575-9082)
3139 MISSION STREET - west side between Cesar
Chavez Street and Precita Avenue; Lot 046 in Assessor’s Block 5501 -
Mandatory Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No.
2010.12.30.7623, proposing to establish a Medical Cannabis Dispensary (d.b.a.
Mission Herbal) as defined in Planning Code Section 790.141 at a vacant
commercial building within the NC-3 (Moderate Scale Neighborhood Commercial)
District and the 50-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
as proposed
16.
(K. DISCHINGER: (415) 558-6284)
MARKET AND OCTAVIA MONITORING REPORT FOLLOW UP HEARING
- members of the Market and Octavia Community Advisory Committee (CAC) will
follow up on key issues identified and discussed in the Market/Octavia Plan
Community Advisory Committee’s Supplemental Report. Staff will be available to
respond to questions and comments.
Preliminary Recommendation: Informational item, no action
requested.
G.
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:
