SAN FRANCISCO
PLANNING COMMISSION
AND
RECREATION & PARK COMMISSION
Notice of Joint
Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission Chamber -
Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Thursday, May 23,
2013
10:00 AM
Special Meeting
PLANNING COMMISSION:
President: Rodney
Fong
Vice-President: Cindy Wu
Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Gwyneth
Borden; Rich Hillis,
Kathrin Moore;
Hisashi Sugaya
RECREATION AND PARK
COMMISSION: President: Mark
Buell
Vice President: Allan Low
Commissioners: Paige Arata, Gloria Bonilla,
Tom Harrison,
Meagan
Levitan, Larry Martin
Commission
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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
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ROLL
CALL: Planning Commission:
President: Rodney
Fong
Vice-President: Cindy
Wu
Commissioners:
Michael J. Antonini; Gwyneth Borden; Rich Hillis;
Kathrin
Moore; Hisashi Sugaya
Recreation
& Park Commission:
President:
Mark Buell
Vice President: Allan Low
Commissioners: Paige Arata, Gloria
Bonilla, Tom Harrison, Meagan Levitan, Larry Martin
NOTE: The Joint
Commissions will hold one public hearing for the public to provide testimony on
Items 1A, 1B, and 1C listed below. Following the public hearing, the Planning
Commission will consider action on adopting findings under the California
Environmental Quality Act; the Recreation & Park Commission will act
jointly with the Planning Commission to consider raising the cumulative shadow
limit for Union Square Park; the Recreation & Park Commission will consider
action adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and
the Recreation & Park Commission will consider making a recommendation to
the Planning Commission regarding the possible adverse impact of shadow on
Union Square Park. Following action on those items, the Recreation & Park
Commission will adjourn and the Planning Commission will remain in session and
separately consider action on all other entitlements.
A. SPECIAL CALENDAR
1a. 2008.1084EHKRTXZc1 (K.
GUY: (415) 558-6163)
706 MISSION STREET - northwest corner
at Third Street; Lots 093, 275, and portions of Lot 277 of Assessor’s Block
3706 - Adoption of Findings under the California Environmental Quality Act.
- The proposed project would rehabilitate an existing 10-story, 144-foot tall
building (the Aronson Building), and construct a new, adjacent 47-story tower,
reaching a roof height of 520 feet with a 30-foot tall mechanical penthouse.
The two buildings would be connected and would contain up to 215 dwelling
units, a “core-and-shell” museum space measuring approximately 52,000 square
feet, and approximately 4,800 square feet of retail space. The project would
reconfigure portions of the existing Jessie Square Garage to increase the
number of parking spaces from 442 spaces to 470 spaces, add loading and service
vehicle spaces, and would allocate up to 215 parking spaces within the garage to
serve the proposed residential uses. The Project Sponsor has proposed a “flex
option” that would retain approximately 61,000 square feet of office uses
within the existing Aronson Building, and would reduce the residential
component of the project to 191 dwelling units. The Project Site is located
within the C-3-R Zoning District and the 400-I Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Adopt California Environmental Quality Act Findings
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 11, 2013)
(PLANNING COMMISSION
ACTION ONLY)
1b. 2008.1084EHKRTXZ c1 (K. GUY: (415) 558-6163)
706 MISSION STREET - northwest corner
at Third Street; Lots 093, 275, and portions of Lot 277 of Assessor’s Block
3706; and UNION SQUARE - bounded by Geary, Powell, Post, and Stockton Streets;
Lot 001 of Assessor’s Block 0308. Discussion and possible joint action by
the Planning Commission and Recreation and Park Commission to raise the cumulative shadow
limit for Union Square, pursuant to the jointly-approved Planning Code Section
295 Implementation Memo adopted in 1989, in order to accommodate new shadow
cast by the 706 Mission Street project, and adoption of findings under the
California Environmental Quality Act by the Recreation and Park Commission.
The proposed project would rehabilitate an existing 10-story, 144-foot tall
building (the Aronson Building), and construct a new, adjacent 47-story tower,
reaching a roof height of 520 feet with a 30-foot tall mechanical penthouse.
The two buildings would be connected and would contain up to 215 dwelling
units, a “core-and-shell” museum space measuring approximately 52,000 square
feet, and approximately 4,800 square feet of retail space. The project would
reconfigure portions of the existing Jessie Square Garage to increase the
number of parking spaces from 442 spaces to 470 spaces, add loading and service
vehicle spaces, and would allocate up to 215 parking spaces within the garage
to serve the proposed residential uses. The Project Sponsor has proposed a
“flex option” that would retain approximately 61,000 square feet of office uses
within the existing Aronson Building, and would reduce the residential
component of the project to 191 dwelling units. The Project Site is located
within the C-3-R Zoning District and the 400-I Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: From Planning Department to Planning Commission: Raise
Cumulative Shadow Limit
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 11, 2013)
(PLANNING COMMISSION
AND RECREATION & PARK COMMISSION JOINT ACTION)
1c. 2008.1084EHKRTXZc1 (K. GUY: (415)
558-6163)
706 MISSION STREET - northwest corner
at Third Street; Lots 093, 275, and portions of Lot 277 of Assessor’s Block
3706; and UNION SQUARE – bounded by Geary, Powell, Post, and Stockton Streets;
Lot 001 of Assessor’s Block 0308. Discussion and possible action by the
Recreation and Park Commission to recommend to the Planning Commission that the
net new shadow cast by the proposed project at 706 Mission Street on Union
Square will not be adverse to the use of the park, as required by Planning Code
Section 295 (the Sunlight Ordinance). The proposed project would rehabilitate
an existing 10-story, 144-foot tall building (the Aronson Building), and
construct a new, adjacent 47-story tower, reaching a roof height of 520 feet
with a 30-foot tall mechanical penthouse. The two buildings would be connected
and would contain up to 215 dwelling units, a “core-and-shell” museum space
measuring approximately 52,000 square feet, and approximately 4,800 square feet
of retail space. The project would reconfigure portions of the existing Jessie
Square Garage to increase the number of parking spaces from 442 spaces to 470
spaces, add loading and service vehicle spaces, and would allocate up to 215
parking spaces within the garage to serve the proposed residential uses. The
Project Sponsor has proposed a “flex option” that would retain approximately
61,000 square feet of office uses within the existing Aronson Building, and
would reduce the residential component of the project to 191 dwelling units.
The Project Site is located within the C-3-R Zoning District and the 400-I
Height and Bulk District.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 11, 2013)
(RECREATION &
PARK COMMISSION ACTION ONLY)
NOTE: FOLLOWING ITEMS 1A, 1B, and 1C, THE
RECREATION & PARK COMMISSION WILL ADJOURN, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL
REMAIN IN SESSION TO SEPARATELY CONSIDER ADDITIONAL ITEMS.
Recreation & Park Commission Adjournment
2a. 2008.1084EHKRTXZ c1 (K. GUY: (415)
558-6163)
706 MISSON STREET - northwest corner at
Third Street; Lots 093, 275, and portions of Lot 277 of Assessor’s Block 3706;
and UNION SQUARE – bounded by Geary, Powell, Post, and Stockton Streets;
Lot 001 of Assessor’s Block 0308 - Request to Consider whether the net new
shadow cast by the project at 706 Mission Street on Union Square will be
adverse to the use of the park, and to authorize the allocation of the cumulative
shadow limit for Union Square to the project, as required by Section 295 (the
Sunlight Ordinance). The proposed project would rehabilitate an existing
10-story, 144-foot tall building (the Aronson Building), and construct a new,
adjacent 47-story tower, reaching a roof height of 520 feet with a 30-foot tall
mechanical penthouse. The two buildings would be connected and would contain up
to 215 dwelling units, a “core-and-shell” museum space measuring approximately
52,000 square feet, and approximately 4,800 square feet of retail space. The
project would reconfigure portions of the existing Jessie Square Garage to
increase the number of parking spaces from 442 spaces to 470 spaces, add
loading and service vehicle spaces, and would allocate up to 215 parking spaces
within the garage to serve the proposed residential uses. The Project Sponsor
has proposed a “flex option” that would retain approximately 61,000 square feet
of office uses within the existing Aronson Building, and would reduce the
residential component of the project to 191 dwelling units. The Project Site is
located within the C-3-R Zoning District and the 400-I Height and Bulk
District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Adopt Findings that Shadow is Not Adverse And Authorize the
Allocation of Net New Shadow on Union Square to the Project at 706 Mission
Street
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 11, 2013)
2b. 2008.1084EHKRTXZ c1 (K.
GUY: (415) 558-6163)
706 MISSION STREET - northwest corner at
Third Street; Lots 093, 275, and portions of Lot 277 of Assessor’s Block 3706 -
Consideration of a motion making findings that the Project is consistent
with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
The proposed project would rehabilitate an existing 10-story, 144-foot tall
building (the Aronson Building), and construct a new, adjacent 47-story tower,
reaching a roof height of 520 feet with a 30-foot tall mechanical penthouse.
The two buildings would be connected and would contain up to 215 dwelling
units, a “core-and-shell” museum space measuring approximately 52,000 square
feet, and approximately 4,800 square feet of retail space. The project would
reconfigure portions of the existing Jessie Square Garage to increase the
number of parking spaces from 442 spaces to 470 spaces, add loading and service
vehicle spaces, and would allocate up to 215 parking spaces within the garage
to serve the proposed residential uses. The Project Sponsor has proposed a
“flex option” that would retain approximately 61,000 square feet of office uses
within the existing Aronson Building, and would reduce the residential
component of the project to 191 dwelling units. The findings would specifically
address the changes in use, disposition, and conveyance of publicly-owned land,
reconfiguration of the public sidewalk along Mission Street, and subdivision of
the property associated with the Project. The Project Site is located within
the C-3-R Zoning District and the 400-I Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Adopt General Plan Consistency Findings
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 11, 2013)
2c. 2008.1084EHKRTXZc1 (K.
GUY: (415) 558-6163)
706 MISSION STREET - northwest corner at
Third Street; Lots 093, 275, and portions of Lot 277 of Assessor’s Block 3706 -
Request for Zoning Text Amendment and Zoning Map Amendment of Zoning Map
SU01 (Section 302) to establish the “Yerba Buena Center Mixed-Use Special Use
District”(SUD) on the property. The proposed SUD would modify specific Planning
Code regulations related to permitted uses, the provision of a cultural/museum
use within the SUD, floor area ratio limitations, dwelling unit exposure,
height of rooftop equipment, bulk limitations, and curb cut locations. The
property is located within the C-3-R Zoning District and the 400-I Height and
Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Adopt a Recommendation for Approval
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 11, 2013)
2d. 2008.1084EHKRTXZc1 (K.
GUY: (415) 558-6163)
706 MISSION STREET - northwest corner at
Third Street; Lots 093, 275, and portions of Lot 277 of Assessor’s Block 3706 -
Request for a Determination of Compliance pursuant to Planning Code Section
309, with requests for exceptions from Planning Code requirements including
"Reduction of Ground-Level Wind Currents in C-3 Districts", “Off-Street
Parking Quantity”, “Rear Yard, and "General Standards for Off-Street
Parking and Loading" to allow curb cuts on Third and Mission Streets. The
proposed project would rehabilitate an existing 10-story, 144-foot tall
building (the Aronson Building), and construct a new, adjacent 47-story tower,
reaching a roof height of 520 feet with a 30-foot tall mechanical penthouse.
The two buildings would be connected and would contain up to 215 dwelling
units, a “core-and-shell” museum space measuring approximately 52,000 square
feet, and approximately 4,800 square feet of retail space. The project would
reconfigure portions of the existing Jessie Square Garage to increase the
number of parking spaces from 442 spaces to 470 spaces, add loading and service
vehicle spaces, and would allocate up to 215 parking spaces within the garage
to serve the proposed residential uses. The Project Sponsor has proposed a
“flex option” that would retain approximately 61,000 square feet of office uses
within the existing Aronson Building, and would reduce the residential
component of the project to 191 dwelling units.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approve with Conditions
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 11, 2013)
2e. 2008.1084EHKRTXZc1 (K.
GUY: (415) 558-6163)
706 MISSION STREET - northwest corner at
Third Street; Lots 093, 275, and portions of Lot 277 of Assessor’s Block 3706 –
Request for Height Reclassification (Section 302) of Zoning Map HT01 to reclassify the
property from the 400-I Height and Bulk District to the 520-I Height and Bulk
District. The property is currently located within the C-3-R Zoning District
and the 400-I Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Adopt a Recommendation for Approval
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 11, 2013)
Adjournment