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• March 4, 1999
• March 11, 1999
• March 18, 1999
• March 25, 1999

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, Fifth 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 the Commission at the above listed address. Comments received by 11:30 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) 554-6720 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.
 

For more information related to Planning Commission matters, please call Jonas P. Ionin, Commission Secretary, at (415) 558-6547.
 
 

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 curb side parking has been designated at points along McAllister Street. Accessible MUNI Lines serving City Hall are the 42 Downtown Loop, 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. American sign language interpreters and/or a sound enhancement system will be available upon request by contacting Dorothy Jaymes at (415) 558-6403 at least 72 hours prior to a hearing. 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.
 
 

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 the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force at 554-6083.
 

Attention: Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Admin.. Code §16.520 - 16.534] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street #701, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 554-9510, fax (415) 703-0121 and web site http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ethics/.
 
 
 

PRESENT: Theoharis, Chinchilla, Antenore, Hills, Joe, Martin

ABSENT: Mills
 

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT THEOHARIS AT 3:27 P.M.
 

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Gerald Green - Director of Planning, Bob Passmore - Zoning Administrator, Judy Boyajian - Deputy City Attorney, Larry McDonald, Paul Maltzer, Corey Alvin, Elizabeth Gordon, Hillary Gitelman, Sharon Young, Michael Kometani, Lois Scott, Joan Ettlinger, Jonas Ionin - Commission Secretary
 

A. ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED
 

1. 98.153D (PURVIS)

1025 MINNA STREET, east side between 11th and Lafayette Streets, Lots 070 and 071 in Assessor's Block 3511 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 9801703, proposing the new construction of an eight-unit live/work building on two vacant lots in a RED (Residential Enclave District).

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 18, 1999)

(Proposed for Continuance to March 11, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued as Proposed

AYES: Theoharis, Antenore, Chinchilla, Hills, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Mills
 

2. 98.455E (POSTERNAK)

675 TOWNSEND STREET; CONSTRUCTION OF 35,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE, 148 DWELLING UNITS, AND THREE LIVE/WORK UNITS: Lot 7 of Assessor's Block 3799A, southeastern corner of Eighth and Townsend Streets. To consider an appeal of the Preliminary Negative Declaration on the proposal to construct a mixed-use development of retail space, dwelling units, and live/work units on the site. A concrete podium about 18 feet above grade would be constructed. The following project components would be constructed within the podium: about 35,000 square feet of grocery, two levels of above-grade parking in a garage, and three live/work units. Residential development consisting of 148 dwelling units would be constructed above the podium. The 148 dwelling units would consist of 76 four-story buildings on the eastern portion of the site, and 72 two-story buildings on the western portion of the site. The first level of the garage would contain 118 retail parking spaces, and the second level of the garage would contain 148 residential parking spaces.

(Proposed for Continuance to March 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued as Proposed

AYES: Theoharis, Antenore, Chinchilla, Hills, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Mills
 

3. 98.266BC (GORDON)

1890 BRYANT STREET, bounded by Bryant Street on the east, Mariposa Street on the south and Florida Street on the west; Lots 3 and 4 in Assessor's Block 3970 -- (1) Request per Planning Code Section 304 for Conditional Use Authorization under the Planned Unit Development process for exception from the bulk limits set forth in Table 270 of the Planning Code, and for an off-street parking exception under Planning Code Section 151, in regard to the addition and conversion of space in an existing building to office use. (2) Request under Planning Code Section 321 for authorization to add approximately 102,500 square feet of office space (through the addition of two new stories and conversion of space within the existing building) to the City's office development annual limit. The property is in a M-1 (Light-Industrial) Zoning District and a 65-B Height and Bulk District.

(Proposed for Continuance to April 1, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued as Proposed

AYES: Theoharis, Antenore, Chinchilla, Hills, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Mills

4. 1999.005CX (LINDSAY)

70 - 82 NATOMA STREET, north side between First and Second Streets, Lots 45A, 46, 53 and 54 in Assessor's Block 3721 -- Consideration of a request to modify a Conditional Use authorization (Planning Code Section 204.5) granted under Motion No. 14619 and a Section 309 (C-3, Downtown Commercial District) authorization granted under Motion No. 14615, with respect to the parking requirement for an approved residential project. The proposed modifications would reduce the parking to be provided from approximately 509 spaces on two levels above and three levels below grade or approximately 406 spaces on two levels above and two levels below grade to approximately 395 spaces on four levels below grade, in a previously approved residential building, approximately 48 stories in height, containing up to 509 residential units (10% of which will be affordable) and approximately 10,000 square feet of retail space on a site located within a C-3-O (Downtown Office) District and 500-S and 550-S Height and Bulk Districts.

(Withdrawn)
 

B. 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. If it is demonstrated that comments by the public will exceed 15 minutes, the President or chairperson may continue Public Comment to another time during the meeting.
 

"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))
 

SPEAKER(S): Patricia Vaughey

Re: 425 Divisadero Street/1100 Oak Street

Jeremy Paul

Re: Interim Zoning Controls to Prohibit the Conversion of Residential Rental Units
 

C. COMMISSIONERS' QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
 

5. Consideration of adoption - draft minutes of 2/18/99.
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Adopted as Amended

AYES: Theoharis, Antenore, Chinchilla, Hills, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Mills
 

Hills Announced his resignation.
 

Commission Acknowledged Commissioner Hills' last day and wished him the best.
 

D. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
 

6. Director's Announcements.

• Acknowledged Commissioner Hills' last day and wished him the best.
• Announced that on April 24-28 the National APA Conference will be held in Seattle and noted his attendance. The Director also encouraged the Commissioners to attend as there are a number of Planning Commission Workshops scheduled.

7. Review of Past Week's Events at the Board of Supervisors & Board of Appeals.

• BoS - New Interim Zoning Controls, requiring conditional use authorization for residential rental conversion.
• BoA - 381 Douglass Street (Upheld with an amendment).
• Noted monitoring process discussions with Jim Killoran of the Asian Art Museum Project.

E. REGULAR CALENDAR
 

8. 98.266E (MALTZER)

1890 BRYANT STREET, (Office Building). An appeal of Preliminary Negative Declaration published for the proposed addition to and adaptive reuse of an existing three-story, approximately 106,200 square foot vacant building at 1890 Bryant Street, formerly part of the Best Foods complex. The project site is on the north side of Mariposa Street, extending from Bryant Street to Florida Street; Assessor's Block 3970, Lots 3 & 4. Two stories would be added to the existing structure, bringing the roof of the proposed building to a height of 65 feet, as measured from Bryant Street. The entire building would be converted from vacant food manufacturing to 122,500 square feet of office use, with 134 tandem parking spaces at the basement and mezzanine level. The project would be considered by the Planning Commission as a Planned Unit Development, and would require exceptions to Planning Code parking requirements and bulk limits, as well as authorization under Planning Code Section 321 as an office development. The project site is within the Greater Northeast Mission Industrial Zone (NEMIZ).

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 18, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Suheil Totah, Dan Schwarzlander, Juliet Gray, Fred Snyder, Judy West, John Lefan

ACTION: Denied the Appeal, Upholding the Negative Declaration

AYES: Theoharis, Antenore, Chinchilla, Hills Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Mills

Motion No.: 14792
 

9. 98.944C (YOUNG)

3219 17TH STREET, south side between Capp Street and South Van ness Avenue; Lot 68 in Assessor's Block 3575: Request for Conditional Use Authorization under Sections 253 and 295 of the Planning Code, to allow the construction of a residential building exceeding 40 feet in height within the RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family), and 50-X Height and Bulk District.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): John Lum

ACTION: Approved with Conditions

AYES: Theoharis, Chinchilla, Hills Joe, Martin

NAYES: Antenore

ABSENT: Mills

Motion No.: 14793
 

10a. 97.699CA (KOMETANI)

926 GROVE STREET, north side between Steiner and Fillmore Streets, Lot 9 in Assessor's Block 85: Request for Conditional Use authorization under Section 209.1(h) to construct a new eight dwelling unit building on the vacant eastern portion of the lot, at a density ratio of up to one dwelling unit for each 1,000 square feet of lot area. The subject property is within a RH-3 (House, Three-Family) District and in a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
 

SPEAKER(S): John Goldman, Bernard Sanger, Chris Ver Planck, Katey Koots, Jack Robinson

ACTION: Approved with Conditions as Amended to reflect deck removal.

AYES: Theoharis, Antenore, Chinchilla, Hills Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Mills

Motion No.: 14795
 

10b. 97.699CA (KOMETANI)

926 GROVE STREET, north side between Steiner and Fillmore Streets, Lot 9 in Assessor's Block 85: The subject site is the vacant western portion of the a property within the Alamo Square Historic District: Request for Certificate of Appropriateness authorization to construct a new building in the Alamo Square Historic District under Article 10. The subject property is within a RH-3 (House, Three-Family) District and in a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
 

SPEAKER(S): John Goldman, Bernard Sanger, Chris Ver Planck, Katey Koots, Jack Robinson

ACTION: Approved

AYES: Theoharis, Antenore, Chinchilla, Hills Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Mills

Motion No.: 14794
 

11. 98.544C (SCOTT)

3250 19TH AVENUE, mid-block on the east side of the street between Rossmoor and Winston Drives, Lot 3 in Assessor's Block 7231 - Request for Conditional Use authorization under Planning Code Section 209.3(h) to expand an existing permitted high school to include a separate multi-purpose athletic facility on the same grounds within the RH-1(D) (One Family, Detached Dwellings) Zoning Classification with a 40-X Height and Bulk Limit.
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Approved with Conditions

AYES: Theoharis, Antenore, Chinchilla, Hills Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Mills

Motion No.: 14796
 

F. SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING
 

AT APPROXIMATELY 4:56 P.M. THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONVENED INTO A SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING.
 

12. 98.218D (CHIONG)

1446 11TH AVENUE, east side between Judah and Kirkham Streets, Lot 034 in Assessor's Block 1843 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 9703126S, proposing to demolish the existing one-unit, three-story building and construct a new two-unit, three-story building in a RH-2 (House, Two-Family) District.
 

SPEAKER(S): Bronwyn Gundogdee, Chris Ver Planck, Pam Clisham, David Clisham, Marc Diamond, Julia Koppich, George Devine, Mary Pagonas, Jake McGoldrick, Ed Milber, Ann Scott, Steve Enoch, Christopher Davies, Arnold Townsend, Christina Chang, Cheung Lee, Fook Ying Lee, Joe O'Donoughue

ACTION: After closing public comment, the Commission passed a motion to Take DR (redesign the project) and Continued the Item Indefinitely.

AYES: Theoharis, Chinchilla, Hills Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Mills, Antenore (who removed himself from the proceedings)
 

13. 98.520D (WANG)

150 LOWER TERRACE, north side between Roosevelt Way and Levant Street, Lot 020 in Assessor's Block 2618 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application Nos. 9812438, 9812439 and 9812440, proposing to demolish the existing single-family structure, subdivide the subject lot into two separate lots and construct a three-story-over-garage, two-family dwelling on each of the two newly created lots in a RH-2 (House, Two-Family) District.
 

SPEAKER(S): John Sanger, Tom Bonomi, Jason Shulman, Lucia Bogatay, Fred Ross, Glen Hildebrand, Gerry McBride, Peter Brodigan, Ann Garcia, Frank Fredericks, Sue Busby, Paul Kawakami, Virginia Conte, Evan Terzulli, Richard Andrews, Harvey Scodel, Terry Byers, Neti Fredericks, Dale Champion, Anne Biern, Joe O'Donoughue, Mike Cassidy, Bruce Baumann, James Newmaker, Joe Cassidy, Phillip Whitehead

ACTION: No DR, subject to modifications described by the John Sanger

AYES: Theoharis, Antenore, Chinchilla, Martin

NAYES: Joe

ABSENT: Mills, Hills (who removed himself from the proceedings)
 
 
 

Adjournment: 8:23 P.M.
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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, Fifth 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 the Commission at the above listed address. Comments received by 11:30 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) 554-6720 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.
 

For more information related to Planning Commission matters, please call Jonas P. Ionin, Commission Secretary, at (415) 558-6547.
 
 

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 curb side parking has been designated at points along McAllister Street. Accessible MUNI Lines serving City Hall are the 42 Downtown Loop, 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. American sign language interpreters and/or a sound enhancement system will be available upon request by contacting Dorothy Jaymes at (415) 558-6403 at least 72 hours prior to a hearing. 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.
 
 

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 the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force at 554-6083.
 

Attention: Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Admin.. Code §16.520 - 16.534] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street #701, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 554-9510, fax (415) 703-0121 and web site http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ethics/.
 

PLANNING:

PRESENT: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

ABSENT: None
 

REC & PARK:

PRESENT: Salinas, Chin, Murray, Newhouse Segal

ABSENT: Flunder, Friend, Getty
 

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT THEOHARIS AT 1:51 P.M.
 

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Gerald Green - Director of Planning, Judy Boyajian - Deputy City Attorney, Michael Li, Jonas Ionin - Commission Secretary
 

A. 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. If it is demonstrated that comments by the public will exceed 15 minutes, the President or chairperson may continue Public Comment to another time during the meeting.
 

"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))
 

SPEAKER(S): None
 

B. SPECIAL CALENDAR
 

1. 1998.306K (LI)

JOSEPH ALIOTO PIAZZA (formerly Civic Center Plaza), the entire block bounded by Polk Street on the west, Larkin Street on the east, McAllister Street on the north, and Grove Street on the south, Assessor's Block 788, Lot 1: --Consideration of a proposal to raise the previously-established absolute cumulative limit for new shadow on Joseph Alioto Piazza from 1.00 percent to 1.12 percent pursuant to Resolution No. 11595, adopted on February 7, 1989, and Section 295 of the Planning Code. The proposal is to accommodate the New Asian Art Museum seismic retrofit, adaptive reuse, and rehabilitation project, which would cast additional shadows on Joseph Alioto Piazza.
 

SPEAKER(S): Michael Levin

ACTION: Approved

AYES: SFPC: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

R&P: Salinas, Chin, Murray, Newhouse Segal

NAYES: None

ABSENT: SFPC: None

R&P: Flunder, Friend, Getty

Motion No.: 14797
 

Adjournment: 2:01 P.M.

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, Fifth 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 the Commission at the above listed address. Comments received by 11:30 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) 554-6720 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.
 

For more information related to Planning Commission matters, please call Jonas P. Ionin, Commission Secretary, at (415) 558-6547.
 
 

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 curb side parking has been designated at points along McAllister Street. Accessible MUNI Lines serving City Hall are the 42 Downtown Loop, 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. American sign language interpreters and/or a sound enhancement system will be available upon request by contacting Dorothy Jaymes at (415) 558-6403 at least 72 hours prior to a hearing. 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.
 
 

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 the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force at 554-6083.
 

Attention: Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Admin.. Code §16.520 - 16.534] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street #701, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 554-9510, fax (415) 703-0121 and web site http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ethics/.
 
 
 

PRESENT: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

ABSENT: None
 

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT THEOHARIS AT 2:35 P.M.
 

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Gerald Green - Director of Planning, Bob Passmore - Zoning Administrator, Judy Boyajian - Deputy City Attorney, Jim Nixon, Tom Wang, Jonas Ionin - Commission Secretary
 

A. ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED
 

1. 98.794D (BANALES)

125 NAPOLEON STREET, south side between Toland Street and Jerrold Avenue, Lot 021 in Assessor's Block 5230 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 9821498, proposing the new construction of 30 live/work units on a vacant lot in a M-2 (Heavy Industrial) District.

(Proposed for Continuance to April 1, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued as Proposed

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: None
 

2. 97.856E (NISHIMURA)

FISHERMAN'S WHARF HOTEL, 455 BEACH STREET AND 550 NORTH POINT STREET, between Taylor and Jones Streets; Lot 15 in Assessor's Block 22; within a C-2 (Commercial Business) District, Waterfront Special Use District No. 2, the Northeast Waterfront Area and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. An appeal of a Preliminary Negative Declaration published on August 22, 1998, for proposed new construction of a four-story, 40-foot tall hotel with 255 rooms, and approximately 2,000 square feet of ground floor restaurant, 1,000 square feet of cocktail lounge and 5,000 square feet of conference area on a 38,500 square-foot lot after demolition of a vacant two-story retail building. Approximately 37 parking spaces would be provided in a subterranean parking garage with its access and a passenger loading/unloading area off of North Point Street. One off-street loading space would be accessed on the Beach Street side of the building. The proposed project would require Conditional Use Authorization by the Planning Commission for a new hotel use in a C-2 District pursuant to Planning Code Section 303.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 7, 1999)

(Withdrawn)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: None
 

B. 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. If it is demonstrated that comments by the public will exceed 15 minutes, the President or chairperson may continue Public Comment to another time during the meeting.
 

"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))
 

SPEAKER(S): Michele Hagan

Re: 2161 Sutter Street
 

C. COMMISSIONERS' QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
 

3. Consideration of adoption - draft minutes of 2/25/99.
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Adopted as Corrected

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: None
 

Theoharis: Directed staff to provide a full report on Michele Hagan's allegations the following week.
 

Mills: Requested a second presentation on Transportation to focus on plans in place dealing with the mitigation of future projects.
 

D. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
 

4. Director's Announcements.

• None

 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: None
 

6. Review of Past Week's Events at the Board of Supervisors & Board of Appeals.

• BoS - 2161 Sutter Street (Continued to 3/22/99)

• BoS - Tenderloin ABC moratorium
• BoS - Sue Hestor Suits (Harrison Street and Indiana Street)
• BoS - Asian Art Museum (Conservator has been chosen)
• BoS - Rent Control Conditional Use requirement (signed by the Mayor)
• BoA - Montgomery Street (Continued to following week)
• BoA - Harriet Street (Continued to following week)

E. REGULAR CALENDAR
 

7. JOBS-HOUSING LINKAGE PROGRAM (GREEN)

AMENDING ARTICLE III, CHAPTER II, PART II, OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE (PLANNING CODE) by Amendment of Sections 313, 313.1, 313.2, 313.3, 313.4, 313.5, 313.6, 313.7, 313.8, 313.9, 313.10, 313.11, 313.12, 313.13, and 313.14, and the addition of 313.15, to rename the "OFFICE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION PROGRAM" as the "JOBS-HOUSING LINKAGE PROGRAM," to apply the program to all new and expanded hotel space of at least 25,000 square feet, to all new and expanded entertainment space of at least 50,000 square feet, and to all new and expanded retail space of at lest 100,000 square feet.
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued to March 18, 1999

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: None
 

8a. 98.329X (NIXON)

466 BUSH STREET, north side between Grant Avenue and Kearny Street, Lot 42 in Assessor's Block 270- Request for Determination of Compliance and Exceptions under Planning Code Section 309 for the construction of a ten-story hotel exceeding 75 feet in height with approximately 91 guest rooms and for exception from the bulk requirements of Section 270 and 272; and exception from the height requirements of Section 263.8. A Director's Report and Recommendation regarding the exceptions was made available Monday January 4, 1999. The Project is located in the C-3-R (Downtown Retail) District, the 80-130F Height and Bulk District and the Kearny-Market-Mason-Sutter Conservation District.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 18, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Charles Moore, Bill Sugaya

ACTION: Approved with conditions, adding that the Public Art element be exterior. From the direction of Commission Vice President Mills, the requirement for public art pursuant to Section 149, is to be reevaluated and the requirement for all public art to be displayed outside considered for future Department policy.

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: None

Motion No.: 14798
 

8b. 98.329C (NIXON)

466 BUSH STREET, north side between Grant Avenue and Kearny Street, Lot 42 in Assessor's Block 270 - Request under Planning Code Section 216(b) for conditional use authorization to construct a ten-story hotel with approximately 91 guest rooms and having up to 53,000 square feet of area on a vacant lot in the C-3-R (Downtown Retail) District, the 80-130F Height and Bulk District and the Kearny-Market-Mason-Sutter Conservation District.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 18, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Charles Moore, Bill Sugaya

ACTION: Approved with conditions

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: None

Motion No.: 14799
 

9a. 98.843XB (NIXON)

524 HOWARD STREET, north side between First and Second Streets, with secondary frontage on Natoma Street, Lot 13 in Assessors Block 3721: Request for Determination of Compliance and Exceptions under Section 309 of the Planning code for the construction of a new office building and for exceptions for Separation of Towers (132.1 (c)) and, Reduction of Ground Level Wind Currents (148 (a)). The project is in a C-3-O (SD) (Downtown Office Special Development) District and a 450-S Height and Bulk District.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Jim Reuben, Jeff Heller, Lloyd Schleigal

ACTION: Approved with conditions

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: None

Motion No.: 14800
 

9b. 98.843XB (NIXON)

524 HOWARD STREET, north side between First and Second Streets, with secondary frontage on Natoma Street, Lot 13 in Assessors Block 3721: Request for Authorization of Office Space in excess of 50,000 square feet under Sections 309 and 322 of the Planning Code to permit the creation of approximately 202,00 square feet of office space 3,100 square feet retail space, 14,139 square feet of off street parking and 4,044 square feet of open space. The project is in a C-3-O (SD) (Downtown Office Special Development) District and a 450-S Height and Bulk District.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Jim Reuben, Jeff Heller, Lloyd Schleigal

ACTION: Approved with conditions

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: None

Motion No.: 14801
 

10. 98.983C (WANG)

1443 7TH AVENUE, west side between Judah and Kirkham Streets; Lot 10 in Assessor's Block 1846 -- Request for a Conditional Use authorization to establish a residential care facility for seven or more persons, pursuant to Section 209.3(c) of the Planning Code, in an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The proposed facility would provide lodging, board and care for a maximum of twelve adults.
 

SPEAKER(S): Stephen Fields, Captain John Newlan, Baron Miller, Jane Kahan, Bill Hirsh, Jerry Hurley, John O'Neill, Dona Fuller, Kevin Sheehan, Jennifer Segal

ACTION: Approved with conditions

AYES: Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

NAYES: Theoharis

ABSENT: None

Motion No.: 14802
 

F. SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING
 

At approximately 4:00 PM the Planning Commission will convene into a Special Discretionary Review (DR) Hearing. 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 4:00 PM, but have not been called or heard by 4:00 PM, could be continued to a later time or date as determined by the Commission.
 

11a. 1999.107D (MILLER)

1 LA AVANZADA STREET (AKA 250 PALO ALTO AVENUE), Sutro Tower (Twin Peaks), Lot 003 in Assessor's Block 2724 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 9823350, proposing the relocation and replacement of two FM radio antennae and the replacement of one television antenna at the existing SUTRO TOWER broadcast facility in a RH-1(D) (House, One-Family Detached Dwellings) District.
 

SPEAKER(S): Christine Linnenbach, Brian MacDonald, Nancy Hogan, Dorris Linnenbach, Robert McCarthy, Debra Stein

ACTION: No DR

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: None
 

11b. 1999.108D (MILLER)

1 LA AVANZADA STREET (AKA 250 PALO ALTO AVENUE), Sutro Tower (Twin Peaks), Lot 003 in Assessor's Block 2724 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 9826243, proposing the installation of supports for digital (high-definition) television transmission lines (conduit) on the roof of the equipment building (which work was included in the drawings submitted to the Department of Building Inspection under Building Permit Application No. 9805770 and which is being clarified by the submission of structural details and calculations in the current application) at the existing SUTRO TOWER broadcast facility in a RH-1(D) (House, One-Family Detached Dwellings) District.
 

SPEAKER(S): Christine Linnenbach, Brian MacDonald, Nancy Hogan, Dorris Linnenbach, Robert McCarthy, Debra Stein

ACTION: No DR

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: None
 

12. 98.153D (PURVIS)

1025 MINNA STREET, east side between 11th and Lafayette Streets, Lots 070 and 071 in Assessor's Block 3511 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 9801703, proposing the new construction of an eight-unit live/work building on two vacant lots in a RED (Residential Enclave District).

(Continued from Regular Meeting of March 4, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Sue Hestor, Robin Mohr, Seth Charney, Andrew Junius, Tony Navarro, Raphael Baron

ACTION: Continued to April 15, 1999. Following public testimony, the Commission Closed the Public Comment Period. A Motion to Take DR denying the project failed to carry by a split vote +3 to -3 (Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla). A second Motion to Take DR requiring a rear yard setback failed to carry by a split vote +3 to -3 (Martin, Joe, Antenore). At the direction of Commission President Theoharis, upon the appointment of a seventh Commissioner by the Mayor, that Commissioner would review the official transcript and all pertinent information prior to casting his/her vote.

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe, Martin

NAYES: None

ABSENT: None
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Adjournment: 6:23 P.M.
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For more information related to Planning Commission matters, please call Jonas P. Ionin, Commission Secretary, at (415) 558-6547.
 
 

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PRESENT: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla, Antenore, Joe

ABSENT: Martin
 

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT THEOHARIS AT 1:47 P.M.
 

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Gerald Green - Director of Planning, Bob Passmore - Zoning Administrator, Hillary Gitelman, Paul Maltzer, Alice Glasner, John Billovits, Lois Scott, Jonas Ionin - Commission Secretary
 

A. ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED
 

1. 97.856C (LI)

455 BEACH STREET (550 NORTH POINT STREET), south side between Jones and Taylor Streets; Lot 15 in Assessor's Block 22: -- Request for Conditional Use authorization to allow the development of a tourist hotel with parking exceeding an amount classified as accessory in a C-2 (Community Business) District, the Waterfront Special Use District No. 2, and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

(Proposed for Continuance to March 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued as Proposed

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin
 

2. 98.318E (POSTERNAK)

1750-1770 FULTON STREET, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING RETAIL BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW RETAIL BUILDING AND 134 DWELLING UNITS: Lot 10 of Assessor's Block 1175, bounded by Fulton Street, Masonic Avenue, McAllister Street, and Central Avenue. To consider appeal of the Preliminary Negative Declaration on the proposal to demolish the existing 30-foot tall Plaza Foods Center of 52,500 square feet (includes Falletti's supermarket and 10 retail shops) and parking lot with 174 spaces and construct a new 40-foot tall retail building of 56,340 square feet, including a Lucky supermarket and five retail shops; 134 dwelling units; a below-grade retail parking garage with 211 retail spaces and 54 residential spaces; and a two-level residential parking garage with 116 spaces in an NC-S (Neighborhood Commercial Shopping Center ) Zoning District.

(Proposed for Continuance to March 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued as Proposed

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin
 

3. 98.318C (LIGHT)

1750-1770 FULTON STREET, north side between Central and Masonic Avenues, Lot 10 of Assessor's Block 1175 -- Request for Conditional Use authorization under Sections 304(d)(4) and 713.21 of the Planning Code to allow a Planned Unit Development with 135 housing units and a commercial use with over 6,000 square feet of floor area (58,000 square feet of retail space including a supermarket and several smaller retail spaces) in an NC-S (Neighborhood Commercial Shopping Center) Zoning District, and 40-X Height and Bulk District.

(Proposed for Continuance to March 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued as Proposed

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin
 

4. 98.776C (WASHINGTON)

655 BROTHERHOOD WAY, Lot 023 & 024, in Assessor's Block 7380, bounded by Junipero Serra Boulevard to the east, and Lake Merced Boulevard to the west. - Request for a Planned Unit Development and Conditional Use authorization under Section 303 and 304 of the Planning Code to allow the expansion of an existing school, Section (209.3g).

(Proposed for Continuance to March 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued as Proposed

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin
 

5. 1999.039D (BEATTY)

550 STANYAN STREET, east side between Hayes and Fell Streets, Lot 004 in Assessor's Block 1213 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 9810285, proposing to construct a nine-unit residential building in a RM-3 (Mixed, Medium Density) District.

(Proposed for Continuance to April 1, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued as Proposed

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin
 

6. 98.909C (ZWIERZYCKI)

480-498 CASTRO STREET, Lot 033 in Assessor's Block 2647, near northwest corner of 18th Street -- Request for Conditional Use authorization under Sections 178(c):303(e); 715.21 and 121.2 of the Planning Code to allow expansion of a previously authorized 8,055 gross square-foot store (Case No. 86.622C/ Corrected Motion No. 10928). This expansion would result in a single tenant which occupies floor area in excess of 2,499 square feet at a total approximate floor area of 10,200 gross square feet within the Castro Street Neighborhood-Commercial District and 40-X Height and Bulk District.

(Proposed for Continuance to May 6, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Continued as Proposed

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin
 

B. 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. If it is demonstrated that comments by the public will exceed 15 minutes, the President or chairperson may continue Public Comment to another time during the meeting.
 

"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))
 

SPEAKER(S): Bob Kane

Re: 146 Blake Street

David P. Cincotta

Re: 1403-1405 Montgomery Street
 

C. COMMISSIONERS' QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
 

7. Consideration of adoption - draft minutes of 3/4/99.
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Adopted

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin
 

8. Commission matters.
 

Antenore: Requested that the Zoning Administrator update the Commission on the Kensington Way proceedings; Supervisor Mark Leno's 26th Street Legislation; and respond to the 146 Blake Street allegations.
 

D. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
 

9. Director's Announcements.

• 2161 Sutter Street update per Commission request, will report back on 3/25/99.

10. Review of Past Week's Events at the Board of Supervisors & Board of Appeals.

• BoS - Tenderloin ABC moratorium (Approved)

• BoS - 2161 Sutter Street (Appeal scheduled)
• BoS - Folsom Street (Appeal did not qualify)
• BoS - 955 Green Street (Appeal did not qualify)

• BoA - 1403-1405 Montgomery Street (SFPC decision overruled)
• BoA - 336 Harriet Street (SFPC decision upheld)
• BoA - 407 Connecticut Street (continued to mid June)
• ZA - 146 Blake Street (response to Com. Q's & M's)
• ZA - Kensington Way (response to Com. Q's & M's)

 

11. JOBS-HOUSING LINKAGE PROGRAM (GREEN)

CONSIDERATION OF INITIATING AMENDMENT OF THE PLANNING CODE; Sections 313 through 313.14, and by adding 313.15, to rename the "OFFICE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION PROGRAM" as the "JOBS-HOUSING LINKAGE PROGRAM," to apply the program to all new and expanded hotel space of at least 25,000 square feet, to all new and expanded entertainment space of at least 50,000 square feet, and to all new and expanded retail space of at lest 100,000 square feet, and by amending Section 314.1 to redefine "Hotel."

(Continued from Regular Meeting of March 11, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Initiated Hearing for May 6, 1999

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin
 

12. 98.523E (GLASNER)

1880 LOMBARD STREET, (Proposed Residential/Commercial Development), an appeal of Preliminary Negative Declaration. The proposal is to construct one building on a 16,500 square foot lot at the corner of Buchanan Street after demolition of the present fast-food establishment (Assessor's Block 494, lot 12). The proposal is to construct parking for 46 parking spaces at the basement level and 3 parking spaces at street level, 11,000 square feet of retail space at the street level, and two levels above with 27 residential units (about 22,900 square feet). Loading for the commercial occupancy would be on Buchanan Street. The project height would not exceed 40 feet, and would have a total gross area of about 60,600 square feet. This would be constructed after the demolition of the existing 2,300 square foot building with drive through. Vehicle access to the parking garage would be via Lombard Street. This proposed project is located in an NC-3 (Moderate Scale, Neighborhood Commercial) zoning district.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Kelly Drumm, Patricia Vaughey, Betty White, Mary Fowler, Donna Clement, Greg Hanson, Jill Hales, Joan Girardot, Robert McCarthy

ACTION: Approved

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin

Motion No.: 14803
 

13a. 98.523CV (BILLOVITS)

1880 LOMBARD STREET at Buchanan Street, Lot 12 in Assessor's Block 494: Request for a conditional use authorization to construct a three-story mixed-use building with a single non-residential use on the ground floor in excess of 6,000 square-feet on a parcel larger than 10,000 square-feet in the NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District, per Sections 121.1, 121.2 and 303 of the Planning Code.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Robert McCarthy, Chris Meany, ???, Hans Baldoff, Carol Gilbert, Kelly Drumm, Donna Clement, Patricia Vaughey, Kathleen Hallinan, Jeff Corino, Roseanne Braccini, Gloria Fontanello, Randy Dean, Carolyn Blair, Joan Girardot, Babette Drefke, William Johansen, Judy Keoso, Al Brandi, Serena Bardell, Robert Bardell, Al Lewis, Steve Carter, John Bardis, Frank Rollo, Tom Reichling, Paul Penney, Bob Planthold, Kim Bachmann, David Butler, Mill Musick, Alex Marks, David Mansch, Alex Podell, Sally Tooley, Neil Kelly, Alice Barkley, Betty White, Bob McCarthy

ACTION: Continued to April 15, 1999. Following public testimony, the Commission Closed Public Comment. A Motion to Approve failed to carry by a vote of +3 to -2 (Antenore, Joe). At the direction of Commission President Theoharis, absent Commissioner Martin and the newly appointed seventh Commissioner, would review the official transcript and all pertinent information prior to casting their vote.

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Chinchilla

NAYES: Antenore, Joe

ABSENT: Martin
 

13b. 98.523CV (BILLOVITS)

1880 LOMBARD STREET at Buchanan Street, Lot 12 in Assessor's Block 494: Request for a variance authorization to modify rear yard requirements in the proposed mixed-use building described above in the NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial) District, per Sections 134 and 305 of the Planning Code.

The application for Variance will be considered by the Zoning Administrator.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 25, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Robert McCarthy, Chris Meany, ???, Hans Baldoff, Carol Gilbert, Kelly Drumm, Donna Clement, Patricia Vaughey, Kathleen Hallinan, Jeff Corino, Roseanne Braccini, Gloria Fontanello, Randy Dean, Carolyn Blair, Joan Girardot, Babette Drefke, William Johansen, Judy Keoso, Al Brandi, Serena Bardell, Robert Bardell, Al Lewis, Steve Carter, John Bardis, Frank Rollo, Tom Reichling, Paul Penney, Bob Planthold, Kim Bachmann, David Butler, Mill Musick, Alex Marks, David Mansch, Alex Podell, Sally Tooley, Neil Kelly, Alice Barkley, Betty White, Bob McCarthy

ACTION: Following public testimony, the Zoning Administrator Closed Public Comment. A Motion to Approve the conditional use authorization failed to carry by a vote of +3 to -2 (Antenore, Joe). If the Motion to Approve is adopted by the Planning Commission the Zoning Administrator will grant the variance. If the Commission does not adopt the Motion to Approve the variance will become moot.
 

14. 98.967C (MILLER)

3132 23rd Street, northeast corner at Shotwell Street, Lot 20 in Assessor's Block 3638 -- Request for a Conditional Use Authorization to establish a plant nursery with retail sales per Planning Code Section 209.5(c) in a RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 11, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Lizette Hernandez, Dan Ritz, Luis Granados, Carmen Ramirez, Lisa Gonzalez, Romy Ibarra-Klein, Jose Najar, Diane Whitmore, Shirley Dean, Armando Vasquez, Stella Ergas, Geraldine Cortez, Geri Almanza, Sam Kowarski, Carolyn Blair, Peter Jaques, Eric Noble, Irving Rosenthal, John Starsnick, James Windsor, Dennis Rubenstein, Susanne Korey Marion Aird, Vivien Azadian, Mike Kan, Haydee De Leon, Deborah Sotelo

ACTION: Continued to April 15, 1999. Following public testimony, the Commission Closed Public Comment. A Motion of Intent to Approve with Conditions was adopted by a vote of +5 to -0.

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin
 

15. 98.318C98.870C (SCOTT)

4025 18TH STREET, between Noe and Hartford Streets, midblock south side, Lot 84, in Assessor's Block 3583 -- Request for Conditional Use authorization under Section 161(j) of the Planning Code to allow for the elimination of one off-street parking space for a three-story residential building containing two flats within the (Castro Neighborhood Commercial) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
 

SPEAKER(S): None

ACTION: Approved with Conditions

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin

Motion No.: 14804
 

F. SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING
 

AT APPROXIMATELY 7:12 P.M. THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONVENED INTO A SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING.
 

16. 98.805D (GORDON)

475 HAMPSHIRE STREET, northeast corner between Mariposa and 17th Streets, Lot 002E in Assessor's Block 3973 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 9817702, proposing the new construction of six live/work units over garage (four stories with two mezzanine levels) in a M-1 (Light Industrial) District.

(Continued from Regular Meeting of February 18, 1999)
 

SPEAKER(S): Jim Reuben

ACTION: Continued to April 22, 1999

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Chinchilla, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin
 

17. 98.790D (KEYLON)

3920 WASHINGTON STREET, north side between Arguello Boulevard and Cherry Street, Lot 006 in Assessor's Block 0990 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 9812025, proposing to construct a third-floor vertical addition on top of an existing two-story-over-basement single-family dwelling in a RH-1 (House, One-Family) District.
 

SPEAKER(S): Scott Emblidge, Bruce Bonacher, Chris VerPlanck, Michael Carboy, Kathryn Coffey, Ken Hagan, Ann Dale, Peter Holmes, Dr. Bill Fay, Howard Wexler, Matt Berler, Amy Berler

ACTION: Take DR; pulling back the vertical addition and extending on the ground level horizontally, or other agreeable solution by both parties.

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin, Chinchilla
 

18. 1999.069D (WILSON)

2231 NORIEGA STREET, south side between 29th and 30th Avenues, Lot 028 in Assessor's Block 2066 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 9824147, proposing to construct a two-story horizontal addition to the rear of the dwelling, in a RH-1 (House, One-Family) District.
 

SPEAKER(S): Blanch Byrd, Joseph Kwok, Eileen Kwok

ACTION: No DR

AYES: Theoharis, Mills, Antenore, Joe

NAYES: None

ABSENT: Martin, Chinchilla
 
 
 
 
 

Adjournment: 8:17 P.M.

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