San Francisco Planning Department : January 17, 2013

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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, January 17, 2013

12:00 PM

Regular Meeting

President: Rodney Fong

Vice-President: Cindy Wu

Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Gwyneth Borden; Rich Hillis,

Kathrin Moore; Hisashi Sugaya

Acting Commission Secretary: Jonas P. Ionin

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

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 Planning Commission Secretary at: commissions.secretary@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 the 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: Rodney Fong

Vice-President: Cindy Wu

Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Gwyneth Borden; Rich Hillis;

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. 2012.1291C (S. YOUNG: (415) 558-6346)

369 - 3^RD AVENUE - west side, between Clement Street and Geary Boulevard; Lot 047 in Assessor’s Block 1435 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections 303 and 712.54 to convert vacant commercial tenant space (formerly occupied by an institutional use d.b.a. Oxman College) with approximately 2,730 square feet of floor area into a massage establishment (d.b.a. Healthy Living Massage) on the ground floor of a three-story, mixed-use building within an NC-3 (Neighborhood Commercial, Moderate-Scale) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The proposal will involve interior tenant improvements to the ground floor tenant commercial space. There will be no expansion of the existing building envelope.

Preliminary Recommendation:

(Proposed for Continuance to January 24, 2013)

2. 2011.0430E (D. LEWIS: (415) 575-9095)

480 POTRERO AVENUE - northwest corner of Potrero Avenue and Mariposa Street; Lot 2C in Assessor’s Block 3973 - Appeal of a Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration - The proposed project involves construction of a six-story, 58-foot-tall, residential building approximately 89,600 square feet in size on a vacant lot. The building would contain 84 residential units (26 one-bedroom and 58 two-bedroom) and 38 parking spaces in a one-level basement parking garage accessed from Mariposa Street. The project site is within the Urban Mixed Use Zoning District, a 58-X Height and Bulk District, and in the Mission Area Plan area of the Eastern Neighborhoods. (LEWIS)

Preliminary Recommendation: Uphold the Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration

(Continued from Regular Meeting of November 1, 2012)

(Proposed for Continuance to March 21, 2013)

B. COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS

3. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: In accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the San Francisco Planning Commission, the President and Vice President of the Commission shall be elected at the first Regular Meeting of the Commission held on or after the 15th day of January of each year, or at a subsequent meeting, the date which shall be fixed by the commission at the first Regular Meeting on or after the 15th day of January each year.

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.

C. 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.

7. 1601 LARKIN STREET - Discussion of State court decision.

8. DEPARTMENT CHARTER - Presentation of the Department charter, containing three components: a vision statement for the city; a mission statement for the Department; and a series of value statements.

9. (A. HOLLISTER: (415) 575-9078)

1411 MARKET STREET - Informational presentation on the proposed public art installations associated with an entitled mixed-use project by 10^th and Market LLC. The project is an entitled development containing 754 dwelling units and approximately 19,000 square feet of commercial space located in two towers sharing a common base. The north tower, located at the corner of Tenth and Market Streets, will be approximately 35 stories with a 12-story base along Market Street. The south tower at the corner of Tenth and Jessie Streets will be 19 stories. The two towers will be connected by a nine-story podium oriented along Tenth Street. The public art is proposed at two locations within the project. One installation would be located on the northerly façade of the southerly 19-story tower in the form of a cast concrete weave. The project’s public art will also be located in a grade-level plaza located adjacent to the intersection of 10^th and Market Streets and the northerly 35-story tower. The plaza will contain cartographic etchings, sculptural stone pieces and sculptural vessel installations with planted materials.

D. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT – 15 MINUTES

E. REGULAR CALENDAR

10. (T. DISANTO/K. DEMARTINI: (415) 575-9113/575-9118)

FY 2012-2013 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION - A presentation of the Department's proposed revenue and expenditure supplemental appropriation budget in FY 2012-2013

Preliminary Recommendation: No Action Required - Informational Only

11. (T. DISANTO/K. DEMARTINI: (415) 575-9113/575-9118)

FY 2013-2015 PROPOSED DEPARTMENT WORK PROGRAM - A presentation of the high-level work program activities for the department in FY 2013-2014 and FY 2014-2015 based on the current staffing levels in FY 2012-2013, performance measures and proposed dates where budget items will be discussed during the budget process Preliminary Recommendation: No Action Required - Informational Only

12. (K. MCGEE: (415) 558-6367)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND ECO-DISTRICTS - Informational Presentation - The Planning Department’s Sustainable Development Program is responsible for balancing San Francisco’s plans for future growth within the context of state and city environmental requirements. A primary goal of the Sustainable Development Program is to facilitate the implementation of sustainable infrastructure systems by coordinating development and public realm and public infrastructure improvements through community engagement. The Sustainable Development Program works to achieve compliance with the existing environmental legislation efficiently and cost effectively, it aims to improve coherence and cost-effectiveness of different policy measures, and it aims to enhance public private partnerships. Eco-Districts have emerged as an important tool of the Sustainable Development Program. This informational presentation will introduce Eco-Districts and describe the Planning Department’s ‘next steps’ as it embarks on this new endeavor.

13. 2011.0683L (M. BROWN: (415) 575-9074)

DUBOCE PARK LANDMARK DISTRICT - BOUNDED BY wALLER sTREET, sTEINER sTREET, SCOTT STREET, AND THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF DUBOcE PARK. Historic Preservation Commission Referral to Planning Commission for Recommendation on Landmark Designation of the 87 properties located in Assessor’s Block 0863, 0864, 0865, and 0866 and the three interior block park entrances at Carmelita, Pierce, and Potomac Streets as an Article 10 Landmark District pursuant to Section 1004.2(c) of the Planning Code. The Planning Commission's comments shall (i) address the consistency of the proposed designation with the policies embodied in the General Plan and the priority policies of Section 101.1 of the Planning Code, particularly the provision of housing to meet the City's Regional Housing Needs Allocation, and the provision of housing near transit corridors; (ii) identify any amendments to the General Plan necessary to facilitate adoption of the proposed designation; and (iii) evaluate whether the district would conflict with the Sustainable Communities Strategy for the Bay Area. Consideration by the Board of Supervisors will occur at a public hearing and will be noticed separately for a future date.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

14. 2010.0627C (B. FU: (415) 558-6613)

2895 SAN BRUNO AVENUE - northeast corner of the intersection of San Bruno Avenue and Woolsey Street, Lot 037 in Assessor’s Block 5457 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections 228.3 and 711.11 to allow the demolition of an existing service station and the construction of a new development consisting approximately 14,500-square-foot, 40-foot tall, five four-story residential/mixed use buildings containing a total of ten dwelling units, ten off-street parking spaces, ground-floor retail spaces, and second floor business or professional service uses in the Small-Scale Neighborhood Commercial (NC-2) Zoning District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The project also requires a parking reduction request per Planning Code Sections 161(j) and 307(i).