FRANCISCO PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice of Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission Chambers - Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett
Place
Thursday, August 2, 2001
1:30 PM
Regular Meeting
President: Anita Theoharis
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.sfgov.org/planning
or as a recorded message at (415) 558-6422.
To view the hearing in progress on the Internet:
http://www.sfgov.org/citywatchonline/
THE AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
1660 MISSION STREET, 5TH FLOOR RECEPTION
Commission Meeting Procedures
Material submitted by the public 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, Suite 500, 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
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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Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine
Ordinance
Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching
its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and
other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business.
This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people
and that City operations are open to the people’s review.
For more information on your rights under the Sunshine
Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report
a violation of the ordinance, contact Donna Hall, Administrator, 1 Dr. Carlton
B. 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
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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
A. ITEMS PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE
1a. 2001.0202CV (LI: 558-6396)
136-142 TAYLOR STREET - east side between
Eddy and Turk Streets; Lot 014 in Assessor’s Block 0340: -- Request
for Conditional Use authorization to reduce the off-street parking
requirement for a six-unit residential building within an RC-4 (Residential-Commercial
Combined, High Density) District, the North of Market Residential
Special Use District, and an 80-120-T Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions
1b. 2001.0202CV (LI: 558-6396)
136-142 TAYLOR STREET - east side between
Eddy and Turk Streets; Lot 014 in Assessor’s Block 0340: -- Rear yard,
usable open space, and dwelling unit exposure variances sought. The
proposal is to convert a vacant commercial building to a mixed-use
building containing six dwelling units above ground-floor retail space
within an RC-4 (Residential-Commercial Combined, High Density) District,
the North of Market Residential Special Use District, and an 80-120-T
Height and Bulk District. There will be no physical expansion of the
existing building. The Planning Code requires the provision of a rear
yard (Section 134), usable open space (Section 135), and dwelling
unit exposure (Section 140). The project will not provide a rear yard
or usable open space, and three of the dwelling units would not have
the proper required exposure.
2. 2000.1315C (M. SNYDER 575-6891)
52 SHERIDAN STREET - north side between 9th
and 10th Streets, Lot 34 in Assessor’s Block 3519 -- Request for Conditional
Use authorization under Planning Code Section 816.13 to demolish an
existing single family house. The project would also include the construction
of a new 50-foot tall, 75-feet deep building that would contain four
dwelling units and one commercial unit. The property is within an
SLR (Service / Light Industrial / Residential Mixed Use) District,
a 50-X Height and Bulk District, and a Mixed-Use Housing Zone (as
designated in Planning Commission Resolution 14861).
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions
(Proposed for Continuance to August 9, 2001)
3. 2001.1190D (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
(Continued from Regular Meeting of June 21, 2001)
(Proposed for continuance to September 20, 2001)
4a. 2000.497CV (CHIN: 575-6897)
B. COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
C. DIRECTOR’S REPORT
D. REGULAR CALENDAR
8. 2000.306C (TAM: 558-6325)
215 CHURCH STREET - east side of Church Street,
between Market and 15th Streets; Lot 64 in Assessor’s Block 3544.
Request for Conditional Use authorization to allow a full-service
restaurant (CHOW) to expand to greater than 3,000 square feet in floor
area by the creation of an outdoor activity area, approximately 238
square feet in area, at the rear of the building in the Upper Market
Street Neighborhood Commercial District and a 80-B Height and Bulk
District, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 721.21 and 721.24. This
request also includes an amendment to a previously approved Special
Use authorization (81.526U) to increase the seating capacity from
40 to 68 seats, including outdoor seating, and to extend hours of
operation from 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
(Continued from Regular Meeting of July 19, 2001)
9. 2000.1275C (TAM: 558-6325)
401 TARAVAL STREET - southwest corner of
Taraval Street and 14th Avenue; Lot 1 in Assessor’s Block 2411.
Request for Conditional Use authorization to install a total of
three panel antennae on the building rooftop and an interior equipment
shelter in the basement of an existing two-story over basement commercial
office building as part of a wireless telecommunication network (Sprint
PCS), pursuant to Planning Code Section 711.83, in a NC-2 (Small-Scale
Neighborhood Commercial) District and a 40-X Height
and Bulk District. The site is a Location Preference
3.
Recommendation: Approval with conditions.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of July 12, 2001)
10. 2001.0641C (FU: (558-6613)
1275 MISSION STREET - south side, between
8th and 9th Streets, Lot 075 in Assessor’s Block
3728: Request for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code
Section 816.21, to allow an assembly and social service use as defined
by Planning Code Section 890.50(a), in a SLR (Service/Light Industrial/Residential
Mixed Used) District with a 65-X Height and Bulk designation.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions
11. 2001.0479EC (SIDER: 558-6697)
1875 MARIN STREET and 1990 EVANS AVENUE -
a generally rectangular area comprising the majority of the land on
the block bounded by Marin and Napoleon Streets, Evans Avenue, and
the Cal-Train Right-of-Way/Interstate 280; Lots 1 and 2 in Assessor’s
Block 4347A: Request for Conditional Use authorization to allow the
demolition of industrial buildings resulting in displacement under
the Interim Industrial Protection Zone (IPZ) adopted by Planning Commission
Motion Numbers 14861 and 14887. The project proposes the demolition
of approximately 116,000 square feet of industrial space and the construction
of an approximately 111,000 square foot distribution facility to be
occupied by Federal Express. The existing industrial businesses on-site
employ 16 people, while the proposed use will provide approximately
165 jobs. The 4.2 acre site is within an M-2 (Heavy Industrial) Zoning
District and a 65-J Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions.
F. 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.
12. 2001.0200DDDDD (BORDEN: 558-6321)
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:____
The Planning Department
City and County of
San Francisco
1660 Mission Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94103-2414
