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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, August 11, 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.
B.
COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
Adoption of Commission
Minutes – Charter
Section 4.104 requires all commissioners to vote yes or no on all matters unless
that commissioner is excused by a vote of the Commission. Commissioners may not
be automatically excluded from a vote on the minutes because they did not attend
the meeting.
1. Consideration of
Adoption:
·
Draft Minutes of
Regular Meeting of June 23, 2011
2. 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.
C. DIRECTOR’S REPORT
3. Director’s
Announcements
4. Review of Past
Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors, Board of Appeals, and Historic
Preservation Commission.
D. GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT – 15 MINUTES
At this time, members of the
public may address the Commission on items of interest to the public that are
within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission except agenda items.
With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Commission will be
afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may
address the Commission for up to three minutes.
E.
REGULAR CALENDAR
5.
2011.0656TZ
(S. HAYWARD: (415)
558-6372)
Amendments to the Planning Code Sections 602.10, 607.1, 608, adding Section
608.16, and amending Sectional Map SSD of the Zoning Map:
Establishing the City Center Special
Sign District [Board File No. 11-0448].
Ordinance
introduced by Supervisor Farrell amending Planning Code Sections 602.10
(Definitions), 607.1 (Neighborhood Commercial Districts), 608 (Special Sign
Districts), adding Section 608.16 (“City Center Special Sign District”), and
amending
Sectional
Map SSD of the Zoning Map to establish the “City Center Special Sign District”
encompassing the real property bounded by Masonic Avenue, Geary Boulevard, Lyon
Street, and O’Farrell Street (Assessor’s Block 1094, Lot 001), to allow
additional projecting signs, freestanding identifying and directional signs and
to modify existing controls on business wall signs; adopting findings, including
environmental findings, Planning Code Section 302 findings, and findings of
consistency with the General Plan and the priority policies of Planning Code
Section 101.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Modifications
(Continued from Regular Meeting of July 28, 2011)
6.
2009.0291E & 2010.0275E (M.
JACINTO: (415) 575-9033)
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN
ART EXPANSION / FIRESTATION RELOCATION AND HOUSING PROJECT – Public Hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact
Report: The proposed projects include the following: 1) on the block bounded
by Third, Mission, New Montgomery, and Howard Streets in the Yerba Buena
Redevelopment Area, an up-to 200-foot-tall, 235,000-square-foot expansion of the
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art at 151 Third Street (Assessor Block 3722, Lot
78), involving demolition of the structure at 670 Howard Street (Assessor Block
3722, Lot 27) and San Francisco Fire Department Station No. 1 and at 676 Howard
Street (Assessor Block 3722, Lot 28); and 2) on Folsom Street between Fifth and
Fourth Streets in the East SoMa Plan, development of the property at 935 Folsom
Street (Assessor Block 3753, Lot 140) with a 3-bay, 2-story replacement fire
station fronting Folsom Street and a 13-unit, 45-foot-tall residential building
fronting Shipley Street. The existing, vacant 935 Folsom Street industrial
building would be demolished.
Preliminary Recommendation: No Action Required
Note: written comments will be accepted at
the Planning Department’s offices until the close of business on August 25,
2011.
7.
2010.0493E
(J. NAVARRETE: (415) 575-9040)
The
34th America’s Cup and James R. Herman Cruise Terminal and Northeast Wharf Plaza
Projects Draft Environmental Impact Report
- Public Hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Report:
The City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) and the America’s Cup Event
Authority propose to host the 34th America’s Cup (AC34) sailing races in San
Francisco Bay in 2012 and in 2013. Venues proposed for the AC34 events are
piers, water areas, and facilities managed by the Port of San Francisco (Port)
including: Piers (Piers 19, 19½, 23, 27-29½, 26, 28, 30-32, and 80), water
basins/water areas (Piers 19-23, 23-27, 29‑31, 14-22½, 26‑28, 28-30, and 32-36),
and Seawall Lot 330. Various other venues are proposed for spectator‑related
activities, some of which are under the jurisdiction of other City, state or
federal agencies, including Crissy Field, Marina Green, Fort Mason, Aquatic
Park, Alcatraz Island, Fort Baker Pier at Cavallo Point (near Sausalito), SF
Civic Center, Union Square, and Justin Herman Plaza. The event venues would
include team bases and operations, support space, media operations, hospitality
services, commercial space, entertainment and spectator areas, and temporary
berthing and mooring facilities for race-related and spectator vessels. The Port
proposes the development of Pier 27 as the James R. Herman Cruise Terminal and
Northeast Wharf Plaza, which would be phased to allow America’s Cup Village uses
at Piers 27-29, including an initial phase of the cruise terminal building, for
the 2013 AC34. The Cruise Terminal project would involve demolition of the
existing Pier 27 shed, a portion of the Pier 29 shed, and Pier 27 Annex
Building, and construction of a 91,200 square foot, two-story cruise terminal
building along Pier 27. The Northeast Wharf Plaza would provide a 2½-acre open
space at the south end of Pier 27, fronting along The Embarcadero promenade
including a multi-use recreational space and ancillary structures for commercial
and recreational services.
Preliminary Recommendation: No
Action Required.
Note: written comments will be accepted at the Planning Department’s offices
until the close of business on August 25, 2011.
F.
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: