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.
For more
information related to Planning Commission matters, please call Linda D. Avery,
Commission Secretary, at (415) 558-6407.
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.
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Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County
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This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the
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For more information on your rights under the Sunshine
Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a
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Goodlett Place, Room 409, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854
or by E-mail at Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us.
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.ci.sf.ca.us/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, 1660 Mission St., 5th floor reception.
1: 30
P.M. _________
ROLL CALL: Commission
President: Anita
Theoharis
Commission
Vice President: William
W. Fay
Commissioners: Roslyn
Baltimore; Hector Chinchilla; Cynthia Joe;
Jim
Salinas, Sr.
A. ITEMS
PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE
1a. 2000.552XBCV (LIGHT: 558:6254)
199
NEW MONTGOMERY STREET - East side between and with secondary frontages on Natoma
and Howard Streets, Lot 21, in Assessor’s Block 3722. Request under Planning Code Section 309 (Downtown Code) for
Determinations of Compliance and Exceptions, including an exception to the
Separation of Towers requirement (Section 132.1(c)) and an exception to the
Reduction of Ground Level Wind Current requirement (Section 148 (a)). The proposal is for the construction of
a 15-story, 150-foot tall building that would contain approximately 48,520
gross square feet of office use, 100 dwelling units, 4,800 square feet of
retail use, and 70 underground parking spaces to be located on the site of an
existing commercial surface parking lot.
The proposed project lies within a C-3-O (SD) (Downtown, Office) District
and within a 150-S Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of January 25, 2001)
(Proposed
for Continuance to February 15, 2001)
1b. 2000.552XBCV (LIGHT: 558:6254)
199
NEW MONTGOMERY STREET - East side between and with secondary frontages on
Natoma and Howard Streets, Lot 21, in Assessor’s Block 3722. Request under Planning Code Sections
320-325 (Office Development Limitation Program) for a 15-story, 150-foot tall
building with up to 48,520 gross square feet of office space, approximately 100
dwelling units, 4,800 square feet of retail space, and 70 parking spaces, to be
located on the site of an existing commercial surface parking lot. Pursuant to Planning Code Section 313,
the Department has determined that the project would result in the net addition
of approximately 48,520 square feet of gross floor area office use, requiring
compliance with the Office of Affordable Housing Production Program. The proposed project lies within a
C-3-O (SD) (Downtown, Office) District and within a 150-S Height and Bulk
District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of January 25, 2001)
(Proposed
for Continuance to February 15, 2001)
1c. 2000.552XBCV (LIGHT: 558:6254)
199
NEW MONTGOMERY STREET - East side between and with secondary frontages on
Natoma and Howard Streets, Lot 21, in Assessor’s Block 3722. Request for a Conditional-Use
authorization to allow non-accessory parking. The proposal is for the construction of a 15-story, 150-foot
tall building that would contain approximately 48,520 gross square feet of
office use, 100 dwelling units, 4,800 square feet of retail use, and 70
underground parking spaces, to be located on the site of an existing commercial
surface parking lot. The proposed
project lies within a C-3-O (SD) (Downtown, Office) District and within a 150-S
Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of January 25, 2001)
(Proposed
for Continuance to February 15, 2001)
1d. 2000.552XBCV (LIGHT: 558:6254)
199
NEW MONTGOMERY STREET - East side between and with secondary frontages on
Natoma and Howard Streets, Lot 21, in Assessor’s Block 3722 -- Request under
Planning Code Section 140 for a Variance for dwelling unit exposure. The proposal is for the construction of
a 15-story, 150-foot tall building that would contain approximately 48,520
gross square feet of office use, 100 dwelling units, 4,800 square feet of
retail use, and 70 underground parking spaces, to be located on the site of an
existing commercial surface parking lot.
The proposed project lies within a C-3-O (SD) (Downtown, Office)
District and within a 150-S Height and Bulk District.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of January 25, 2001)
(Proposed
for Continuance to February 15, 2001)
2a. 2000.171CX (MILLER:
558-6344)
466
BUSH STREET - north side between Grant Avenue and Kearny Street, Lot 42 in
Assessor’s Block 270. Request for
Determination of Compliance pursuant to Section 309 with respect to a proposal
to construct a ten-story Hotel approximately 99 feet in height and containing
approximately 91 guest rooms, also involving a request for exceptions to
Planning Code standards for building height and bulk (Sections 263.8 and 272, et
seq.) -- in a C-3-R (Downtown Retail) District and a 80-130-F Height and
Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
(Proposed for Continuance to
February 15, 2001)
2b. 2000.171CX:
(MILLER:
558-6344)
466
BUSH STREET - north side between Grant Avenue and Kearny Street, Lot 42 in
Assessor’s Block 270. Request for
authorization of a Conditional Use for modification of a previously-imposed
condition (time limit for start of construction -- Motion No. 14797) for a
HOTEL containing approximately 91 rooms -- in a C-3-R (Downtown Retail)
District and a 80-130-F Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
(Proposed for
Continuance to February 15, 2001)
3a. 2000.1269RB (BAUMAN: 558-6287)
India Basin Industrial Redevelopment Project
Area Plan Amendment - Request for a finding of consistency with the
General Plan for an amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the India Basin
Industrial Park. The amendment
would apply to Lot 23 in Assessor’s Block 5203, 3433 Third Street. It would allow up to 50,000 gross
square feet of Retail and Business Services uses (a category that includes
business and professional offices) and would reduce the parking requirement to
one space for each 1,000 occupied square feet of Business Services space, and
one space for each 7,000 gross square feet of Telecommunication space. It would reduce the loading requirement
to one space for each 100,000 square feet of Retail, Business Services, and
Telecommunications space. This
amendment would enable the construction of a proposed development at 3433 Third
Street, which is a five-story building containing an approximately 111,000
square feet of telecommunications switching facility; 42,000 square feet of
office space; 7,500 square feet of retail space; a 6,000-square-foot public
plaza and 73 parking spaces.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Find the proposed amendment of the Redevelopment Plan
consistent with the General Plan.
(Proposed
for Continuance to March 1, 2001)
3b. 2000.1269RB (BAUMAN: 558-6287)
3433 Third Street
- the
proposal 3433 Third Street requires the authorization of up to 42,000 square
feet of office space from the
"Reserve for Smaller Buildings" established in Planning Code
Section 321 (Office Development Annual Limit). This notice shall also set forth an initial determination of
net addition of gross square feet of office space, pursuant to Planning Code
Sections 313.4 and 314.4. The site is in the India Basin Industrial Park
Redevelopment Area, and in the M-2 Zoning District and the 65-J Height and Bulk
District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Allocate up to 42,000
square feet of office space from the "Reserve for Smaller Buildings."
(Proposed
for Continuance to March 1, 2001)
4. 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
(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 18, 2001)
(Proposed for Continuance to March 8, 2001)
5a. 2000.190BX (LeBLANC:
558-6351)
201
SECOND STREET, southeast corner of Second Street and Howard Street, Lot 97
in Assessor’s Block 3736, -- Request under Planning Code Sections
320-325 (Office Development Limitation Program) for a ten-story, 140-foot tall
building with a total of approximately 45,000 gross square feet including
approximately 35,000 square feet of office space and 8,000 square feet of
retail and/or restaurant space.
The project also includes approximately 860 square feet of open
space. This project lies within a
C-3-O (SD) (Downtown Office, Special Development) District and within the 350-S
Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed
for Continuance to March 8, 2001)
5b. 2000.190BX (LeBLANC:
558-6351)
201
SECOND STREET PROJECT - southeast corner of Second Street and Howard Street, Lot 97 in
Assessor’s Block 3736. Request
under (1) Planning Code Section 309 (Downtown Code) for Determinations of
Compliance and Exceptions, including an exception to the setback requirements
of Section 132.1 of the Code for a ten-story, 140-foot tall building with a
total of approximately 45,000 gross square feet including approximately 35,000
square feet of office space and 8,000 square feet of retail and/or restaurant
space. The project also includes
approximately 860 square feet of open space. This project lies within a C-3-O (SD) (Downtown Office,
Special Development) District and within the 350-S Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed
for Continuance to March 8, 2001)
6. 2000.1118DDDD (NIKITAS:
558-6306)
33
WALNUT STREET - between Pacific Avenue and Jackson
Streets, Lot 002 in Assessor’s Block 0972, Request for Discretionary Review of
Building Permit Application No. 2000/05/01/9654, proposing to demolish existing
rear deck and bay window, and to add a rear extension 19’-10" deep at the
first floor and crawl space level below and extending 15’-10" deep at the
second-story with a roof deck above and a new attic level dormer at the front
of the house, 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 project as
submitted
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of January 18, 2001)
(DISCRETIONARY
REVIEWS WITHDRAWN)
B. COMMISSIONERS’
QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
7. Consideration
of Adoption - draft minutes of January 18 and 25, 2001
8. Commission
Matters
C. DIRECTOR’S
REPORT
9. Director’s
Announcements
10. Review
of Past Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors and Board of Appeals
D.
REGULAR CALENDAR
11. 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 with
Conditions
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of January 18, 2001)
12. 2000.1099X (CRAWFORD: 558-6358)
57
JESSIE STREET - Lot 020 in Assessor’s Block 3708. Request under Planning
Code Sections 309 Permit Review in C-3 Districts) for approval of Building
Permit No. 2001/01/05/9328S, to construct a seven-story building with two
basement levels; eighty- three (83) foot tall, 11,808 gross-square-foot
mechanical services building to support the adjacent educational institution
building of Golden Gate University.
No exceptions under Section 309 have been requested. This project lies within a
C-3-O (Downtown, Office) District and within the 500-S Height and Bulk
District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions.
13. 2000.591C (TAM:
558-6325)
1701
37TH AVENUE - southwest corner of Moraga Street and 37th Avenue, Lots 1 and
5 in Assessor’s Block 2012. Request for Conditional Use Authorization
under Planning Code Section 209.3(g) for the reconstruction and expansion of an
existing private elementary school (West Portal Lutheran School). The proposal is to demolish an existing
one and two-story school building and construct a new, three-story school
building, approximately 21,751 square feet. The proposal would expand the
existing school size by adding two kindergarten classrooms and approximately 60
students and two teachers, totaling eight classrooms with a maximum student
enrollment of 240. The
property lies within an RH-1
(Residential, House, One-Family) District and 40-X Height and Bulk District
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
14. 2000.682C
(BRESSANUTTI:
575-6892)
290-296
VALENCIA STREET - northwest corner of 14th Street, Lot 10 in Assessor’s
Block 3533. Request for
authorization to modify a prior conditional use authorization (Case No. 97.870C
for 36 units of rental housing for seniors, including four affordable units,
and 2,900 square feet of retail commercial space) to change (1) the occupancy
of the units from rental to ownership and (2) the qualifying age from 62 to
55. All other aspects of the prior
conditional use authorization would remain unchanged. The property is in a CM (Heavy Commercial) District, and a
50-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Disapproval of
change from rental to ownership; approval of change in the age qualification.
15. 2000.336C (CHIN:
575-6897)
1610
SACRAMENTO STREET, north side of Sacramento near the northeast corner
of Sacramento and Larkin; Lot 007 in Assessor’s Block 0621:-- Request for Conditional Use
authorization pursuant to Section 253 of the Planning Code to demolish a single
family dwelling and construct a five-story, 50 foot tall, eight unit building,
in a RM-3 (Residential, Mixed, Medium Density) Zoning District and a 65-A
Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with
Conditions
16. 2000.1105C (M.
SNYDER: 575-6891)
128
TEXAS STREET - west
side between 17th and Mariposa Streets, Lot 32 in Assessor’s Block 3985 -- Request for Conditional Use
authorization to establish one artist live/work unit in an existing building,
currently being used as an artist studio, in an M-1 (Light Industrial) District,
a 40-X Height and Bulk District, and an Industrial Protection Buffer Zone. The new live/work unit would include
approximately 3,000 square feet of floor area. The proposal includes enclosing the area in front of the
building behind a 12-foot tall fence and gate; no addition to the existing
building is being proposed.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
17. 2000.824C (YOUNG: 558-6346)
1351
GRANT AVENUE - west side between Vallejo and Green Streets; Lot 002 in
Assessor’s Block 0131. Consideration of the possible revocation of conditional
use or the possible modification of or placement of additional conditions per
Planning Code Section 303(f) of a prior authorization to allow the
establishment of a full-service restaurant and bar, approximately 3,400 square
feet in floor area, within the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District and
40-X Height and Bulk District. The
proposal is to consider revocation, modification, or placement of additional
conditions on a conditional use authorization approved on December 17, 1998,
for the conversion of a vacant commercial space, the former Figoni Hardware
Store, into a full-service restaurant and bar, per Planning Code Sections
722.41 and 722.42. The proposed
full-service restaurant and bar is located on the ground floor level of an
existing three-story residential over commercial building. The proposal was approved under
Building Permit Application No. 9912999.
There have been unresolved complaints from the community in relation to
the construction and operation of the facilities and the possible eviction of
residential tenants within the building.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Planning Commission to schedule a subsequent hearing to
consider the revocation, modification, or placement of additional conditions on
the conditional use authorized in Motion No. 14785 under Case No. 1998.243C.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of December 7, 2000)
E.
SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING
At
Approximately 3:30 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 follows: 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 (two)
minutes for a rebuttal. Those
cases that are scheduled on this calendar prior to 3:30 PM, but have not been
called or heard by 3:30 PM, could be continued to a later time or date as
determined by the Commission.
18. 2000.354D (GORDON: 558-6309)
1775
QUESADA STREET - Building Permit Application No. 200012087607, south
west side of the street between 3rd and Newhall Streets, Lot No. 034 in
Assessor’s Block 5338. Request for
Discretionary Review to revise Building Permit Application No. 9718416, for
construction of two new dwelling units on two floors with a mezzanine level on
a vacant lot. The proposed
revisions would allow an increase in the overall height of the structure by
1.85 feet (from 27.65 feet), an increase in height at the front facade by 1.5
feet (from 27.5 feet to 29 feet), and an increase in the maximum roof elevation
of the building by .85 (from 35.65 feet to 37.5 feet). The work proposed under Building
Application No. 9718416 has been permitted by both the Planning Department and
Department of Building Inspection, but not yet built. The project site is within a RH-2 (Residential, House,
Two-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Do not take
Discretionary Review and approve as proposed.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of January 25, 2001)
19. 2000.654D (YOUNG:
558-6346)
412
LOMBARD STREET - north side between Grant Avenue and Stockton Street, Lot 010
in Assessor’s Block 0062. Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit
Application No. 2000/03/03/3468 to construct a two-story vertical addition to
an existing one-story over basement single-family dwelling in an RH-3
(Residential, House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk
District.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of January 18, 2001)
20. 2000.877D (NIKITAS: 558-6306)
240 - 16TH AVENUE - east side
between California and Clement Streets, Lot 037 in Assessor’s Block 1418,
Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application
No.2000/04/01/6104 proposing to add a new fourth story and
a four-story extension to the rear of the existing building, and to reconfigure
the building interior to create a second living unit in an RH-2 (Residential,
House, Two-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Take Discretionary Review and modify
project per staff recommendations.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 18, 2001)
21. 2000.428D (NIKITAS
: 558-6306)
1615 BRODERICK STREET - west side between Sutter and Bush
Streets, Lot 002 in Assessor’s Block 1053, Request
for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2000/10/06/2475 proposing to remodel an existing Group Home in an
RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk
District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Take
Discretionary Review and approve permit with conditions.
22. 2001.0078D (DiBARTOLO:
558-6291)
1831-37 STOCKTON - west side between Lombard and Greenwich Streets, Lot 005 in
Assessor’s Block 0076. Request
for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2000/10/12/2890, to
convert a four-unit building to a three-unit building in an RM-1 (Residential,
Mixed-Low Density) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Specifically, the proposal will merge
two dwelling units on the third floor.
No exterior alterations are proposed.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review, approve building permit as
submitted
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:
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