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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
1a. 2000.138DV
(WANG: 558‑6335)
4038
17TH STREET - north side between Castro and Douglass Streets, Lot 011
in Assessor's Block 2623. Request of Discretionary Review of Building
Demolition Permit Application No. 9814005 and Building Permit Application
No. 9814006. The proposal would alter an existing vacant one‑story over
garage, single‑family dwelling into a three‑story over garage,
three‑family dwelling in an RH‑3 (Residential, House, Three‑Family)
District and a 40‑X Height and Bulk District. Note: This project was
previously heard by the Commission on April 6, 2000 and May 10, 2001, respectively.
Following public testimony on April 6, 2000, the Commission moved to continue
the hearing indefinitely, so the Project Sponsor could develop a design that
(1) does not require demolition of the existing structure (the demolition
building permit application will be withdrawn by the project sponsor); (2)
retains a substantial portion of the front part of the Victorian house; and
(3) allows three dwelling units to be constructed on the site. The revised
project proposes to retain approximately 42 feet of the front of the existing
building which includes both exterior sidewalls and some of the interior walls.
The existing facade would be preserved and moved forward by approximately
3 feet 4 inches and lowered by approximately 4 feet. The facade would be attached
to a reinforced and expanded structure constructed between its new location
and the existing portions of the sidewalls, which are to remain in place.
The sidewalls would be extended downward by approximately 4 feet and the 3‑foot
11‑inch parapet would be removed. The revised project would further
include building additions above and behind the retained portion of the existing
building, resulting in a three‑story over garage, three‑family
dwelling. The revised project would also require the justification of a rear
yard variance, which will be heard by the Zoning Administrator concurrently
with the discretionary review.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed
for continuance to June 14, 2001)
1b.
2000.138DV
(WANG: 558‑6335)
4038 17TH STREET, north side between Castro
and Douglass Streets; Lot 011 in Assessor's Block 2623 in an RH‑3 (Residential,
House, Three‑Family) District and a 40‑X Height and Bulk District.
REAR YARD VARIANCE SOUGHT: Subject to Discretionary Review by the Planning
Commission, the current proposal is to alter an existing vacant one‑story
over garage, single‑family dwelling by remodeling it into a three‑story
over garage, three‑family dwelling in an RH‑3 (Residential, House,
Three‑Family) District and a 40‑X Height and Bulk District. Note:
This project was previously heard by the Commission on April 6, 2000 and May
10, 2001, respectively. Following public testimony on April 6, 2000, the Commission
adopted a Motion to continue indefinitely, so the Project Sponsor could develop
a design that (1) does not require demolition of the existing structure, (2)
retains a substantial portion of the front part of the Victorian house and
(3) allows three units to be constructed on the site. The revised project
proposes to retain approximately 42 feet of the front of the existing building
which includes both exterior side walls and some of the interior walls. The
existing facade would be preserved and moved forward by approximately 3 feet
4 inches and lowered by approximately 4 feet. The facade would be attached
to a reinforced and expanded structure constructed between its new location
and the existing portions of the sidewalls, which are to remain in place.
The sidewalls would be extended downward by approximately 4 feet and the 3‑foot
11‑inch parapet would be removed. The revised project would further
include building additions above and behind the retained portion of the existing
building, resulting in a three‑story over garage, three‑family
dwelling. The revised project would also require the justification of a rear
yard variance which will be heard by the Zoning Administrator concurrently
with the discretionary review. Section 136(c)(25) of the Planning Code allows enclosed
and unenclosed extensions of buildings, as permitted obstructions, to extend
no more than 12 feet into the required open area, provided that the structure
shall be limited to a height not exceeding the floor level of the second floor
of occupancy, excluding the ground story, at the rear of the building on the
subject property, in which case the structure shall be no closer than 5 feet
to any interior side lot line. Section 134(c) requires a minimum rear yard
of approximately 35 feet, measured from the mid‑point of the rear property
line for the subject lot. The new addition to be constructed behind the retained
portion of the front part of the existing building would be three stories
tall, extending 12 feet into the required rear yard to be within approximately
33 feet 6 inches of the rear property line and would encroach entirely into
the required 5‑foot separation from the east side lot line and from
the west side lot line, respectively.
(Proposed
for continuance for June 14, 2001)
2. 2001.0234D
(SANCHEZ: 558-6679)
217 - 219 16TH AVENUE - west
side between California and Clement Streets, Lot 002 in Assessor’s Block 1417.
Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2000/08/25/8970S,
proposing to construct a three-story horizontal addition at the rear of the
existing two-unit building 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.
(Proposed
for Continuance to June 21, 2001)
3.
2001.0293C
(M. SNYDER: 575-6891)
490 -
2ND STREET - northwest corner at Bryant Street, Lot 7 in Assessor's
Block 3763. Request for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code
Section 818.73 and 227(h) to install three sectors of antennas (four antennas
in each sector for a total of twelve antennas) on the building's rooftop,
and a base transceiver station within the building, in an SSO (Service / Secondary
Office) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The site is considered
a Location Preference No. 4 according to the Planning Department's Wireless
Telecommunications Services Facilities Siting Guidelines.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed for Continuance to July 19,
2001)
4. 1999.811D
(PUTRA: 558-6233)
1660 MISSION STREET
- west side between South Van Ness Avenue and Thirteenth Street, lots
5 and 6 in Assessor’s Block 3512. Request for Discretionary Review of Building
Permit Application No. 2000 0515 0033, to construct a six-story above grade
level, approximately 76-feet-tall addition with 25,365 gross square feet of
office and 5,073 square feet of parking at grade level. This is an addition
to the existing 92,000-gross-square-foot city office building, of which 22,610
square feet are in an underground garage, in a C-M (Heavy Commercial) District;
and a 105-J Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take
Discretionary Review and approve the Building Permit Application as revised.
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of April 5, 2001)
(Proposed for continuance to July
19, 2001)
5. 2001.0209D
(JONES: 558-6477)
235 SANTA
PAULA AVENUE - between Yerba Buena Avenue and San Jacinto Way, Lot 026
in Assessor's Block 3078, request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit
Application No. 2001/12/21/8505, proposing for the construction of a two-story
rear horizontal extension to the existing two-story, single-family residence
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 DR and approve as submitted.
(Proposed
for continuance to July 19, 2001)
6. 2000.585E
(JAROSLAWSKY: 558-5970)
438 8th
Street - Appeal of a Preliminary Negative Declaration.
The property is on Lot 002 of Assessor=s Block 3757, located on the west
side of 8th Street. The proposal includes the demolition of five
existing structures on the project site and the construction of a three-story,
105,500 square foot structure to contain business service uses, which is a
permitted use within the district. The project site is on 8th Street
with frontage on both 8th and Converse Streets. The subject site
is within an SLI (Service Light Industrial) District and a 40-X Height and
Bulk District within the South of Market District of the City of San Francisco.
Two of the existing structures on the site are utilized as storage sheds and
the remaining three structures are vacant. The proposed new structure would
entirely encompass the subject site, be a maximum of 40 feet in height and
contain three stories. The project would include an open courtyard and 100
below ground parking spaces.
Preliminary Recommendation: Uphold
Preliminary Negative Declaration
(Proposed for Continuance to October
4, 2001)
B. COMMISSIONERS'
QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
7. Consideration of Adoption - draft minutes
of April 5, and 12, 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. 2001.0126Q
(DiBARTOLO: 558-6291)
120 WETMORE STREET
- east side between Washington and Clay Streets, Lot 34 in Assessor’s Block
212, five-unit residential condominium conversion subdivision in an RM-3 (Residential,
Mixed, Medium-Density) District. The proposal is to change the existing building
to a condominium form of ownership and does not involve expansion, alteration,
or demolition of the existing building.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval
12a. 2000.1006CV
(BRESSANUTTI: 575-6892)
2516-2524 MISSION STREET - west
side between 21st and 22nd Streets, Lot 61 in Assessor’s
Block 3616. Request for Conditional Use Authorization to demolish fire-damaged
residential uses per Section 712.39 of the Planning Code, to establish a Tourist
Hotel use per Section 712.55, an Administrative Service use per Section 712.70
and a Small Self-Service Restaurant use per Section 781.5, and to establish
non-residential uses over 5,999 square feet in area per Section 712.21, in
an NC-3 (Moderate Scale Neighborhood Commercial) District, the Mission Street
Fast-Food Subdistrict, the Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use District
and 65-B Height and Bulk District, and a RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family)
District and 50-X Height and Bulk District. The proposal is to demolish an
existing fire-damaged mixed-use building containing nine vacant residential
hotel units and approximately 5,200 square feet of retail space, and to construct
in its place a new five-story-over-basement, mixed-use building. The proposed
building would contain an up to 999 square foot Self-Service Restaurant use
and an up to 7,780 square foot Full Service Restaurant use at the basement
level and ground floor, 4,963 square feet of Administrative Service office
use on the second floor, nine Residential Hotel units on the third floor to
replace the existing units, 12 Group Housing units on the third and fourth
floors, and an 11-room Tourist Hotel on the fifth floor. No off-street parking
would be provided.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
with conditions.
12b.
2000.1006CV
(BRESSANUTTI: 575-6892)
2516-2524 MISSION STREET - west side between 21st and 22nd Streets, Lot 61 in Assessor’s
Block 3616 – Request for a parking variance to allow the construction of a
new mixed-use building without the 49 off-street parking spaces required by
Sections 150-151 of the Planning Code.
13. 2000.427C
(CHIN: 575-6897)
2201
VAN NESS AVENUE - northeast corner at Broadway; Lots 007, in Assessor’s
Block 570. Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Section
209.6 of the Planning Code to install a total of three antennas and a base
transceiver station on an existing four-story building as part of Sprint's
wireless telecommunications network in an RC-3 (Residential Commercial, Medium
Density) District and a 80-A/80-D Height and Bulk District. As per the Wireless
Telecommunications Guidelines, the subject property is a preference 4.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
14a. 2000.259EKXV
(NIKITAS: 558-6306)
421 TURK STREET - south
side between Hyde and Larkin Streets, Lot 17 in Assessor’s Block 346. Determination
of shadow impact pursuant to Section 295 for a proposal to construct an eight-story
apartment building with 29 affordable dwelling units in a C-3-G (Downtown
General Commercial) District and an 80-X Height and Bulk District. The project
casts new shadow on lands under the jurisdiction of the Recreation and Park
Department. The Planning Commission must determine, following review and comment
by the General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department, in consultation
with the Recreation and Park Commission, whether shadows cast by the project
on the Turk-Hyde Mini-Park are significant and adverse.
Preliminary recommendation:
Shadow impacts are not significant and adverse.
14b. 2000.259EKXV
(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)
District and an 80-X Height and Bulk District. The proposed project is also
the subject of a requested Variance (Case No. 2000.259EKXV) 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 nine to seven, and the addition of accessory space to be used for job
counseling, all within the previously submitted building envelope.
Preliminary recommendation:
Approval with conditions.
14c. 2000.259EKXV
(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.
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 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 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.
15. 2001.0342D
(CABREROS: 558-6169)
148 -
7TH AVENUE - between Lake and California Streets, Lot 033 in Assessor's
Block 1366, request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application
No. 2001/01/10/9544, proposing to construct a third-story and a rear extension
to the existing building. The proposed addition occurs within the permitted
building envelope 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 as submitted.
16. 2001.0233D
(WOLOSHYN: 558-6612)
2349 FRANKLIN STREET – west side, between Broadway and Vallejo
Street; Lot 002 in Assessor’s Block 0569. Staff-Initiated Discretionary Review
of Building Permit Application Number 2000-1129-6746, proposing to reduce
the legal number of dwelling units from 4 to 2, in an RM-3 (Residential Mixed,
Medium Density) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Take Discretionary Review and approve
with conditions
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:____
NOTICE
HOUSING ELEMENT OF
THE GENERAL PLAN - The Department has released 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 Planning Department, on the Fifth Floor. Call
558-6282 to order a copy. It is also available on the Department’s web site.
(http://sfgov.org/planning). The Commission will hold a public hearing on
this information and other housing policy issues on June 14, 2001. For further
information, contact Catherine Bauman at 558-6287.
