May 24, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice
of Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission Chambers - Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Thursday, May 24, 2001
1:30 PM
Regular Meeting
President: Anita Theoharis
Commission Vice President: William W. Fay
Commissioners: Roslyn Baltimore; Hector Chinchilla;
Cynthia Joe; Myrna Lim; Jim Salinas, Sr.
Commission Secretary: Linda D. Avery
Commission Calendars are available on the Internet
at http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/planning
or as a recorded message at (415) 558-6422
THE AGENDA
PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
1660 MISSION STREET, 5TH FLOOR RECEPTION
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Commission Meeting Procedures
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for Commission review prior to a scheduled hearing should be received by the
Planning Department reception counter at 1660 Mission Street, 5th 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, 1660 Mission Street, 5th
Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103-2414. Comments received by 11:00 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.
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.
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
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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).
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D. Avery, Commission Secretary, at (415) 558-6407.
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This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and
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(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation
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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 PM _________
ROLL CALL: Commission President:
Anita Theoharis
Commission
Vice-President: William W. Fay
Commissioners: Roslyn Baltimore;
Hector Chinchilla; Cynthia Joe;
Myrna
Lim; Jim Salinas, Sr.
A.
ITEMS PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE
1. 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 19, 2001)
(Proposed for Continuance
to June 14, 2001)
2. 2001.0015Z
(WOODS: 558-6315)
1052 OAK STREET
- north side, between Divisadero and Scott Streets, Lot 5 in Assessor's
Block 1216 - Request for reclassification of a portion (approximately 3,136
square feet) of Lot 5 (a part of the Touchless Car Wash site) from NC-2 (Small-Scale
Neighborhood Commercial District) to RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family)
District. Currently, the entire lot area, approximately 4,199 square feet,
of Lot 5 is zoned NC-2. This reclassification is to allow the construction
of three new residential units, in accordance with Planning Commission Motion
No. 16036 relating to a conditional use authorization approved on November 16,
2000 to expand the car wash.
Preliminary Recommendation: Adoption of the Draft
Resolution for Reclassification.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of May 3, 2001)
(Proposed for Continuance to June 21, 2001)
3. 2000.1190C
(SANCHEZ: 558-6679)
2801-2825
CALIFORNIA STREET - southwest corner at Divisadero Street; Lot 001 in Assessor’s
Block 1028 - Request for Conditional Use authorization pursuant
to Section 711.83 of the Planning Code to install a total of three antennas
and GPS receiver on the roof with related connection to an equipment shelter
within the basement of an existing three-story, mixed-use building, as part
of Sprint PCS’s wireless telecommunications network within an NC-2 (Small-Scale
Neighborhood Commercial) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. As per
the City & County of San Francisco’s Wireless Telecommunications Services
(WTS) Facilities Siting Guidelines the proposal is a Preferred Location Preference
5 as it is a mixed-use building within a high-density district.
Preliminary Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed for Continuance
to June 21, 2001)
4. 2001.0150R
(ASSEFA: 558-6625)
20th STREET VACATION (aka 740 VERMONT
STREET) - Consideration of a proposal to vacate a portion of 20th Street
between Vermont and San Bruno Streets.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Finding proposal not in conformity with the General Plan.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of May 17, 2001)
(Proposed for Continuance
to June 21, 2001)
5. 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 24, 2001)
(Proposed for Indefinite Continuance)
6. 2000.259KXV
(MILLER: 558-6344)
421 TURK STREET -
south side between Hyde and Larkin Streets, Lot 17 in Assessor’s Block
346 -- Request for Determination of Compliance pursuant to Section 309 with
respect to a proposal to construct an eight-story apartment building with 34
affordable dwelling units, involving an exception to the rear-yard standards
of the Planning Code (Section 134, et seq.) in a C-3-G (Downtown General
Commercial) D istrict and an 80-X Height and Bulk District. The proposed project
is also the subject of a requested Variance (Case No. 2000.259XVKE) of
the Planning Code standards for Dwelling-Unit Exposure (Section 140). Following Advertisement and Notification for this project,
the Sponsor has proposed a reduction in units to 29 total, and a reduction in
off-street parking spaces from 9 to seven, and the addition of accessory space
to be used for job counseling, all within the previously submitted building
envelope.
Preliminary Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed for Indefinite Continuance)
7. 2000.259KXV
(MILLER: 558-6344)
421
TURK STREET - south side between Hyde and Larkin Streets, Lot 17
in Assessor’s Block 346 –dwelling-unit exposure variance sought in conjunction
with the construction of an eight-story apartment building with 34 affordable
dwelling units, also involving a requested exception from the rear-yard standards
of the Planning Code pursuant to Code Sections 134, et seq., and 309,
in a C-3-G (Downtown General Commercial) District and an 80-X Height and Bulk
District.
(Proposed for Indefinite Continuance)
B. COMMISSIONERS' QUESTIONS
AND MATTERS
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
11.
(BAUMAN: 558-6287)
The Department is releasing a background
report which will provide information needed for the upcoming revisions to the
Housing (Residence) Element of the General Plan. The Element is required by
the State of California, and will be completed by December 31, 2001. This report,
Part I of the Housing Element, contains housing data and an evaluation of housing
needs in San Francisco. The Department intends to share and discuss this information
with the public and with those who shape San Francisco’s housing policy as the
drafting of the Element’s objective and policies proceeds. Part I is now available
at the Department. Call 558-6282 to order a copy. It is also available on
the Department’s web site. The Commission will hold a public hearing on this
information and other housing policy issues in June 2001.
D.
REGULAR CALENDAR
12. 2000.1058E
(DEAN: 558-5980)
1598 DOLORES
STREET - (Reilly’s Funeral Home), located at the northwest
corner of Dolores and 29th Streets; Assessor's Block 6618; Lots 7, 9, 38
in Assessors Block 6618. Appeal of a Preliminary Negative
Declaration. The proposed construction consists of two, four-story residential
buildings with a total of 13 units (two of which would be affordable units)
and demolition of an existing two-story mortuary building. The project would
provide 13 off-street parking spaces. The proposed project site is 10,500 sq.
ft. and is located in the NC-1 (Neighborhood Commercial Cluster) District.
The project would require Conditional-Use Authorization by the City Planning
Commission.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Uphold Preliminary Negative Declaration
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of May 10, 2001)
13. 2000.1058C
(TAM: 558-6325)
1598
DOLORES STREET
– (Reilly’s Funeral Home), northwest corner of Dolores and 29th Streets;
Lots 7, 9, and 38 in Assessors Block 6618. Request for Conditional Use to demolish
the existing one and two-story mortuary buildings and construct two (2) new
four-story, residential buildings with a total of 13 dwelling units (two of
which would be affordable units) and 13 parking spaces on lots totaling approximately
10,500 square feet.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of May 10, 2001)
14. 2001.0005C
(SIDER: 558-6697)
224 MISSISSIPPI STREET - west
side between Mariposa and 18th Streets; Lot 002 in Assessor's Block 4001. Request
for Conditional Use Authorization to allow the continuation of a nonconforming
light industrial use, pursuant to Planning Code Section 185(e), in an RH-2 (Residential,
House, Two-Family) District with a 40-X Height and Bulk Designation. The proposal
is to allow the continued occupancy of the ground floor of the subject property
by a light industrial use for 20 years. No physical changes are to be made
to the structure.
Preliminary Recommendation: Pending
(Continued from Regular Meeting of May 10, 2001)
15. 2001.0204C
(SIDER: 558-6697)
832
FOLSOM STREET - northwest side of Folsom
Street between 4th and 5th Streets, being a through lot
to Clementina Street, Lot 17 in Assessor’s Block 3733: Request for Conditional
Use Authorization to allow (1) the establishment of social service space in
an RSD (Residential / Service) Mixed-Use District pursuant to Planning Code
Section 815.21 and 890.50(a), (2) a special height exemption to 85 feet per
Code Section 263.11, and (3) a bulk limit exception per Code Section 271, in
a 40-X / 85-B Height and Bulk District. The proposal is to construct up to 1,500
new square-feet of social service space for use as administrative office space
by the Salvation Army within an existing 10-story office building. The additions
would enclose 1 existing terrace/deck each on the northeast and northwest sides
of the 5th floor of the structure. The proposed additions would
occur above the 40-foot base height limit and in excess of the "B"
bulk controls.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
with Conditions.
E. SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING
At Approximately 3:00 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 3:00 PM, but have not been called or heard by 3:00 PM, could
be continued to a later time or date as determined by the Commission.
16. 2000.375D
(M. SNYDER: 575-6891)
705 UTAH
STREET - a landlocked parcel bordered by parcels facing 19th Street to its
north, and San Bruno Avenue to its east, Lot 14 in Assessor's Block 4076. Request
for Discretionary Review of Building Permit No. 2000/02/17/2203, proposing to
construct a two-unit residential building on a vacant lot, in an RH-2 (Residential,
House, Two-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Take Discretionary Review and approve the project with modifications.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of April 12, 2001)
17. 2000.360D
(M. SNYDER: 575-6891)
2311 -
19TH STREET - south side between San Bruno Avenue and Highway 101, Lot 18
in Assessor's Block 4076. Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit
No. 2000/02/29/3109 and Demolition Permit No. 2000/02/29/3108, proposing to
demolish the existing single-family house and construct a new two-unit building,
in an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk
District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project as proposed.
(Continues from Regular Meeting
of April 12, 2001)
18. 2000.395D
(GORDON: 558-6309)
1800 MISSION STREET
- at the corner of 14th and Mission
Streets, Lot 001 in Assessor's Block 3547, request for Discretionary Review
of Building Permit Application No. 2000/01/05/9659, proposing the rehabilitation
of City Landmark No. 108, the National Armory & Arsenal Building and conversion
of the vacant site to a facility for telecommunications use in a C-M (Heavy
Commercial) District and a 50-X/65-B Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Because the building
permit has already been issued and is final, the Department is recommending
conditions to the Board of Appeals. The Board has pending before it an appeal
of the Zoning Administrator's suspension of the permit pending the Commission's
hearing on the project.
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:____
