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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, March 10, 2011
1:30 PM
Regular Meeting
President: Christina R. Olague
Vice-President: Ron Miguel
Commissioners: Michael
J. Antonini; Gwyneth Borden; Rodney Fong; Kathrin Moore;
Hisashi Sugaya
Commission Secretary: Linda
D. Avery
Commission Calendars are
available on the Internet at http://www.sfgov.org/planning
or as a recorded message at (415) 558-6422.
Case reports and
relevant materials are linked to the items on calendar at the above web
site.
View the
meeting online at: http://www.sfgov.org/site/sfgtv_index.asp
Or
View the
broadcast live, Thursdays on Cable Channel 78.
And
The
re-broadcast on Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Cable Channel 26
THE AGENDA PACKET IS
AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
1650 MISSION STREET, 4TH FLOOR RECEPTION
Commission Meeting Procedures
Material submitted by the
public for Commission review prior to a scheduled hearing should be received by
the Planning Department reception counter at 1650 Mission Street, 4th 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, 1650 Mission Street, Suite
400, 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.
Policy on Commissioner’s requests for hearings:
There must be consensus of the Commission (four commissioners) or direction from
the President/Chair to schedule a hearing that otherwise would not be scheduled.
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 impairments 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, 1650 Mission St., 4th floor reception.
1:30 PM _________
ROLL
CALL:
President:
Christina R. Olague
Vice-President:
Ron Miguel
Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Gwyneth Borden;
Rodney Fong; Kathrin Moore; Hisashi Sugaya
A.
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.
2010.0321C
(S. YOUNG: (415) 558-6346)
1765 WALLER STREET - south side between Stanyan and Shrader Streets; Lot
028 in Assessor’s Block 1250 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization
under Sections 121.2, 161(j), and 303 of the Planning Code to legalize the
elimination of a residential off-street parking space and to allow a use size
that exceeds 2,499 square feet of floor area on the ground floor of a two-story,
mixed-use building within the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial Zoning
District, Haight Street Alcohol Restricted Use Subdistrict, and 40-X Height and
Bulk District. The residential off-street parking space has been converted to
retail commercial space that is used in conjunction with the authorized
commercial space at the rear of the ground floor. The expanded commercial space
contains 2,870 square feet of floor area.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Pending
(Proposed for
Continuance to March 17, 2011)
2a. 2009.0906CV
(R. CRAWFORD: (415)
558-6358)
34-36 PLEASANT STREET
- north side between Taylor and Jones Streets; Lot 020 in Assessor’s Block 0221
- Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code
Sections 253 and 303 to allow to construction of a two story addition to the
existing two stories over garage dwelling. The addition will increase height of
the building to approximately 49 feet 9 inches and increase the number of
dwelling units in the building from 2 to 3. The project site is located within
the RM-3 (Residential Mixed, Medium Density) District, and the 65 A Height and
Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 20, 2011)
(Proposed for Continuance to May 19, 2011)
2b.
2009.0906CV
(R. CRAWFORD: (415)
558-6358)
34-36 PLEASANT STREET
- north side between Taylor and Jones Streets; Lot 020 in Assessor’s Block 0221
- Request for Variances, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 134 to modify
the rear yard requirement in the Van Ness Special Use District, to allow an 11
foot deep rear yard where 15 feet is required. The project proposes to construct
a two story addition to the existing two stories over garage dwelling. The
addition will increase the number of dwelling units in the building from 2 to 3.
The project site is located within the RM-3 (Residential Mixed, Medium Density)
District, and the 65 A Height and Bulk District.
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of January 20, 2011)
(Proposed for
Continuance to May 19, 2011)
B. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed hereunder
constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the Planning
Commission, and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Commission.
There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the
Commission, the public, or staff so requests, in which event the matter shall be
removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a
future hearing
3.
2011.0011C
(T. WANG: (415) 558-6335)
4042 24th
STREET - on the
north side of 24th Street between Castro and Noe streets; Lot 014 in
Assessor’s Block 3656 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization,
pursuant to Planning Code Sections 728.26 and 303 to allow a walk-up facility
(customer pick-up window) that is not recessed three feet from the front
property line at the full-service restaurant (d.b.a. Patxi’s Chicago Pizza)
within the 24th Street – Noe Valley Neighborhood Commercial District
and a 40-X Height and bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
C.
COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
4. Commission
Comments/Questions
·
Inquiries/Announcements.
Without discussion, at this time Commissioners may make announcements or
inquiries of staff regarding various matters of interest to the Commissioner(s).
·
Future
Meetings/Agendas.
At this time, the Commission may discuss and take action to set the date of a
Special Meeting and/or determine those items that could be placed on the agenda
of the next meeting and other future meetings of the Planning Commission.
D. DIRECTOR’S REPORT
5. Director’s
Announcements
6. Review of Past
Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors, Board of Appeals, and Historic
Preservation Commission.
7.
2011.0070I
(R. CRAWFORD: (415) 558-6358)
1355 SANSOME
STREET - southwest corner of Sansome and
Greenwich Streets Lot 048, of Assessor’s Block 0085 Informational
Presentation on Draft Institutional Master Plan (IMP), pursuant to Planning
Code Section 304.5. The Hult International Business School’s IMP contains
information on the nature and history of the institution, the location and use
of affiliated buildings, and development plans within the C-2, Community
Business and 84-E Height and Bulk Districts (Downtown, Retail) District, and the
80-130 F Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Informational
presentation, no action requested
E. 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.
F.
REGULAR CALENDAR
8.
2009.0378C
(E. Oropeza: (415) 558-6381)
224 Townsend Street
- between Ritch and Clyde Streets; Lot 013 in Assessor’s Block 3787 - Request
for Conditional Use Authorization to establish a “Public Automobile Parking
Garage” use for up to five years per Planning Code Sections 817.30 and 890.12
all within the SLI (Service Light Industrial) District, and a 65-X Height and
Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
9a.
2010.0162DDV (R.
CRAWFORD: (415) 558-6358)
1945 HYDE STREET
- west side at Russell Street; Lot 002 in Assessor's Block 0123 - Requests
for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2010 0517 2557
proposing to convert a 58 stall parking garage to a mixed use building with
7 dwelling units, 14 parking spaces and a commercial unit. The project will add
a one-story vertical addition to the top of the building that will be setback 12
feet from the front wall and 10 feet from the rear property line within the NC-1
(Neighborhood Commercial Cluster) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk
District.
Staff Analysis: Full Discretionary Review
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take
Discretionary Review and approve
9b.
2010.0162DDV
(R. CRAWFORD:
(415) 558-6358)
1945 HYDE STREET
- west side at Russell Street; Lot 002 in Assessor's Block 0123 - Request for
Variance, pursuant to Planning Code Section 134 to modify the rear yard
requirement in the NC-1 District. The project proposes to convert a 58 stall
parking garage to a mixed use building with 7 dwelling units, 14 parking spaces
and a commercial unit. The project will add a one-story vertical addition to
the top of the building that will be setback 10 feet from the rear property line
where a setback of 25 feet is required within the NC-1 (Neighborhood Commercial
Cluster) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk District.
10a.
2011.0088DDDDV (S.
CALTAGIRONE: (415) 558-6625)
184 EDGEWOOD AVENUE - east side, south of the intersection with
Belmont Avenue; Lot 028 in Assessor’s Block 2642 - Requests for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application No. 2010.08.18.9020, proposing to
raise the building by approximately 1’-6” and to horizontally extend all floor
levels towards the rear of the three-story single-family house within the
RH-1(D) (Residential, House, Single-Family, Detached) Zoning District and 40-X
Height and Bulk District.
Staff Analysis: Full Discretionary Review
Preliminary Recommendation: Take Discretionary Review and approve
with modifications.
10b.
2011.0088DDDDV (S.
CALTAGIRONE: (415) 558-6625)
184 EDGEWOOD AVENUE
- east side, south of the intersection with Belmont Avenue; Lot 028 in
Assessor’s Block 2642 - Request for
Side Yard and Non-Complying
Structure Variances,
pursuant to Planning Code Sections 133 and 188 to raise the building by
approximately 1’-6” and to construct a chimney within the existing south side
yard. The three-story single-family house is located within the RH-1(D)
(Residential, House, Single-Family, Detached) Zoning District and 40-X Height
and Bulk District.
G.
PUBLIC COMMENT
At this time, members of
the public may address the Commission on items of interest to the public that
are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission except agenda
items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Commission
will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting with one exception.
When the agenda item has already been reviewed in a public hearing at which
members of the public were allowed to testify and the Commission has closed the
public hearing, your opportunity to address the Commission must be exercised
during the Public Comment portion of the Calendar. Each member of the public
may address the Commission for up to three minutes.
The Brown Act forbids a
commission from taking action or discussing any item not appearing on the posted
agenda, including those items raised at public comment. In response to public
comment, the commission is limited to:
(1) responding to
statements made or questions posed by members of the public; or
(2) requesting staff to
report back on a matter at a subsequent meeting; or
(3)
directing staff to place the item on a future agenda. (Government Code
Section 54954.2(a))
Adjournment:
*** Notice of PROPOSED
Future Agenda Items ***
CPMC
March 10, 2011
-
Informational
TREASURE ISLAND
March
17, 2011
-
Informational
2004 & 2009 HOUSING
ELEMENT
March 24, 2011
- Certification of the
Final EIR
2009 HOUSING ELEMENT
March 24, 2011
- Consideration of a
Resolution amending
the San Francisco
General Plan
TREASURE ISLAND (Joint Hearing w/the Treasure Island Authority)
April 7, 2011
- Adoption of GP, Zoning
Map and Planning Code Amendments
EXECUTIVE PARK
April 7, 2011
- Initiation of GP Zoning
Map and Planning Code Amendments
CPMC
April 21, 2011
- Informational
EXECUTIVE
PARK
May 5, 2011
- Certification of EIR, Adoption of GP, Zoning Map and
Planning Code Amendments
NOTE:
Hearing dates listed above may be tentative. This notice is not final public
notification, but is intended to inform interested parties about up-coming
items.
ALWAYS VERIFY THAT ANY ITEM
OF INTEREST IS SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING ON THE FINAL PUBLISHED CALENDAR FOR
THAT DATE.