1:30
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ROLL CALL: Commission
President: Anita
Theoharis
Commissioners: Roslyn
Baltimore; Hector Chinchilla; William W. Fay; Cynthia Joe; Jim Salinas, Sr.
A. ITEMS
PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE
1. 2000.677C (CHIN: 575-6897)
373 BROADWAY STREET -
southeast corner of Broadway Street and Bartol Street; Lot 018 in Assessor’s Block 0164: -- Request for Conditional Use
authorization pursuant to Section 714.83 of the Planning Code to install a
total of twelve antennas and a base transceiver station on an existing
four-story over basement building, as part of AT&T’s wireless cellular network in the Broadway
(Neighborhood Commercial) District and a 65-A Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with
Conditions
(Proposed for
Continuance to January 18, 2001)
2. 1997.433A
(KOMETANI:
558-6478)
22 ALTA
STREET - north side between Montgomery and Sansome Streets. Lot 34A in Assessor’s Block 106 -- Request
for Certificate of Appropriateness authorization, under Article 10 of the
Planning Code, to construct a new, one-unit, residential building, two-stories
at the front (Alta Street) elevation and five stories at the rear in the
Telegraph Hill Historic District.
The subject property is zoned RH-3 (House, Three-Family) District and is
in a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of November 16, 2000)
(Proposed
for Continuance to January 18, 2001)
3. 2000.1007T (LORD:
558-6311)
LIVE-WORK
TO LOFT HOUSING AMENDMENT - Consideration of adoption of amendments to Part
II, Chapter II, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by amending
Sections 102.7 and 102.13 redefining "live/work" units as "loft
housing" and classifying them as residential uses; repealing Section 233
regarding live/work; adding Section 232 to establish requirements for loft
housing that would subject it to some existing live/work controls except that
there would be no restriction on the nature of work which could be performed in
the unit so long as the use is permitted in the SSO (Service/Secondary Office)
Zoning District and no requirement that the occupant(s) work in the unit, would
require loft housing to comply with existing inclusionary housing policies,
would require loft housing in residential areas to comply with all requirements
for residential uses including the residential design guidelines, would require
loft housing constructed in areas not zoned residential to comply with
non-residential design guidelines and all requirements for residential uses
except for front setback and open space requirements, would establish
procedures for converting live/work units to non-residential uses, and would
establish loft housing, rear yard exposure requirements. This ordinance supersedes any
inconsistent Planning Commission policies.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Adopt the Draft Ordinance
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of December 14, 2000)
(Proposed
for Continuance to January 18, 2001)
4. 2000.863BV (WONG:
558-6381)
2712
MISSION STREET - The subject property seeks an authorization for a
proposed office development under the smaller building reserve, pursuant to Planning
Code Section 321. The proposal is for a change of use from "Retail"
to "Office" and for the renovation and expansion of an existing
27,831 gross square foot building into a 30,847 gross-square foot building by
enlarging a mezzanine within the existing structure. The subject property falls within a NC-3 (Moderate Scale
Commercial District) Zoning District and a 50-X/80-B Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of December 12, 2000)
(Proposed
for Continuance to January 25, 2001)
5. 2000.863BV (WONG:
558-6381)
2712
MISSION STREET - The subject property seeks a parking variance for the
reduction of required off-street parking, pursuant to Planning Code Section
151. The project proposes to provide
five parking spaces for the conversion of 30,847 gross square feet of office
space on a site, which presently provides no off-street parking spaces. The subject property falls within a
NC-3 (Moderate Scale Commercial District) Zoning District and a 50-X/80-B
Height and Bulk District.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of December 12, 2000)
(Proposed
for Continuance to January 25, 2001)
6. 1999.770DDDDD (WANG:
558‑6335)
567 ‑
569 SANCHEZ STREET, east side between 19th and Hancock Streets; Lot 032
in Assessor’s Block 3585.
The proposal is to demolish an existing single‑family dwelling with a
detached garage and construct a new three story plus attic over garage, two‑family
dwelling, in an RH‑3 (Residential, House, Three‑Family) District and a 40‑X Height
and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed
for Continuance to January 25, 2001)
7. 2000.1148C (BRESSANUTTI:
575-6892)
700-740 LE CONTE AVENUE AND 845 MEADE AVENUE, at Jennings Street, Lots 115 and
116 in Assessor’s Block 4991 -- Consideration of the possible revocation
or modification of, or placement of additional conditions on, a prior
conditional use authorization (Case No. 86.229C for a planned unit development
for up to 45 dwelling units), per Planning Code Section 303(f). As a condition of the original
approval, Lots 133 and 134 were to be donated to the Recreation and Park
Department and improved for use as a playground. There have been unresolved
complaints from the Recreation and Park Department and the Office of the City
Attorney that the owner of these two lots will not transfer title to the
parcels to the Recreation and Park Department. The property is in a RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family)
District and an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) District, and a 40-X
Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed for Continuance to January 25, 2001)
8. 2000.1033D (SMITH: 558-6322)
4328 20th
STREET – Lot 016, in Assessor’s Block 2697. Request for Discretionary Review of
Building Permit Application No. 2000/08/01/6694 proposing to raise the existing
building two feet to construct a new garage and rooms at the basement level and
construct a two-story rear addition that projects 13’-6” beyond the existing
rear building wall. The proposal
also includes constructing two new decks at the rear of the addition,
constructing a new dormer on the fourth floor, and infilling the walkway that
leads to the service entry on the side of the building in an RH-3 (House,
Three-Family) District; and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed
for Continuance to February 15, 2001)
9. 1999.210E (BLOMGREN: 558-5979)
3620 ‑ 19th STREET - Within the block bound by 18th
Street, Guerrero Street, 19th Street, and Oakwood Street, Assessor’s Block
3587, Lots 18, 68, and 70 ‑‑ Appeal of a Preliminary Negative Declaration.
Proposed new construction of five two‑, three‑, and four‑story buildings
containing a total of 43 dwelling units The site currently has a 32-space parking lot which is
accessed by a gate on Oakwood, and a facade of an industrial building at the
3620 19th Street frontage which would be demolished. The new buildings would reach a maximum height of 40 feet in
a 40‑X height/bulk district. Lots
68 and 70 are located in a RH‑2 (Residential House, Two‑Family) zoning
district. Lot 18 is located in a
RH‑3 (Residential House, Three‑Family) zoning district.
(Proposed for Continuance to February 22, 2001)
10. 2000.1092C (MEHRA: 558-6257)
3632-38
SACRAMENTO STREET - north side between Spruce and Locust Streets; Lot
9 in Assessor’s Block 1011 --
Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Section
724.53, to allow Business or Professional Service on the first floor of the
subject property. The subject
building’s legal use includes a restaurant (Tuba Garden, now vacant) on the
first floor and a dwelling unit on the second floor. The second floor dwelling
unit was converted to office use and is currently occupied by a property
management firm. The proposal is to convert the restaurant space
to a business or professional service on the first floor and restore one
parking space in the basement.
Since the Planning Code does not permit business or professional service
use above the first floor, the project is required to restore the dwelling unit
at the second floor level. The subject property is located in the Sacramento Street NCD
(Neighborhood Commercial District) with a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed
for Continuance to February 22, 2001)
11. 2000.436C (SMITH:
558-6322)
1594 -
43RD AVENUE - northeast corner of the intersection of Lawton Street and
43rd Avenue; Lot 017 in Assessor’s Block 1888 -- Request for Conditional Use
Authorization under Planning Code Section 710.83 to install three antennas in a
canister on the roof and two equipment cabinets and one battery cabinet in the
garage of a mixed-use building located in a (NC-1) Neighborhood Commercial
Cluster District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The subject site is a Limited Preference 6 site according to
Wireless Telecommunications Services (WTS) Siting Guidelines, 1996.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Continued from Regular Meeting of December 14, 2000)
(Proposed for Continuance to March 8, 2001)
B. COMMISSIONERS’
QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
12.
Consideration of Adoption - draft minutes of November 2, 9,
16, 2000.
13. Commission
Matters
C. DIRECTOR’S
REPORT
14. (BADINER: 558-6350)
Status Report on Compliance with
Conditions of Approval for 350 Divisadero Street (San Francisco Patients’
Resource Center)
15. Director’s
Announcements
16. Review
of Past Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors and Board of Appeals
D. REGULAR
CALENDAR
17. 1999.795E (COOPER:
558‑5974)
KING‑TOWNSEND BUILDING AND
COMMUNITY GARAGE
– Certification of a Final
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared for the construction of a mixed‑use building with
parking, retail, office and live/work spaces at 175‑179 and 183 Townsend Street
(Assessor’s Block 3794, Lots 4 and 7). The project site is an approximately
42,969 square-foot site fronting on both King and Townsend Streets between
Second and Third Streets in the South of Market neighborhood. The project would
contain a total of 657 parking spaces, approximately 29,275 square feet of
retail uses in a ground floor podium, approximately 46,775 square feet of
office uses across six upper floors, plus a ground floor lobby, and
approximately 55 live/work spaces across seven upper floors. The building would
vary in height between seven and ten stories, and between 90 and 110 feet. A 17‑space
surface parking lot and two connected industrial warehouse buildings,
containing a retail/wholesale electrical supply store and office/multimedia use
would be demolished. Note: The public hearing on the Draft EIR is
closed. The public comment period
for the Draft EIR ended on November 7, 2000. The Planning Commission does not
conduct public review of Final EIRs.
Public comments on the certification only may be presented to the
Planning Commission.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Certify Final Environmental Impact Report
18. 1996.222E
(DEUTSCH:
558‑5965)
PENINSULA
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN - Certification of Final
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared regarding the San Francisco
Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) proposed Peninsula Watershed Management
Plan. The Watershed Management
Plan would provide comprehensive policies and actions for managing the land and
resources of the 23,000‑acre Peninsula Watershed, located in central San Mateo
County, owned and administered by the San Francisco PUC Water Supply and
Treatment Division. The watershed
stores and provides water for homes and businesses in San Francisco and
portions of San Mateo, Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. The Draft EIR, prepared by the San
Francisco Planning Department, analyzes at a programmatic level the potential
environmental impacts of various activities and development projects that could
occur under the policies of the proposed Management Plan, and analyzes at a
project level the proposed Fifield/Cahill Ridge Trail. Note: The public hearing on the Draft EIR ended on February 3,
2000. Public comments on the EIR
certification only may be presented.
Preliminary Recommendation: Certify Final
Environmental Impact Report
19. (RICH:
558-6345)
General
Plan Referral for Urban Design aspects of the Third Street Light Rail Project,
including, station platforms, street lighting, trackway paving, and other urban
design elements.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Finding of conformance with the General Plan.
Note: On
October 12, 2000, following public testimony, the Commission closed public
hearing and continued the matter to October 26, 2000, to explore funding
sources by a vote of +7 -0.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of December 7, 2000)
20. 1998.902B (CRAWFORD: 558-6358)
FIRST AND HOWARD
STREETS - (northeasterly
corner of intersection) Assessor’s Blocks 3720 (Lots 5, 6, and 7)
Request under Planning Code Sections 320-322 (Office Development Limitation
Program) for allocation of up to 295,000 gross square feet of office space for
a ten-story building with prior 309 approval. This project lies within a C-3-O (SD) (Downtown,
Office, Special Development) District and within the 350-S and 400-S Height and
Bulk Districts. This request is
for office space allocation for the final of four buildings
approved for construction at the four corners of the intersection of First and
Howard Streets.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
21a. 2000.1162BV (WONG: 558-6381)
35 STANFORD STREET - east side, between Brannan and Townsend Streets; Lot 38 in
Assessor’s block 3788: Request under Planning Code Section 321 for authorization
to convert 49,500 gross square feet in an existing building from industrial use
to office use. This hearing shall
also set forth an initial determination of the net addition of gross square
feet of office space, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 313.4 and 314.4. The
subject property falls within a SSO/MUHZ (Service/Secondary Office and
Mixed-Use Housing Zone) Zoning District and a 50-X Height and Bulk
District. The subject property is
also a contributory structure within the South End Historic District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with
Conditions
21b. 2000.1162BV (WONG: 558-6381)
35 STANFORD STREET - east side, between Brannan and Townsend Streets; Lot 38 in
Assessor’s block 3788 - The project proposes the creation of
approximately 49,500 total gross square feet of office use, approximately
43,537 square feet of that as occupied floor area. Request for a variance waiving the provision of 33
off-site, required parking spaces in perpetuity of associated office use under
Planning Code Section 159 (e). The
proposed project requires 58 parking spaces, per Planning Code Section
151. Applying a legal parking
deficiency of 25 spaces for the previous industrial use, under Planning Code
Section 150 (c)(1), the amount of required parking is reduced to 33 spaces. The
required parking will be provided off-site at 130 Townsend Street, Lot 8 in
Assessor’s Block 3788, which is within 800 feet of the subject property.
22a. 2000.774BC (MILLER: 558-6344)
2800 LEAVENWORTH STREET - entire block
bounded by Beach, Jefferson, Jones and Leavenworth Streets, Lots 7 and 8 in
Assessor’s Block 11 -- Request under Planning Code Sections 320-322 (Office
Development Limitation Program) for authorization of office space of more than
25,000 square feet but less than 50,000 square feet (pursuant to Section
321). The project proposal is the
creation of up to 34,945 gross square feet of office space in an existing
building (The Anchorage) through conversion of approximately one-third of the
existing 89,730 square feet of retail space therein and by adding approximately
9,995 square feet of new office space.
The project is in a C-2 (Community Business) District, also within the
North Waterfront Special-Use District No. 2 and a 40-X Height and Bulk
District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with
Conditions
22b. 2000.774BC (MILLER: 558-6344)
2800 LEAVENWORTH STREET - entire
block bounded by Beach, Jefferson, Jones and Leavenworth Streets, Lots 7 and 8
in Assessor’s Block 11 -- Request under Planning Code Sections 320-322 (Office
Development Limitation Program) for authorization of a Conditional Use for
conversion of approximately 5,500 square feet of retail space to an additional
12 hotel rooms (for a total of 137 hotel rooms on the subject property) with a
total hotel square-footage of approximately 75,820, in a C-2 (Community
Business) District, also within the Northern Waterfront Special-Use District
No. 2 and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
23. 2000.1123C (DiBARTOLO: 558-6291)
606 BROADWAY - northwest corner of
Broadway, Grant and Columbus Avenues; Lot 002 in Assessor’s Block 146 -- Request for Conditional Use Authorization under
Section 714.27 of the Planning Code to extend the Hours of Use for the existing
Full-Service Restaurant in the Broadway Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD)
and a 65-A-1 Height and Bulk District.
The proposal is to allow the restaurant (New Sun Hong Kong) to service food
to patrons between the hours of 2AM and 4AM, allowing for a 22-hour
operation. The proposal will not
involve any interior or exterior alterations.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval
with Conditions
24. 2000.928C (CHIN: 575-6897)
2750 VAN NESS AVENUE,
southeast corner of Lombard Street and Van Ness Avenue; Lot 005G in Assessor’s
Block 0502 -- Request for Conditional-Use authorization pursuant to
Section 209.6 of the Planning Code to install a total of sixteen antennas and a
base transceiver station on an existing three-story over basement building,
also known as the Washington Mutual Bank, as part of Metricom’s wireless Internet network in an RC-3
(Residential-Commercial, Medium) District and a 65-A Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
25. 2000.985C (CHIN:
558-6897)
1176
SUTTER STREET (AKA, 1214 POLK STREET) - northeast corner at Polk
Street; Lot 011 in Assessor’s Block 0669 -- Request for Conditional Use
authorization to allow amplified live and recorded music (defined as “Other
Entertainment” by Planning Code Section 790.38) in an existing bar, d.b.a. An
Sibin, as required by Planning Code Section 723.48, in the Polk Street
Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District and a 65-A Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with
Conditions
(Continued from Regular Meeting of December 14, 2000)
26. 2000.044C (YOUNG: 558-6346)
275 DUBOCE AVENUE - south side between
Market and Guerrero Streets; Lots 059, 061, 062 in Assessor’s Block 3534 --
Request for Conditional-Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Section
209.1(h) to allow the construction of a two-story over garage, 11-unit
residential building. Conditional
Use Authorization is required under Section 209.1(h) to allow the construction
of four dwelling units on lots 61 and 62 within the RH-3 Zoning District. The subject lots are within a NC-3
(Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial) District, a RH-3 (Residential, House,
Three-Family) District, the Mission Restricted Use Subdistrict, and an 80-B
Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with
Conditions
27. 2000.270C (BRESSANUTTI:
575-6892)
535-537
VALENCIA STREET - east side between 16th and 17th Streets; Lot 044
in Assessor’s Block 3569 - Request for Conditional-Use Authorization to (1)
allow continued operation of an existing large (over 1,000 square feet) fast
food restaurant, presently d.b.a. “Cable Car Pizza,” per Section 726.43 of the
Planning Code, and (2) to extend the hours of operation from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00
a.m., per Section 726.27, in the Valencia Street Neighborhood Commercial
District and a 50-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval of Large Fast Food Restaurant use; approval of
extended hours on Saturday and Sunday only.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of December 14, 2000)
E.
SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING
At
Approximately 5:00 PM the
Planning Commission will convene into a Special Discretionary Review (DR)
Hearing to hear and act on Discretionary Review matters. Procedures governing Special DR Hearings
are as follow: DR Requestor(s) are provided with up to five (5) minutes for a presentation and
those in support of the DR Requestor(s) are provided with up to three (3)
minutes each. The Project Sponsor
is then provided with up to five (5) minutes for a presentation and those in
support of the project are provided with up to three (3) minutes each. At the conclusion, each side (not each
person) is provided with 2 minutes for a rebuttal. Those cases that are scheduled on this calendar prior to 5:00
PM, but have not been called or heard by 5:00 PM, could be continued to a later
time or date as determined by the Commission.
28. 2000.045D (WANG:
558-6335)
1117-1125
OCEAN AVENUE - Lots 041 and 042, in Assessor’s Block 6944 -- Request for
Discretionary Review - proposing to demolish an existing ground-floor,
single-family residence and storefront on Lot 042, demolish an existing
storefront and a garage on Lot 041, and construct a new four-story, mixed-use
building occupying both lots, in an NC-2 (Small-Scale Neighborhood Commercial)
District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project as
submitted.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of December 14, 2000)
29. 2000.046D (FALLAY:
558‑6367)
2147 29th AVENUE - west side between Quintara
and Rivera Streets; Lot 012 in Assessor’s Block 2188. Discretionary Review is requested of Building Permit
Application No. 9912564S to construct a third floor addition over the existing
two‑story, single‑family dwelling in an RH‑1 (Residential, House, One‑Family)
District and a 40‑X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project as
proposed.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of November 9, 2000)
30. 2000.041D (S.
SNYDER: 558-6543)
764 ELLSWORTH STREET - on the
west side of Ellsworth Street, south of the intersection of Ellsworth Street
and Crescent Avenue, on Lot 16 of Assessor’s Block 5812, proposing to construct
a new single-family dwelling on a vacant lot in an RH-1 (Residential, House,
Single-family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District, and within the
Bernal Heights South Slope Study Area (Planning Commission Resolution 14973).
Preliminary recommendation: Do not take Discretionary
Review and approve the project as submitted.
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:
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