SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice of Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission Chambers - Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Thursday, August 9, 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 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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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
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(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 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.
- ITEMS PROPOSED FOR
CONTINUANCE
1.
2000.1217C (DiBARTOLO: 558-6291)
1100-1126
Polk Street (AKA: 1092 Post Street) - northeast corner of Post
and Polk Streets; Lot 12 in Assessor’s Block 692 - Request for Conditional
Use authorization to allow amplified live and recorded music (defined
as "Other Entertainment" by Planning Code Section 790.38) in an existing
bar, d.b.a. The Lush Lounge, as required by Planning Code Section
723.48 in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District
and a 130-E Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
(Proposed
for Continuance to August 23, 2001)
2.
2001.0522C (SIROIS: 558-6313)
965
GENEVA AVENUE - south side of Geneva Avenue between London
and Paris Streets, Lot 010 Assessor’s Block 6409. Request by
Metro PCS for Conditional Use authorization to install a wireless
telecommunications facility pursuant to Planning Code Section 712.83
which includes the installation of nine panel antennas, one GPS antenna
and equipment cabinets at the Apollo Theater which is located in an
NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial) District and a 65-A
Height and Bulk District. The subject site is a Preference Location
4.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
(Proposed
for Continuance to September 6, 2001)
3.
2001.0327C (WOODS: 558-6315)
2038
CLEMENT STREET - north side between 21st and 22nd Avenues, Lot
32 in Assessor’s Block 1412 -- Request for Conditional Use authorization
under Section 717.39 of the Planning Code to demolish an existing
two-story building containing retail on the ground floor and two dwelling
units on the second floor and construct a new, four-story building
containing three parking spaces on the ground floor and three dwelling
units above the ground floor in the Outer Clement Street Neighborhood
Commercial District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending
(Proposed for
Continuance to September 13, 2001)
4a.
2001.0584CV (FU: 558-6613)
154-174
CAPP STREET - west side between 16th and 17th
Streets, Lot 039 in Assessor’s Block 3570 - Request for Conditional
Use authorization under Planning Code Section 712.21, and pursuant
to Section 121.1 to allow a non-residential use, a sewing shop, occupying
more than 6,000 square feet in a NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood
Commercial) District with a 50-X Height and Bulk designation.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of July 26, 2001)
Note:
On July 26, 2001, following public testimony, the Commission closed
the public hearing and took the following actions:
ACTION
No. 1: Motion to continue for 30 days. This motion failed
by a vote of +2-4 (Commissioners Baltimore, Fay, Joe and Lim
voted No; Commissioner Theoharis was absent).
ACTION
No. 2: Motion to approve with the condition that the space
be used for a sewing factory only. Any other use would require
project to come back to the Planning Commission. This motion
failed by a vote of +3-3 (Commissioners Chinchilla, Fay and
Salinas voted No; Commissioner Theoharis was absent).
ACTION
No. 3: Project Continued to August 9, 2001 to allow absent
Commissioner to review and participate. This motion passed
by a vote of +6-0).
(PROJECT
WITHDRAWN)
4b.
2001.0548CV (FU: 558-6613)
154-174 CAPP STREET - west side between 16th
and 17th Streets; Lot 039 in Assessor’s Block 3570 in an
NC-3 (Moderate Scale Neighborhood Commercial) District with a 50-X
Height and Bulk designation. The proposal is to permit the conversion
of an industrial building to a non-profit health center, the Native
American Health Center, at the second level without providing the
required additional parking spaces. Section 151 of the Planning Code
requires that one off-street parking space be provided for each 300
square feet of occupied floor area in a NC-3 Zoning District. The
Native American Health Center would occupy 9,800 square feet of floor
area. Based on the floor area, 33 off-street parking spaces would
be required. The existing three-story building has a parking deficiency
of 20 spaces, which results in a net increase of 13 required spaces.
The applicant proposes no additional parking spaces.
Note:
On July 26, 2001, the Zoning Administrator continued this matter to
August 9, 2001.
(Continued
to the next Variance Hearing on August 22, 2001)
B. COMMISSIONERS’
QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
5. Commission Matters
C. DIRECTOR’S
REPORT
6. Director’s
Announcements
7. Review of Past
Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors and Board of Appeals
D. REGULAR CALENDAR
8.
2001.0602TZ (ALUMBAUGH: 558-6601/LORD: 558-6311)
COMMUNITY PLAN AREAS – Consideration of adoption of
a resolution establishing community plan areas. Following the expiration
of the IPZ Interim Controls on August 5, 2001, community planning
for the areas in and around the IPZ Interim Control sections of the
City should be conducted. The community planning areas identified
in hearings on July 12th and July 19th, of this
year are portions of the City and County of San Francisco where modifications
to the existing permanent zoning controls need to be considered. This
draft resolution proposes the boundaries for these community plan
areas.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Adopt the draft resolution establishing the community
plan areas.
9.
2001.0602TZ (ALUMBAUGH: 558-6601/LORD: 558-6311)
INDUSTRIAL ZONE – POLICIES AND PROCEDURES – Consideration
of adoption of a resolution establishing policies and procedures for
the industrially zoned portions of San Francisco. The IPZ Interim
Controls expiring on August 5, 2001 have encouraged housing developments
in identified mixed-use housing zones and preserved PDR uses in the
Industrial Protection Zones. As the interim controls expire, policies
and procedures need to be considered by the Planning Commission until
such time that permanent Zoning controls can be developed within the
community plan areas. Noticed Planning Commission hearings were conducted
on draft policy proposals on July 12th and July 19th
of this year.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approve Resolution adopting policies and procedures
for the industrially zoned portions of San Francisco.
10.
2000.1279C (TAM: 558-6325)
522-524
CLIPPER STREET - north side between Diamond and
Douglass Streets, Lot 9 in Assessor’s Block 6545 - Request
for Conditional Use authorization under Planning Code Section 121(f)
to allow the subject lot to be subdivided into two lots. One of the
newly created lots will have a width of 19 feet, which is less than
the required 25-foot minimum. The proposal also includes construction
of a new four-story, single-family dwelling on the newly created 19-foot
wide lot. The property is located in a RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family)
District and 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Disapproval
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of July 26, 2001)
Note:
On July 26, 2001, following public testimony, the Commission closed
public hearing and continued the case to August 9, 2001 to allow the
project architect to submit revised architectural drawings and to
have a representative from the Building Department attend the hearing.
The Vote was +6 –0. Commissioner Theoharis was absent.
11.
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-foot 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
(Continued from
Regular Meeting of August 2, 2001)
12.
2000.1104C (M. SNYDER: 575-6891)
488
BRYANT STREET - north side between 2nd and 3rd Street, Lot 18
in Assessor’s Block 3763. Request for Conditional Use authorization
under Planning Code Section 817.73 and 227(h) to install three panel
antennas on the building rooftop and related backup equipment within
the building in an SLI (Service Light Industrial Mixed-Use) District
and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. This is a Preference Location
4.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of July 26, 2001)
13.
2000.1141C (SANCHEZ: 558-6679)
2346-2348
CLEMENT STREET - north side between 24th and 25th
Avenues; Lot 025 in Assessor’s Block 1409 - Request for Conditional
Use authorization under Planning Code Section 717.39 to allow the
demolition of an existing mixed-use building with a residential unit
at the second floor and under Planning Code Section 161(j) to allow
the construction of a four-story mixed-use building (four residential
units and one commercial unit) without the four required residential
parking spaces, within the Outer Clement Neighborhood Commercial District
(NCD) and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of July 19, 2001)
14a.
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
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of August 2, 2001)
14b.
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 required exposure. The application
for variance will be considered by the Zoning Administrator.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of August 2, 2001)
15a.
2001.0674CD (MARTIN: 558-6616)
419
- 14th STREET - south side, between Valencia and Guerrero Streets;
Lot 31 in Assessor’s Block 3546 -- Request for Conditional Use Authorization
to: (1) allow a third dwelling unit to be located on the second floor
of an existing three-story building with commercial on the ground
floor and two legal dwelling units on the third floor, without the
required off-street parking space for the new dwelling unit, per Section
161(j) of the Planning Code; and to: (2) allow a market-rate dwelling
unit per the Mission District Interim Controls, within the Valencia
Neighborhood Commercial District, a 50-X Height and Bulk District
and the Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use Subdistrict.
Preliminary
recommendation: Approve with Conditions.
15b.
2001.0674CD (MARTIN: 558-6616)
419
- 14th STREET - south side, between Valencia and Guerrero Streets;
Lot 31 in Assessor’s Block 3546 -- Mandatory Discretionary Review
for a change of use to a legal dwelling unit on the second floor of
an existing three-story building with commercial on the ground floor
and two legal dwelling units on the third floor, pursuant to the Mission
District Interim Controls, within the Valencia Neighborhood Commercial
District, a 50-X Height and Bulk District and the Mission Alcoholic
Beverage Special Use Subdistrict.
Preliminary
recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project.
E. DISCRETIONARY
REVIEW HEARING
At Approximately
5:00 PM the Planning Commission will convene into a Discretionary
Review (DR) Hearing to hear and act on Discretionary Review matters. Procedures
governing 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 5:00 PM, but have not been called or heard by 5:00 PM,
could be continued to a later time or date as determined by the Commission.
16.
2001.0497DD (WOODS: 558-6315)
2408-10
UNION STREET - north side between Scott and Pierce Streets, Lot
7 in Assessor’s Block 536 - Requests for Discretionary Review of Building
Permit Application No. 2001/0122/0297 to add an additional story and
a horizontal addition at the rear of an existing three-story, two-unit
building located within 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 revised by the project sponsor.
17.
2000.0194D (SIDER: 558-6697)
2121
EVANS AVENUE – Mandatory Discretionary Review of Building
Permit Application Nos. 2000.07.20.4210 and 2000.07.20.4204 (demo
permits) and 2000.06.26.3720S (alteration permit) for the property
at 2121 Evans Avenue, west side, between Cesar Chavez and Napoleon
Streets, Assessor’s Block 4343, Lot 001B, proposing to demolish
three existing industrial sheds totaling about 6,724 gross square
feet and replace them with an additional 88,653 gross square feet
of space containing approximately 82,985 gross square-feet of industrial
use and 1,746 gross square feet of retail use, pursuant to Planning
Commission Resolution 14861. The subject property is within an M-2
(Heavy Industrial) District, a 65-J Height and Bulk District, and
the Industrial Protection Zone.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Do not take discretionary review and approve the project
as proposed.
18.
2000.0933D (CABREROS: 558-6169)
517
HICKORY STREET – south side between Buchanan and Webster
Streets, Lot 013A in Assessor’s Block 0829. Request for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application No. 2000/05/18/0428 proposing
to construct a one-story vertical addition to an existing three-story,
single-family dwelling in an RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family)
District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve project
as proposed.
19.
2001.0509D (CABREROS: 558-6169)
3016
PIERCE STREET – east side between Greenwich and Filbert
Streets, Lot 019 in Assessor’s Block 0514. Staff-initiated request
for Discretionary Review of Buildling Permit Application No. 2001/04/02/5739,
proposing to merge an existing two-unit building into a single-family
dwelling in an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) District and
a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Take Discretionary Review and Disapprove the application.
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:
The Planning Department
City and County of San Francisco
1660 Mission Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94103-2414
