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of a general plan, (2) the adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance,
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(4) the adoption, amendment or modification of a development agreement,
or (5) the approval of a variance, conditional-use authorization, or any
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COMMUNICATIONS
Note: Each item on the Consent or
Regular calendar may include the following documents:
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1:30 P.M.
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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
1. 1998.927C
(WONG: 558-6381)
40 Woodward Street - west side between Dubose and 14th Streets, Lot 048 in Assessor’s
Block 3532. Request for Conditional-Use Authorization to renew a nonconforming
use (storage warehouse) under Planning Code Section 185 in a RM-1 (Residential,
Mixed) Zoning and a 50-X Height/Bulk District. No construction, alteration, expansion of the
existing building or use is proposed.
Preliminary Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed
for continuance to May 10, 2001)
2. 2000.1061E
(WYCKO: 558-5972)
400 Paul Avenue - bounded by
Paul Avenue, Third Street, Bayshore Boulevard and railroad spur track, Lot
14 of Assessor's Block 5431A. The
proposal is an Appeal of a Preliminary
Negative Declaration for the demolition of an existing, 40-foot-high
warehouse/distribution building, which totals approximately 89,400 gross
square feet to be replaced by a newly constructed 65-foot-high structure
with 339,300 gross square feet of space for Internet and telecommunication
equipment and 155 off-street parking spaces. The proposed facilities would
be warehouses for telecommunication switches and operational equipment that
provides data services to Internet users. The proposed project is an allowed
use within M-1 District and is situated within an Industrial Protection
Zone.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Uphold Preliminary Negative Declaration
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 12, 2001)
(Proposed
for continuance to May 17, 2001)
3. 2000.1061C
(MARTIN: 558-6616)
400 PAUL AVENUE - north side between Third Street and Bayshore Boulevard, Lot
014 in Assessor’s Block 5431A. Request
for a Conditional-Use Authorization to demolish an existing industrial building
which has not been vacant for more than fifteen months, in an M-1 (Light
Industrial) Zoning District and the Industrial Protection Zone, per Planning
Commission Resolution No. 14861 and a 65-J Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Pending
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 12, 2001)
(Proposed
for continuance to May 24, 2001)
4. 2000.1165B
(BRESSANUTTI: 558-6892)
2 HENRY ADAMS STREET - west side between Division Street and Alameda Street;
Lot 1 in Assessor’s Block 3910. Request
under Planning Code Sections 320-322 for project authorization of an office
development consisting of the conversion of up to 49,900 square feet in
an existing building (San Francisco Design Center) from wholesale design
showroom space to office space. This
notice shall also set forth an initial determination of the net addition
of gross square feet of office space, pursuant to Planning Code Section
313.4. The subject property is located in an M-2 (Heavy
Industrial) District and the Industrial Protection Zone, and a 40-X Height
and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of April 5, 2001)
(Proposed
for continuance to May 24, 2001)
B.
COMMISSIONERS' QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
5. Consideration of Adoption - draft minutes
of March 15, 2001
6. Commission Matters
C. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
7. Director's Announcements
8. Review of Past Week's Events at the Board
of Supervisors and Board of Appeals
D.
REGULAR CALENDAR
9.
(ARCE: 558-6332)
COW HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN GUIDELINES
– Public Hearing and consideration of adoption of design guidelines for
the Cow Hollow Neighborhood.
10.
2000.765E
(PULON: 558-5978)
67-69 Turk
Street - Appeal
of Preliminary Negative Declaration: The proposed project would construct
a mixed-use building on the southeast corner of Turk and Taylor Streets.
The proposed building would be approximately 96,984 gross square feet (gsf),
accommodating 12,432 gsf of mechanical and maintenance space in the basement
floor; 7,207 gsf of retail on the ground floor; 40,484 gsf of parking on
floors 2-4; and 36,861 gsf of office on floors 5-7. The tenant parking garage
would provide 76 parking spaces, without any loading spaces. The building
would be 106 feet tall. Vehicular site access to the proposed parking garage
would be from Taylor Street. Pedestrian street level site access to the
retail and office spaces would be from Turk Street. The existing 84 parking
spaces on a surface- and basement-level garage would be demolished. The
project site, approximately 12,940 sf, is on Assessor's Block 0342 and Lot
011, in a C-3-G Zoning District and a 120-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Uphold Negative
Declaration.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 5,
2001)
11a. 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 for authorization
to deduct up to 44,500 square feet of office space from the City’s Office
Development Annual Limit. The proposal
is for the construction of a 12-story, 160-foot-tall building with a total
of approximately 60,000 gross square feet including up to 44,500 square
feet of office space and approximately 7,700 square feet of retail and/or
restaurant space. The project also
includes a minimum of 1,020 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:
Approval with conditions
(Continued
from Regular Meetings of February 8, 2001 and March 8, 2001; and Re-noticed
for March 15, 2001, because of change in project description. Project added 2 stories and 9,500 square feet
of office space by request of applicant.)
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of April 5, 2001)
11b. 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 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 the construction of a 12-story, 160-foot-tall building with a total
of approximately 60,000 gross square feet including up to 44,500 square
feet of office space and approximately 7,700 square feet of retail and/or
restaurant space. The project also
includes a minimum of 1,020 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:
Approval with conditions
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of February 8, 2001, and March 8, 2001, and Re-noticed for March
15, 2001, because of change in project description. Project added 2 stories and 9,500 square feet of office space by
request of applicant.)
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of April 5, 2001)
12.
2000.613XC
(CRAWFORD: 558-6358)
425 BATTERY STREET (aka 418 CLAY STREET) (BATTERY STREET HOTEL) - Assessor’s Block 206 Lots 003, 004, 005, west side of Battery Street between
Clay Street and Merchant Street. Request
under Planning Code Section 309 (Downtown Code) for Determination of Compliance,
and for exceptions as provided under Section 309.a to (1) allow no tour
bus loading space where one such space is required and to (2) allow no setback
from the interior property lines above the 90 foot building base where a
15 foot setback is required. This
project lies within a C-3-O (Downtown, Office) District and within a 200-S
Height and Bulk District. The project
will demolish three existing mixed use office/retail buildings and construct
an eleven story hotel with up to 348 rooms and ground floor retail.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with conditions
Note: On April 12, 2001, following public testimony
the Commission closed the public hearing. A motion of intent to approve failed to carry by a vote +3 –1. Commissioner Chinchilla voted no. Commissioners Fay and Joe were absent. The matter was continued to April 26, 2001
by a vote +4 –0. Commissioners Fay and Joe were absent.
13.
2000.277XC
(CRAWFORD: 558-6358)
425-427
BATTERY STREET (aka 418 CLAY STREET) (BATTERY STREET HOTEL) - Assessor’s Block 206 Lots 003, 004, 005, west side of Battery
Street between Clay Street and Merchant Street. Request under Planning Code Section 219.b.ii for a hotel with up
to 348 rooms. This project lies
within a C-3-O (Downtown, Office) District and within a 200-S Height and
Bulk District. The project will
demolish three existing mixed use office/retail buildings and construct
an eleven story hotel with up to 348 rooms and ground floor retail.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with conditions
Note: On April 12, 2001, following public testimony
the Commission closed the public hearing. A motion of intent to approve failed to carry by a vote +3 –1. Commissioner Chinchilla voted no. Commissioners Fay and Joe were absent. The matter was continued to April 26, 2001
by a vote +4 –0. Commissioners Fay and Joe were absent.
14. 2000.1232C
(MARTIN: 558-6616)
435
Harriet Street - east side between
Brannan and Townsend Streets, Lot 077, Assessor’s Block 3784. Request for Conditional-Use Authorization under
Section 817.73 of the Planning Code to install a total of three (3) panel
antennae to be mounted inside the top of a new flagpole to be located at
the north corner of the existing building, with the base transceiver station
to be located on a platform to be screened within the building, as part
of a wireless communication network in an SLI (Service/Light Industrial)
Zoning District and 50-X Height and Bulk District.
The Project Site meets Location Preference Number 4 (Preferred Location
Site) of the Wireless Telecommunications Services (WTS) Facilities Siting
Guidelines, as it is within an industrial structure.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions.
15. 2001.0180C
(LI: 558-6396)
601-603
LARKIN STREET - northwest corner at Eddy Street;
Lot 008 in Assessor's Block 0740. Request
for Conditional-Use Authorization pursuant to Section 249.5(d)(4)(C) of
the Planning Code to establish a retail liquor store within an RC-4 (Residential-Commercial
Combined, High Density) District, the North of Market Residential Special
Use District, and an 80-T Height and Bulk District.
The proposal is to allow Fox Liquors to move from its current location
at 581-585 Eddy Street (aka 570 Larkin Street).
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval
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E.
SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING
At Approximately 3:30 p.m. 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 3:30 p.m., but have not been called or heard by 3:30 p.m., could
be continued to a later time or date as determined by the Commission.
16. 2000.264CD
(MARTIN: 558-6616)
1087
MISSISSIPPI STREET
- east side between 23rd and 25th Streets, Lot 049 in Assessor’s Block 4224.
Request for a Conditional-Use Authorization to allow the construction of
two dwelling units in an M-1 (Light Industrial) Zoning District and the
Industrial Protection Zone Buffer, per Planning Code Section 215(a) and
Planning Commission Resolution No. 14861, and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of April 5, 2001)
NOTE: On April 19, 2001, following public testimony,
the Commission closed Public Hearing and continued the matter to April 26,
2001 to explore alternative parking solutions. Public Hearing will be open to address this
issue only.
17. 2000.264CD
(MARTIN: 558-6616)
1087 MISSISSIPPI
STREET - east side between 23rd and 25th Streets, Lot 049 in Assessor’s
Block 4224. Staff-initiated request
for Discretionary Review for the demolition of an existing, vacant industrial
building and construction of housing and space for production, distribution
and repair businesses in an existing industrial building space in an M-1
(Light Industrial) Zoning District and the Industrial Protection Zone Buffer
per Planning Commission Resolution Nos. 14861 and 16079; and a 40-X Height
and Bulk District. NOTE: This project was previously noticed for hearing on February 22, 2001, and has since been
modified. The previous notice stated
that the ground and second stories would be occupied by office space.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
the project as proposed.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 5,
2001)
NOTE: On April 19, 2001, following public testimony,
the Commission closed Public Hearing and continued the matter to April 26,
2001 to explore alternative parking solutions. Public Hearing will be open to address this
issue only.
18. 2001.0206D (S. SNYDER: 558-6543)
754 GATES STREET - last lot on the west side of
Gates Street, south of the intersection of Gates Street and Crescent Avenue,
on Lot 14 of Assessor’s Block 5813, requesting Discretionary Review on an
application 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. Subject to mandatory
Discretionary Review per Planning Commission Resolution 14973.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project as submitted.
19. 2000.734D
(WANG: 558-6335)
255 SAN MARCOS AVENUE - south side on the west of Santa Rita Avenue; Lot 026 in Assessor's Block
2882. Request for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application
No.2000/08/22/8494. The proposal
is to demolish an existing attached garage and a portion of the current
dwelling and construct a new attached garage and a second floor vertical
addition, at the existing two-story, single-family dwelling in an RH-1 (D)
(Residential, House, One-Family, Detached Dwellings) District and a 40-X
Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project as submitted
20. 2000.046D (FALLAY: 558-6367)
2147 29TH AVENUE - west side between
Quintara and Rivera Streets; Lot 012 in Assessor's Block 2188. Request for Discretionary Review on Building
Permit Application No. 9912564 requesting to allow construction of a third-story,
vertical addition to an existing two-story, single-family dwelling located
in an RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) District and a 40-X Height and
Bulk District was denied. The Planning
Commission, on January 11, 2001, took Discretionary Review and recommended
to the Project Sponsor to construct a rear horizontal extension instead.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approve horizontal extension in lieu of a vertical addition
per Planning Commission's decision.
21. 2001.0198D
(NIKITAS: 558-6306)
25 RICO WAY - between Avila Street and
Retiro Way; Lot 0439A in Assessor's Block 052. Request for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application No. 2000/11/03/4794. The proposal is to demolish an existing two-story
residence and construct a new three-story single-family home in an RH-1
(Residential, House, One-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take DR and approve project as revised
by the project sponsor.
22. 2001.0253D
(JONES: 558-6477)
3868-96
NORIEGA STREET - northeast
corner of Noriega Street between 46th and 47th Avenues; Lots 53, 54 and
55 in Assessor's Block 2004. Request
for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Applications: 9927325, 9937326,
9937327 for the demolition of a two-story structure and the construction
of three, mixed-use buildings, each containing three residential units (total
9 units) over commercial space in an NC-1 (Neighborhood Commercial Cluster
District) and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary
Review and approve the project 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: ____
