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SAN FRANCISCO

PLANNING COMMISSION

Notice of Meeting

&

Calendar

Commission Chambers - Room 400

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Thursday, April 6, 2006

1:30 PM

Regular Meeting

 

President: Sue Lee

Vice-President:  Dwight S. Alexander

                        Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Shelley Bradford Bell; Kevin Hughes;

William L. Lee; Christina Olague

 

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.  When sending e-mail correspondence to Commissioners, please copy the Commission Secretary at:  linda.avery@sfgov.org

 

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.

 

San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance

 

Attention: Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action my be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Section 21.00-2.160] to register and report lobbying activity.  For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; and web site http//www.sfgov.org/ethics.

 

Accessible Meeting Policy

 

Hearings are held at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400, fourth floor, San Francisco, CA.  The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center station located at the intersection of Market, Hyde and Grove Streets.  Accessible curbside parking has been designated at points along McAllister Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving City Hall are the 9 San Bruno and 71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line.  Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, and N.  For more information regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.  Requests for American sign language interpreters, sound enhancement systems and/or language translators will be available upon request by contacting Lulu Hwang at (415) 558-6318 at least 48 hours prior to a hearing.  A sound enhancement system will be available upon request at the meetings.  Please contact Services for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired at 557-5533 (TDD) or 557-5534 (Voice) at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.  Late requests will be honored if possible.  A person who is deaf or hearing impaired may gain meeting information prior to the meeting by calling 557-4433 (TDD) or 557-4434 (Voice).  In addition, the California Relay Service can be used by individuals with hearing and speech impairrments by calling 1-800-735-2929 (TDD) or 1-800-735-2922 (Voice).  Minutes of the meetings are available in alternative formats.  If you require the use of a reader during the meeting, please contact the Library for the Blind and Print Handicapped at 292-2022 at least 48 hours in advance of need.  Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available at meetings.  Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility hotline at (415) 554-8925 to discuss meeting accessibility.  In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based products.  Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

 

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 Adele Destro, Interim 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 sotf@sfgov.org.

 

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.sfgov.org/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:          Sue Lee 

                        Commission Vice-President:  Dwight S. Alexander

Commissioners:                      Michael J. Antonini; Shelley Bradford Bell; Kevin Hughes;  William L. Lee; Christina Olague

 

• CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE

 

The Commission will consider a request for continuance to a later date.  The Commission may choose to continue the item to the date proposed below, to continue the item to another date, or to hear the item on this calendar.

 

1.         2005.1042D                                                                 (R. CRAWFORD: (415) 558-6358)

69 GARCIAAvenue - northeast side between Idora Avenue and Edgehill Way Assessor’s Block 2936A Lot 001D  - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2005 0714 7578 to construct a new single family dwelling, 4 stories over a garage in the front and 2 stories in the rear, on a steeply sloping vacant lot in an RH-1(D) (Residential House, One Family Detached) District, and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.   

Preliminary Recommendation:  Do Not Take Discretionary Review and Approve the Project.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 26, 2006)

DISCRETIONARY REVIEW APPLICATION WITHDRAWN

 

2a.        2005.0946XV                                                                        (A. LIGHT: (415) 558-6254)

153 KEARNY STREET - west side between Post and Sutter Streets, former Lot 2, new ownership lots 10, 11, 12 and 13, in Assessor's Block 293 - Request for a Determination of Compliance under Section 309 of the Planning Code to permit conversion of an existing office building to approximately 45 residential dwelling units, with an exception to the Planning Code rear yard requirement, for the subject property, which is in the C-3-O Zoning District and a 80-130-F Height and Bulk District. .  The proposal is to convert the existing office use on floors two (formerly the mezzanine level) through seven of the subject building to approximately 45 dwelling units, retaining the existing ground floor retail uses.   The granting of a determination of compliance would be subject to the granting of variances for the three following aspects of the project:  1) Open space is proposed for the rooftop of the subject building, but less would be provided than the minimum required by the Planning Code due to necessary roof top equipment, stair and elevator penthouses, existing sky lights and fire code restrictions;  2) No parking would be provided in order to preserve the building’s historic façade and to avoid creating automobile/pedestrian conflicts; 3) Sixteen of the 45 units would receive light and air from an interior courtyard that falls short in one direction of the minimum dimensional requirements for interior courtyards per the provisions of Section 140 of the Planning Code.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

(Continued from Regular Meeting of March 2, 2006)

(Proposed for continuance to April 13, 2006)

 

 

 

2b.        2005.0946XV                                                                         (A. LIGHT: (415) 558-6254)

153 KEARNY STREET - west side between Post and Sutter Streets, former Lot 2, new ownership lots 10, 11, 12, and 13, in Assessor's Block 293 - Request for residential open space, dwelling unit exposre, and parking variances as decribed in item "a" above; for the subject property, which is in the C-3-O Zoning District and a 80-130-F Height and Bulk District.  The Zoning Administrator will hear the variance application concurrently with the Planning Commission. See Item "a" above for a project description.

                        (Continued from Regular Meeting of March 2, 2006)

                (Proposed for Continuance to April 13, 2006)

 

3.         2004.0973C                                                                         (M. WOODS: (415) 558-6315)

7070 CALIFORNIA STREET (a.k.a. 229 - 32^nd Avenue) - north side on a through lot to El Camino del Mar between 32^nd Avenue and Lincoln Park; Lot 37 in Assessor’s Block 1392  - Request for Conditional Use authorization under Sections 209.3(g), 303 and 304 of the Planning Code to modify a previously approved Planned Unit Development under Motion No. 13678 for Case No. 1994.003C for a private elementary and middle school for girls (Kindergarten through grade 8), The Katherine Delmar Burke School, to allow the construction of a new two-story arts and sciences building, and the renovation of existing facilities, in an RH-1(D) (House, One-Family Detached Dwelling) Zoning District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The Planned Unit Development would include an exception to rear yard requirements of the Planning Code.

Preliminary Recommendation: Pending

(Continued from Regular Meeting of March 2, 2006)

            (Proposed for Continuance to April 20, 2006)

 

4.             2005.1071C                                                                                               (J. MILLER: (415) 558-6344)

1800 MASON STREET - northeast corner at Union Street, Lot 016 in Assessor's Block 0101, in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District (“NCD”) and a 40-X Height and Bulk District - Request for Conditional Use authorization for the addition of a “Bar” to an existing “Full-Service Restaurant” (dba “Trattoria Contadina”) that serves beer and wine.  There will be no physical expansion of the existing building or commercial space.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

(Proposed for Continuance to April 27, 2006)

           

B.         COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS

 

        5.        Consideration of Adoption:

• Draft Minutes of Regular Meeting of October 20, 2005.
• Draft Minutes of Regular Meeting of November 10, 2005.
• Draft Minutes of Regular Meeting of December 1, 2005.

       (Continued from Regular Meeting of March 23, 2006)

• Draft Minutes of Regular Meeting of December 8, 2005.
• Draft Minutes of Regular Meeting of December 15, 2005.

 

            6.         Commission Comments/Questions

 

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.         GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT – 15 MINUTES

 

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.  Each member of the public may address the Commission for up to three minutes.

 

E.         PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS WHERE THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED

 

            At this time, members of the public who wish to address the Commission on agenda items that have already been reviewed in a public hearing at which members of the public were allowed to testify and the public hearing has been closed, must do so at this time.  Each member of the public may address the Commission for up to three minutes.

 

1.    CONSIDERATION OF FINDINGS AND FINAL ACTION – PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED

 

9.         2001.1149E                                                                   (D. SOKOLOVE: (415) 558-5971)

SUNOL/NILES DAM REMOVAL - Certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for the removal of Niles and Sunol Dams, which are located in the Niles Canyon reach of Alameda Creek in Alameda County. The purpose of the project is to remove barriers to fish passage and reduce an existing public safety hazard. Both dams are considered historical resources and are individually eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources.

NOTE:The public hearing on the Draft EIR is closed. The public comment period for the Draft EIR ended on December 7, 2005.  The Planning Commission does not conduct public review of Final EIRs.  Public comments on the certification may be presented to the Planning Commission during the Public Comment portion of the Commission calendar.

Preliminary Recommendation: Certify Environmental Impact Report

(Continued from Regular Meeting of March 16, 2006)

 

10.         2003.0410E                                                                      (W. WYCKO: (415) 558-5972)

3575 Geary Boulevard Senior Health Services Facility & Affordable Senior Housing ProjecT - Certification of Final Environmental Impact Report - The project site is at 3575 Geary Boulevard between Arguello Boulevard and Stanyan Street in Assessor’s Block 1083, Lot 2 and Assessor’s Block 1084, Lot 4.  The site is zoned NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial) District and is in an 80-A Height and Bulk District.  The project sponsor proposes to develop a senior health services facility and 30 supportive housing units for independent seniors with special needs, to be operated by the Institute on Aging (IOA), as well as an additional 120 affordable dwelling units for independent seniors, built by BRIDGE Housing.  These uses would operate in a new six-story building totaling 177,600 gross square feet (gsf), with approximately 122,140 gsf used for the supportive housing units for independent seniors and affordable housing units for independent seniors, and approximately 55,450 gsf for IOA senior health services and program space.  On the sloped project site, the new building would be up to 72 feet in height along Geary Boulevard and up to 59.5 feet in height along its frontage at Almaden Court.  The first floor of the building, a portion of the second floor and a portion of one below-grade level of space would be devoted to IOA’s offices, senior health services facilities, and meeting space.  The proposed senior health +services facilities would consolidate, replace, and expand similar existing IOA operations in the area.  A portion of the second floor of the building would also be devoted to 30 supportive housing units for independent seniors with special needs.  The upper four stories would provide a total of 120 studio, one- and two-bedroom units affordable to seniors earning up to 50 percent of area median income.  A one-level, underground parking garage with 67 spaces, and a ground floor loading area within a porte-cochere with two loading spaces totaling approximately 37,200 gsf, would be provided for use by IOA staff, service providers, and residents.  The existing single-screen, 33,000 gsf Coronet Theater, and an adjacent surface parking lot with 93 parking spaces, would be demolished to accommodate the project.  The project would require a conditional use authorization, authorization as a Planned Unit Development (PUD), and approvals by the Department of Public Works and Department of Parking and Traffic.

NOTE: The public hearing on the Draft EIR is closed.  The Planning Commission does not conduct public review of Final EIRs. Public comments on the certification may be presented to the Planning Commission during the Public Comment portion of the Commission calendar.

Preliminary Recommendation:  Certification of the Final EIR

            (Continued from Regular Meeting of March 16, 2006)

 

G.         REGULAR CALENDAR 

 

11.        2003.0410C                                                                          (M. WOODS: (415) 558-6315)

3575 GEARY BOULEVARD - south side between Arguello Boulevard and Stanyan Street; Lot 2 in Assessor’s Block 1083 and Lot 4 in Assessor’s Block 1084  - Request for Conditional Use authorization under Sections 121.1, 121.2, 134, 135, 140, 151, 152, 271, 303, 304, 712.11, 712.21 of the Planning Code to allow a Planned Unit Development on an approximately 45,920 square-foot lot for the construction of a 54- to 72-foot high, six-story mixed-use development consisting of up to 150 senior housing units, and approximately 55,500 square feet of senior program spaces for office, senior health services, and meeting rooms, and up to 67 underground parking spaces, in an NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial) Zoning District and an 80-A Height and Bulk District. The Planned Unit Development would include exceptions to rear yard, dwelling unit exposure, usable open space, off-street parking, off-street loading, and bulk limit requirements of the Planning Code.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

(Continued from Regular Meeting of March 16, 2006)

 

12.       2006.0088C                                                                             (A. HESIK: (415) 558-6602)

594 Chestnut Street - northeast corner at Mason Street (a.k.a. 2200 Mason Street), Lot 015 in Assessor’s Block 0052 - Request for Conditional Use authorization to establish a small self-service restaurant (d.b.a. “Café Capri”) of approximately 645 square feet.  The proposed use is not formula retail as defined in Section 703.3 of the Planning Code.  The proposed use would occupy existing vacant ground-floor commercial space that was previously occupied by a retail use (d.b.a. “Sundance Floral Design”). There will be no physical expansion of the existing building or commercial space.  The site is within the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

                        Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

 

13.        2005.0804C                                                                      (S. MENDRIN; (415) 558-6625)

2155 WEBSTER STREET - northwest corner at the intersection of Webster Street and Sacramento Street; Lots 016, 017, 018, 034, 037 and 038, in Assessor’s Block 0629 - Request for Conditional Use authorization pursuant to Section 209.6 of the Planning Code to install a total of six (6) antennas and related equipment cabinets on the roof and penthouse of an existing 112-foot tall commercial structure, known as the University of the Pacific Building, as part of T-Mobile’s wireless telecommunications network within an RM-1 (Residential-Mixed) District and a 160-F Height and Bulk District. Per the City and County of San Francisco’s Wireless Telecommunications Services (WTS) Facilities Siting Guidelines the proposal is a Preferred Location Preference 1 as it is a school, which is a publicly used structure. 

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

 

14.        2005.0740C                                                               (M. GLUECKERT: (415) 558-6543)

988-992 Howard Street - at the northwest corner of Howard and Sixth Streets; Lot 025, Assessor’s Block 3725 - Request for Conditional Use authorization under Planning Code Sections 815.72 and 890.80 to install a wireless telecommunications facility consisting of three panel antennas and related equipment.  The antennas and equipment are proposed in Location Preference 4 (Preferred Location - Industrial or Commercial Structures) according to the Wireless Telecommunications Services (WTS) Siting Guidelines, as part of Sprint PCS’s Wireless telecommunications network within a RSD (Residential/Service Mixed Use) Zoning District, SOMA Quake Recovery District, and a 85-X Height and Bulk District.       

            Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

 

15a.      2005.1056CV                                                                          (M. SMITH:  (415) 558-6322)

590 CASTRO STREET – northwest corner at 19^th Street, Lot 016 in Assessor’s Block 2695 - Request for Conditional Use authorization pursuant to Planning Code Section 161(j) to allow for the addition of two dwelling units to a mixed-use building without providing the requisite two additional off-street parking spaces, located in the Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

 

15b.      2005.1056CV                                                                          (M. SMITH:  (415) 558-6322)

590 CASTRO STREET – northwest corner at 19^th Street, Lot 016 in Assessor’s Block 2695 - Request for an Open Space Variance pursuant to Planning Code Section 135 to allow for the addition of two dwelling units to a mixed-use building without providing the requisite usable open space, located in the Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

 

16.        2006.0076D                                                                           (M. SMITH:  (415) 558-6322)

538 LAIDLEY SREET- west side between Castro and Roanoke Streets, Lot 012 in Assessor’s Block 6728 - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2005.01.14.3283, to construct a two-story over garage single-family dwelling on a vacant lot, located in a RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation:   Take Discretionary Review and approve the project with modifications.

 

17.        2006.0218D                                                              (C. JAROSLAWSKY (415) 558-6348)

33 FARNUM STREET- east side between Addition and Moffitt Streets; Lot 004 in Assessor’s Block 7545 - Staff Initiated Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2005.09.21.3491, to expand the first level at rear and add a third level onto a single-family structure in an RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Take discretionary review and modify the project.

 

18.        2006.0384B                              (C. NIKITAS: (415) 558-6306 & P. ARCE: (415) 749-2416)

409 & 499 ILLINOIS STREET, AKA 201 SIXTEENTH STREET - southeast corner, Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 3940 (aka Mission Bay South Block X-4) - Request for design approval and project authorization to construct a six-story, 90-foot tall building requesting 430,000 square feet of office space and also containing approximately 14,312 square feet of retail space and up to 630 off-street parking spaces.  The project would occupy a now-vacant lot that was previously occupied by retail, restaurant and parking uses. The site is within the Mission Bay South Redevelopment Area, in a Commercial-Industrial-Retail Zoning District, and an HZ-5 Height District.

            Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

 

19.        2006.0093ET                                                                      (E. FORBES: (415) 558-6417)

general advertising signs Ordinance- Board File No. 052021 - Amendments relating to the relocation of general advertising signs Ordinance introduced by Supervisor Peskin amending sections of the Administrative and Planning Codes in order to establish procedures, criteria, fees, and other requirements relating to the relocation of general advertising signs.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of March 23, 2006)

                                                                                                                     (J. Ionin: (415) 558-6309)

20.        Dwelling Unit Merger Policy - Mandatory Discretionary Review Policy for Dwelling Unit Mergers. Planning Department presentation of new guidelines, policy objectives, and implementation alternatives for Planning Commission consideration.

            Preliminary Recommendation: Approval.

            (Continued from Regular Meeting of January 26, 2006)

NOTE: On January 26, 2006, following public testimony, the Commission closed public hearing and continued the matter, by a vote +5 –0. Commissioner Hughes and Lee were absent. Public hearing remains open to address any new information presented.

 

H.         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: