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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, July 14, 2011
1:00 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
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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
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regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. Requests for American
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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.
1:00 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. 2011.0165C
(S. YOUNG:
(415) 558-6346)
2424 POLK STREET -
east side between Filbert and Union Streets;
Lot 020 in
Assessor’s Block
0525 -
Request for Conditional Use Authorization
under Sections 723.21, 723.41, 723.42, and 303 of the Planning Code to convert a
vacant retail space into a full-service restaurant with bar (d.b.a. Revo) and to
allow a use size that exceeds 1,999 square feet in a one-story commercial
building within the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District and a 65-A
Height and Bulk District. The proposed full-service restaurant with bar will
contain approximately 2,500 square feet of floor area and will accommodate up to
49 patrons.
Preliminary Recommendation: Pending
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of June 2, 2011)
(Proposed for
Continuance to September 22, 2011)
2a. 2010.0367DDV
(C.
Teague: (415) 575-9081)
54-62 Peralta Street
- Requests for Discretionary Review for Building Permit Application Nos.
2009.1231.4050 and 2009.1231.4052 proposing to construct two new three-story,
two-family dwellings on two adjacent down-sloping lots, in a RH-2 (Residential,
Two-Family House) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District, and within the
Bernal Heights Special Use District.
Staff Analysis: Full
Discretionary Review
Preliminary Recommendation: Not
Take Discretionary Review and approve as proposed.
(Continued from Regular Meeting
of March 17, 2011)
Note:
On March 17, 2011, following testimony, the Commission continued this item to
7/14/2011. Public hearing remains open.
(Proposed for Continuance to
September 22, 2011)
2b. 2010.0367DDV
(C. Teague: (415)
575-9081)
54-62 Peralta
Street - Request for off-street parking Variance
pursuant to Planning Code Section 242(e)(4) for the proposed construction of two
new three-story, two-family dwellings on two adjacent down-sloping lots, in a
RH-2 (Residential, Two-Family House) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk
District, and within the Bernal Heights Special Use District.
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of March 17, 2011)
FOLLOWING PUBLIC
TESTIMONY, THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR CONTINUED THE ITEM TO 7/14/2011. PUBLIC
HEARING REMAINS OPEN.
(Proposed for Continuance to September 22, 2011)
3.
(V. WISE: (4150
575-9049)
MTA’s SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY STRATEGY - Informational Presentation –
This presentation will provide an overview of MTA’s work on sustainable
mobility and climate action strategy. The presentation will include information
on MTA’s sustainability goals, mobility strategies for various modes, and
examples of current projects,
(Proposed for Continuance
to September 22, 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
4.
2010.1070C
(K. Durandet: (415) 575-6816)
580 VALENCIA STREET
- west side of Valencia Street between 16th and 17th
Streets–Lot 011 of Assessor’s Block 3568 -
Request for Conditional Use Authorization,
pursuant to Planning Code Sections 726.41 to add a bar to a previously existing
full-service restaurant (d.b.a. Slanted Door Restaurant) within the Valencia
Street NCT (Neighborhood Commercial Transit) District, Mission Alcohol Beverage
Special Use Sub-district, and a 55-X Height and Bulk District. If granted, the
Conditional Use Authorization would allow the applicant to seek a Type 47
License from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. This
license would permit the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits for on-site
consumption in association with the restaurant. Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
C. REGULAR CALENDAR
5.
2010.0420ECTZ (A.
CONTRERAS: (415) 575-9044)
3151 – 3155 SCOTT STREET
- southwest corner at Lombard Street, Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 0937 -
Appeal of Preliminary Negative Declaration for the proposed conversion of a
building formerly used as a 29-room hotel (d.b.a. King Edward II) to a group
housing use with up to 24 affordable group housing units for transitional age
youth between the ages of 18 and 24, one manager’s unit (25 units in total) and
rooms for programmatic needs (1,856 sf), with minor alterations to the
building’s façade. The 3,436 sf project site is within the NC-3 (Neighborhood
Commercial, Moderate Scale) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District, and is
proposed for rezoning as the "Lombard and Scott Street Affordable Group Housing
Special Use District". Enlargement of the building is not proposed.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Uphold Preliminary Negative Declaration
6a.
2010.0420CETZ (S.
VELLVE: (415) 558-6263)
3151 – 3155 SCOTT STREET – southwest corner at Lombard Street, Lot 001 in
Assessor’s Block 0937 – Consideration of a proposed ordinance introduced by Supervisors Chiu,
Avalos, Kim, Mar, and Mirkarimi requesting Rezoning and Text Amendments
to the Planning Code and Zoning Map to establish the Lombard and Scott Street
Affordable Group Housing Special Use District (SUD) in association with the
proposed group housing project pursuant to Planning Code Sections 302 and 306.
The Planning Code Text Amendment would establish the Lombard and Scott
Street Affordable Group Housing SUD by adding Planning code Section 249.55. The
SUD would increase the allowed group housing density from 16 group housing
units as permitted per Planning Code Sections 208 and 712.92 to 24 group housing
units and one manager's unit for a total of 25 units, and exceptions to the rear
yard, open space and exposure requirements for a project with an affordable
housing component for transitional age youth between the ages of 18 and 24. The
Zoning Map Amendment would establish the Lombard and Scott Street
Affordable Group Housing SUD at Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 0937 on Zoning Map
Sheet SU02.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Adoption
6b.
2010.0420CETZ
(S. VELLVE: (415) 558-6263)
3151 – 3155 SCOTT STREET – southwest corner at Lombard Street, Lot 001 in
Assessor’s Block 0937 – Request for Conditional Use Authorization
pursuant to Planning Code Section 303 to convert a building formerly used as a
29-room tourist hotel (d.b.a. King Edward II) to a group housing use with up to
24 affordable group housing units for transitional age youth between the ages of
18 and 24, one manager’s unit (25 units in total) and rooms for programmatic
needs, with minor alterations to the building’s façade, within the NC-3
(Neighborhood Commercial, Moderate Scale) District, the proposed Lombard and
Scott Street Affordable Group Housing Special Use District (SUD) and a 40-X
Height and Bulk District. Enlargement of the building is not proposed.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
4:00 PM
7.
2010.0182TU
(E. Lovejoy: (415)
575-9026)
Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings - The Planning Commission will consider two items: 1) a draft
policy document titled "Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings" and 2) a proposed
Ordinance that would amend the Planning Code to implement the proposed policy
document. The actions are intended to a) reduce building-related hazards for San
Francisco’s resident and migrant bird species; b) establish consistent building
standards for creating bird-safe buildings; and c) provide certain exemptions
from these requirements. The proposed Ordinance would amend the Planning Code to
create a new Section, 139 Bird-Safe Building Standards; and would amend other
sections, including Section 145.1; and adopting findings, including
environmental findings, Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with
the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with modifications of a draft
Resolution recommending approval of amendments to the Planning Code and adopting
a Commission policy document titled "Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings".
(Continued from Regular Meeting of May 26, 2011)
8.
(T.
OJEDA: (415) 558-6251)
SAN FRANCISCO SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE AND CHANGE SINCE 2000 - Staff will
report on data from the Census Bureau, focusing on the 2005-2009 American
Community Survey (ACS). The annual ACS replaced the decennial Census “long
form” and includes detailed socio-economic statistics such as household
composition, income, poverty, educational attainment, occupation, and commute to
work. Annual ACS data is aggregated into five-year estimates to replicate
Census sampling. The 2005-2009 ACS is the first five-year estimate released and
provides the most current socio-economic profile of the country. Changes since
the 2000 Census for select demographic and housing characteristics will be
presented for San Francisco overall and by supervisorial districts; employment
and commute to work will also be discussed. Census 2010 data will be used when
available. Preliminary Recommendation: Informational presentation only. No
action required
9.
(K. CONNER: (415) 575-6914)
Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program
-
Consideration of Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program policy to authorize the
Zoning Administrator to administratively allow entitled projects with an
affordable housing requirement to modify the method of compliance from on- or
off-site rental units to payment of the
http://commissions.sfplanning.org/cpcpackets/file.pdf fee and from the
Affordable Housing fee to an on-site alternative.
Preliminary
Recommendation:
Adopt policy
10.
2011.0296C
(C. Teague: (415)
575-9081)
2196 3RD STREET (aka 638 19TH STREET)
- west side at the northern corner of 19th Street, Lots 031-051 in
Assessor's Block 4044 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization to
modify the existing project's original motion of approval (No. 16400) to allow
the two existing on-site affordable units to convert from rental to ownership
units in the UMU (Urban Mixed Use) Zoning District, 68-X Height and Bulk
District, and the Life Science and Medical Special Use District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions.
(Continued from
Regular Meeting of June 9, 2011)
11.
2011.0639T
(A. Rodgers: (415)
558-6395)
Clement and Geary NCD Controls
- The Planning
Commission an Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code Sections
263.20, 712.1, 716.1, and 781.4 to: 1) allow eating and drinking uses as principally
permitted uses in the Inner Clement and Outer Clement Neighborhood Commercial
Districts if the total street frontage dedicated to such uses does not exceed
30% and as conditionally permitted uses if the total street frontage dedicated
to such uses exceeds 30%; 2) remove the prohibition on large fast-food
restaurants and prohibit formula retail pet supply stores and formula retail
eating and drinking establishments in the Geary Boulevard Fast-Food Subdistrict;
3) make video stores a principally permitted use on the ground floor in the NC-3
and the Inner Clement and Outer Clement Neighborhood Commercial Districts; 4)
permit a height increase of five feet to permit tall ground-floor ceiling
heights in the 40-X and 50-X Height and Bulk Districts in the NC-3 Zoning
District along Geary Boulevard from Scott Street to 28th Avenue; and 5) making
environmental findings, Planning Code Section 302 findings, and findings of
consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code
Section 101.1.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Pending.
12.
2011.0399C
(K. Guy: (415) 558-6163)
401 GROVE STREET
- southwest corner at
Gough Street, Lot 036 of Assessor’s Block 0808 - Request for Conditional Use
Authorization to allow development on a lot exceeding 10,000 square feet,
and to approve a Planned Unit Development, with specific modifications of
Planning Code regulations regarding rear yard, dwelling unit exposure, bay
window dimensions, and height measurement, within the Hayes-Gough Neighborhood
Commercial Transit District and the 40-50-X Height and Bulk District. The
proposal is to demolish an existing surface parking lot and construct a new
five-story mixed-use building containing approximately 63 dwelling units, 5,000
square feet of ground floor commercial uses, and 37 off-street parking spaces
within an underground garage. In 2008, a Conditional Use Authorization and
Planned Unit Development were approved for the property for the construction of
a new building containing 61 dwelling units, 10,000 square feet of ground floor
commercial uses, and 39 off-street parking spaces. The project to be considered
on June 23, 2011 includes a modified program of uses and a revised design.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of June 23, 2011)
13.
2011.0298X
(B.
Fu: (415) 558-6613)
399 Fremont Street
- northeast corner of Harrison and Fremont Streets, Lot 002 in Assessor’s Block
3747 - Request under Planning Code Sections 309.1, 825 and 827 to allow a
time extension for a previously approved project within the RH DTR (Rincon Hill
Downtown Residential Mixed Use) District with a 85/400-R Height and Bulk
Designation. The
approved proposal was to construct a new residential project in a 400-foot
building that would consist of approximately 452 dwelling units, up to 238
off-street parking spaces, and for the granting of exceptions to allow greater
than one parking space for every two dwelling units under Planning Code Sections
151.1(d) and 309.1(b)(1)(b), for reduction of the dwelling unit exposure
requirements under Planning Code Sections 140 and 309.1(b)(1)(d), and to provide
exceptions to the separation of towers requirement under Planning Code Sections
270(e) and 309.1(b)(1)(a).
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
14.
2008.1395X
(K. Durandet: (415) 575-6816)
1501 15TH STREET
- southwest corner of South Van Ness Avenue and 15th Street, Lot 054
of Assessor’s Block 3553 - Request for Large Project Authorization and
exceptions pursuant to Planning Code Sections 134 and 329. The subject property
is in the UMU (Urban Mixed Use) Zoning District, and a 58-X Height and Bulk
District. The proposed project would replace a vacant lot (formerly a gas
station) with a 58 foot high, five-story, 66,043 square foot, mixed-use building
consisting of 40 residential units (16 one-bedroom, 24 two-bedroom) and
approximately 9,681 square feet of ground-floor commercial use. The building
would provide 39 off-street parking spaces at the basement level with access to
the underground parking garage on 15th Street. The project would
provide approximately 3,187 square feet of common outdoor space and 2,917 square
feet of private open space with an exception for rear yard requirement pursuant
to Planning Code Section 134.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
D.
COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
15. 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.
E. DIRECTOR’S REPORT
16. Director’s
Announcements
17. Review of Past
Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors, Board of Appeals, and Historic
Preservation Commission.
F. 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.
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 ***
CPC RULES AND REGULATIONS
July
28, 2011
- Proposed Adoption of
Amendments (proposed by the Commission)
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.