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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, June 16, 2011
12:00 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 9:30 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.
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.
12:00 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.
2009.0651C
(B.
Fu: (415) 558-6613)
2045-2121 EVANS STREET
- west side between Cesar Chavez and Napoleon Streets, Lots 001B & 002 in
Assessor’s Block 4343 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization under
Planning Code Sections 157 and 303 to allow parking in excess of accessory
amounts for the proposed Restaurant Depot building expansion, within the PDR-2
(Core Production, Distribution, and Repair) Zoning District and a 65-J Height
and Bulk District.
(Proposed for continuance
to July 7, 2011)
2.
2011.0162C
(R. Sucré: (415) 575-9108)
274 Brannan Street
- north side of Brannan Street, between 2nd and Delancey Streets, Lot
073 in Assessor’s Block 3774
- Request for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections
712.83 and 303 to install a Wireless Transmission Facility consisting of six
panel antennas and associated equipment and having a Location Preference of 2 on
a six-story office building as part of the T-Mobile Wireless Telecommunications
Network within the Mixed Use-Office (MUO) Zoning District, a 65-X Height and
Bulk District, and the South End Historic District.
(Proposed for Continuance to September 8, 2011)
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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.
2011.0186C
(C. Teague: (415) 575-9081)
550
VALENCIA STREET
- west side
between 16th and 17th Streets, Lot 008 in Assessor's Block
3568 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning
Code Sections 121.2, 303, and 726.41, to allow an approximately 3,900 square
foot full-service restaurant and bar (d.b.a Mohave) in the Valencia Street NCT
(Neighborhood Commercial Transit) Zoning District, Mission Alcoholic Beverage
Special Use Subdistrict, and 55-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions
4.
2011.0211C
(C. Teague: (415) 575-9081)
2499 FOLSOM STREET
- east side between 20th and 21st Streets, Lot 020 in Assessor's Block 3612 -
Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code
Sections 186, 303, and 710.44, to allow an approximately 780 square foot small
self-service restaurant (d.b.a. Joey n Bats Coffee and Bakery) in an existing
“Limited Commercial Use” space in the RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family)
Zoning District, Mission Alcoholic Beverage Special Use Subdistrict, and 40-X
Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with
Conditions
C.
COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
5. 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
6. Director’s
Announcements
7. Review of Past
Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors, Board of Appeals, and Historic
Preservation Commission.
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.
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.
G.
CONSIDERATION OF FINDINGS AND FINAL ACTION – PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
8.
2009.0418E
(C. FORDHAM: (415) 575-9071)
PIER 36/BRANNAN
STREET PROJECT
- east side of The
Embarcadero, in proximity to the intersections of Brannan and Townsend Streets
(Lots 034,036 in Assessor’s Block 9900) – Certification of the Final
Environmental Impact Report. The proposed project involves the demolition of
the existing Pier 36, including 133,000 square feet (sq.ft) of pile-supported
concrete and wooden decks and piles, the 35,000 sq. ft. Pier 36 warehouse
building, and approximately 18,800 sq.ft. of marginal wharf which runs between
Piers 30-32 and Pier 38, and construction of a new approximately 57,000 sq.ft.
open space park. The proposed open space, “the Brannan Street Wharf”, would be
approximately 830 feet long, and would vary in width from 10 feet to 140 feet.
The construction of the proposed Brannan Street Wharf would require driving 269
new piles and reinforcing the adjacent seawall.
The project site is located in
a M-2 (Heavy Industrial) Zoning District and 40-X height and bulk district.
Note: The public
hearing on the Draft EIR is closed. The public comment period for the Draft EIR
ended on March 28, 2011. 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 the Final EIR
H.
REGULAR CALENDAR
9.
2011.0271C
(R.
Sucré: (415) 575-9108)
274 Brannan Street
- north side of Brannan Street, between 2nd and Delancey Streets, Lot
073 in Assessor’s Block 3774
- Request for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections
712.83 and 303 to install a Wireless Transmission Facility consisting of twelve
panel antennas and associated equipment and having a Location Preference of 2 on
a six-story office building as part of the AT&T Wireless Telecommunications
Network within the Mixed Use-Office (MUO) Zoning District, a 65-X Height and
Bulk District, and the South End Historic District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
10a.
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
(Continued from Regular Meeting of May 19, 2011)
10b.
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.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of May 19, 2011)
11a.
2010.0073D (G. CABREROS: (415) 558-6169)
671-673 26th Avenue
- west side between Balboa and Anza Streets; Lot 012 in Assessor's Block 1569 -
Mandatory Discretionary Review, pursuant to Planning Code Section 317(d),
of Demolition Permit Application Nos. 2009.07.24.3372 and 2009.07.24.3373,
proposing to demolish two residential buildings: a two-story, single-family
dwelling at the rear of the lot and a one-story, single-family dwelling towards
the front of the lot within an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) District
and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation:
Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project
11b.
2011.0369D
(G. CABREROS: (415) 558-6169)
671-673 26th Avenue
- west side between Balboa and Anza Streets; Lot 012 in Assessor's Block 1569 -
Mandatory Discretionary Review, pursuant to Planning Code Section 317(d),
of Building Permit Application No. 2009.07.24.3370, proposing to construct a new
three-story, two-unit building within an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family)
District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation:
Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the
project
12.
2010.0598D
(M. SMITH: (415) 558-6322)
75 MARS STREET
- at Corbett Avenue:
Lot 016 in Assessor's Block 2653 - Request for Discretionary Review of
Building Permit Application No.
2010.06.15.4512, proposing to
construct a one-story vertical addition, a rear horizontal addition, alter the
front façade, and add a second dwelling unit to a one-story over basement,
single-family dwelling within a RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) Zoning
District and 40-X Height and Bulk Districts.
Staff Analysis: Abbreviated Discretionary Review
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take
Discretionary Review and approve
5:30 P.M.
13.
(K. DISCHINGER: (415) 558-6284)
MARKET AND OCTAVIA MONITORING REPORT FOLLOW UP HEARING
- members of the Market and Octavia Community Advisory Committee (CAC) will
follow up on key issues identified and discussed in the Market/Octavia Plan
Community Advisory Committee’s Supplemental Report. Staff will be available to
respond to questions and comments.
Preliminary Recommendation: Informational item, no action
requested.
(Continued from the
Regular Meeting of June 2, 2011)
I.
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