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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, October 20, 2011
10:00 AM
Special 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.
10:00 AM _________
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.
2011.0207C
(D.
Sánchez: (415) 575-9082)
112 - 7th
STREET -
southwest corner of Mission and 7th Streets, Lot 001 in Assessor’s
Block 3727 - Request
for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections 816.73 and
303 to install a wireless transmission facility consisting of 6 panel antennas
and associated equipment on the roof of an existing tourist hotel with a
Location Preference 2 (Preferred Location – Co-Location) as part of the T-Mobile
wireless transmission network within the Service/Light Industrial / Residential
(SLR) Zoning District and a 65-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
(Proposed for
Continuance to January 14, 2012)
E. 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
2.
(k. guy: (415) 558-6163)
676 Howard Street - north side between New Montgomery and Third Streets, Lot
028 of Assessor's Block 3722; and 935 Folsom Street - south side between Fifth
and Sixth Streets, Lot 140 of Assessor's Block 3753 - Consideration of a
Resolution of Intent to Initiate an amendment to "Map 2 - Fire Facilities Plan"
within the Community Facilities Element of the General Plan to delete the
reference to the property at 676 Howard Street as a Fire Facility, and to add a
reference to the property at 935 Folsom Street as a Fire Facility. The
requested action is associated with the expansion of the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art, which would relocate the existing Fire Station No. 1 from the
property at 676 Howard Street to a new facility located at 935 Folsom Street.
3.
2011.0701C
(S.Young:
(415) 558-6346)
545 IRVING STREET
(FORMERLY 555 IRVING STREET ‘RETAIL #1’)
- southeast corner of Irving Street and 7th Avenue; Lot 041 in
Assessor’s Block 1761 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization
pursuant to Planning Code Sections 178(e)(2) and 303 to modify the conditions of
a prior conditional use authorization under Case No. 2009.1048C (Motion No.
18014) to extend the hours of operation of an existing wine bar (d.b.a. Inner
Fog) in the Inner Sunset Neighborhood Commercial District and a 40-X Height and
Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
4.
2011.0290C
(S. Vellve: (415)
558-6263)
180 REDWOOD STREET and 540 VAN NESS AVENUE
- southeast corner of Van Ness and Golden Gate Avenues and Redwood Street; Lot
013 in Assessor’s Block 0766 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization,
pursuant to Planning Code Sections 209.6 and 303, to allow AT&T Mobility to
locate up to eight (8) WTS panel antennas in faux vents on the roofs of two
separate structures and related equipment in a building basement of the
two-and-three-story commercial buildings (containing a Chevy's restaurant and US
Bank), within a RC-4 (Residential, Commercial Combined, High Density) District,
the Van Ness Avenue Special Use District and 130-V Height and Bulk District. The
site is a Location Preference 4 (wholly commercial structure).
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
B.
COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
5. 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.
C. DIRECTOR’S REPORT
6. Director’s
Announcements
7. Review of Past
Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors, Board of Appeals, and Historic
Preservation Commission.
D. 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.
E.
REGULAR CALENDAR
8.
2011.0563C
(S. Vellve: (415) 558-6263)
1625 POST STREET - southwest corner of Post Street and Laguna
Street; Lot017 in Assessor’s Block 0700 - Request for Conditional Use
Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 249.31, 712.83 and 303, to
allow AT&T Mobility to locate up to twelve (12) WTS panel antennas and related
equipment in a new mechanical penthouse the roof of a hotel (Kabuki Hotel, four
story portion fronting Laguna Street), within a NC-3 (Neighborhood Commercial,
Moderate Scale) District, the Japantown Special Use District and 50-X Height and
Bulk District. The site is a Location Preference 4 (wholly commercial
structure).
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions.
9.
2011.0406C
(S. Vellve: (415)
558-6263)
389 - 9th AVENUE
- northwest corner of 9th Avenue and Geary Boulevard; Lot035 in Assessor’s Block
1441 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning
Code Sections 712.83 and 303, to allow AT&T Mobility to locate up to twelve (12)
WTS panel antennas on an existing penthouse and related equipment on the roof of
the building (PG&E telephone switching facility), within a NC-3 (Neighborhood
Commercial, Moderate Scale) District, and 40- X Height and Bulk District. The
site is a Location Preference 1 (publicly-used structure).
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
F.
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:
