Notice of
Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission
Chambers - Room 400
City Hall,
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Thursday,
April 19, 2001
1:30 PM
Regular
Meeting
President: Anita Theoharis
Commission Vice President: William W. Fay
Commissioners: Roslyn Baltimore;
Hector Chinchilla; Cynthia Joe;
Jim Salinas, Sr.
Commission
Secretary: Linda D. Avery
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1:30 PM
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ROLL CALL: Commission President: Anita
Theoharis
Commission
Vice-President: William W. Fay
Commissioners:
Roslyn Baltimore; Hector Chinchilla; Cynthia Joe;
Jim Salinas, Sr.
A. ITEMS
PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE
1a. 2000.863BV
(WONG: 558-6381)
2712 MISSION STREET - west side between 23rd and 24th Streets,
Lot 003 in Assessor’s Block 3643. The subject property seeks an authorization for a proposed office development
under the smaller building reserve, pursuant to Planning Code Section 321.
The proposal is for a change of use from "Retail" to "Office"
and for the renovation and expansion of an existing 27,831-gross-square-foot
building into a 30,847 gross-square-foot building by enlarging a mezzanine
within the existing structure. The subject property falls within a NC-3 (Moderate Scale Commercial)
Zoning District and a 50-X/80-B Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Disapproval
(Continued from regular
meeting of April 5, 2001)
PROJECT WITHDRAWN
1b. 2000.863BV
(WONG: 558-6381)
2712 MISSION STREET - west side between 23rd and 24th Streets,
Lot 003 in Assessor’s Block 3643. The subject
property seeks a parking variance for the reduction of required off-street
parking, pursuant to Planning Code Section 151. The project proposes to provide five parking
spaces for the conversion of 30,847 gross square feet of office space on
a site, which presently provides no off-street parking spaces. The subject property falls within a NC-3 (Moderate
Scale Commercial) Zoning District and a 50-X/80-B Height and Bulk District.
(Continued from regular meeting of April 5,
2001)
PROJECT WITHDRAWN
2. 2001.0035E
(BUFORD: 558-5973)
ISSUANCE
OF TAXI MEDALLIONS – CITYWIDE - Appeal
of Preliminary Negative Declaration.
The San Francisco Taxi Commission,
City and County of San Francisco, proposes to issue approximately 500 additional
taxi permits ("medallions"). After implementation of the project,
the number of taxi permits available in the City would increase from 1,381
to 1,881, an increase of approximately 36%. New permits may be issued if supported by a
finding that additional permits are required to meet the public convenience
and necessity. Once issued, the
permits would result in 500 additional taxis in use. Operation of taxis
in the City limits is subject to regulation and review by the San Francisco
Taxi Commission. Proposition K, a 1978 initiative ordinance
governing the operation of taxis in the City, requires that the permits,
once issued, be operated continuously.
Recommendation: Pending
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of April 5, 2001)
(Proposed
for Indefinite Continuance)
B.
COMMISSIONERS' QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
3. Consideration of Adoption - draft minutes
of March 15, 2001
4. Commission Matters
C.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
5. Director's Announcements
6. Review of Past Week's Events at the Board
of Supervisors and Board of Appeals
D. CONSIDERATION OF FINDINGS
AND FINAL ACTION -- PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
7. 2001.0194D
(CRAWFORD: 558-6358)
999 GREEN STREET - between Taylor and
Jones Streets, Lot 029 in Assessor's Block 0127, Request for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application No. 2000/09/15/0634, proposing to
convert a 106 unit building to a 105 unit building in an RM-2 (Residential,
Mixed, Moderate Density) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. Specifically the proposal will merge two dwelling
units into one on the 29th floor. No
exterior alterations are proposed.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary
Review, and approve the project as proposed.
NOTE: On April 12, 2001, following testimony the
Commission closed the public hearing. The
matter was continued at the call of the chair to April 19, 2001.
E. SPECIAL
OFFICE DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL LIMIT HEARING
Following
the regular calendar, the Planning Commission will convene into a Special
Office Development Annual Limit Hearing to hear and act on projects being
considered under Planning Code Sections 320-325 during the 2000-2001-approval
period. (Individual item language
will make clear the action being proposed.)
8a. 2000.277BXC
(CRAWFORD: 558-6358)
801 MARKET/44 FOURTH STREETS
- Assessor’s Block 3705 Lot 048, north side of Jessie Street between
Fourth and Fifth Streets. Planning Code Sections 320-325 (Office Development
Limitation Program) for allocation of up to 136,600 gross square feet of office space for a 12-story building within a C-3-R (Downtown,
Retail) District and within a 160-S Height and Bulk District. The project will add a third building to the
existing Pacific Place buildings I and II above the existing loading dock
on the north side of Jessie Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
(Continued from Regular Meeting of March 1, 2001)
NOTE: On
March 8, 2001, after public testimony, the Commission closed public hearing.
The item was continued at the call of the Chair to March 22, 2001.
The item continues to be subject to Commission consideration, deliberation
and action.
On March 22, 2001, the
Commission considered new plans that modified the project to fit within
the remaining square footage for the 2000/01 approval period. Following discussion, the Commission continued
this matter to April 19, 2001, to allow more time to review the revised
plans by both the Commission and the public.
8b. 2000.277BXC
(CRAWFORD: 558-6358)
801 MARKET/44 FOURTH STREETS -
Assessor’s Block 3705 Lot 048, north side of Jessie Street between Fourth
and Fifth Streets. Request under
Planning Code Section 309 (Downtown Code) for Determinations of Compliance,
for construction of a 12-story building including 136,600 gross square feet of office space. This project lies within a C-3-R (Downtown,
Retail) District and within a 160-S Height and Bulk District. The project will add a third building to the
existing Pacific Place buildings I and II above the existing loading dock
on the north side of Jessie Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
(Continued from Regular Meeting of March 1, 2001)
NOTE: On
March 8, 2001, after public testimony, the Commission closed public hearing.
The item was continued at the call of the Chair to March 22, 2001.
The item continues to be subject to Commission consideration, deliberation
and action.
On March 22, 2001, the
Commission considered new plans that modified the project to fit within
the remaining square footage for the 2000/01 approval period. Following discussion, the Commission continued this matter to April
19, 2001, to allow more time to review the revised plans by both the Commission
and the public.
8c. 2000.277BXC
(CRAWFORD: 558-6358)
801 MARKET/44 FOURTH STREETS -
Assessor’s Block 3705 Lot 048, north side of Jessie Street between Fourth
and Fifth Streets. Request under
Planning Code Section 219.c for professional or business offices not offering
on-site service to the public in a C-3-R (Downtown, Retail) District. This project lies within a C-3-R (Downtown,
Retail) District and within a 160-S Height and Bulk District. The project will add a third building to the
existing Pacific Place buildings I and II above the existing loading dock
on the north side of Jessie Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
(Continued from Regular Meeting of March 1, 2001)
NOTE: On
March 8, 2001, after public testimony, the Commission closed public hearing.
The item was continued at the call of the Chair to March 22, 2001.
The item continues to be subject to Commission consideration, deliberation
and action.
On March 22, 2001, the
Commission considered new plans that modified the project to fit within
the remaining square footage for the 2000/01 approval period. Following discussion, the Commission continued
this matter to April 19, 2001, to allow more time to review the revised
plans by both the Commission and the public.
9a. 1998.281BC
(GORDON: 558-6309)
185 Berry Street - bounded
by Third, Berry and Fourth Streets and China Basin Landing; Lot 5 in Assessor’s
Block 3803. Request under Planning
Code Section 321 for authorization to deduct up to 49,500 gross square feet
of office space from the City’s office development annual limit Reserve
for Smaller Buildings. The property is within a M-2 (Heavy Industrial)
District, the Mixed-Use Area of the IPZ (Industrial Protection Zone), the
proposed Ballpark Vicinity Special District’s South End Office District
and a 90-X Height and Bulk District. This
notice serves as public notification of the Planning Department’s initial
determination of the net addition of gross square footage of office space
under the Planning Code. Please
note: This request has been amended. This
amended request for office allocation reduces the total amount requested
from 120,000 gross square feet of office space to 49,500 gross square feet
of office space.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of March 22, 2001)
NOTE: On March 8, 2001, after public testimony, the Commission closed public
hearing. The item was continued
at the call of the Chair to March 22, 2001.
The item continues to be subject to Commission consideration, deliberation
and action.
On March 22, 2001, the Commission considered a revised proposal that
would reduce the total square footage of the project to 49,500 square feet. Following discussion, the Commission continued
this matter to April 19, 2001, to allow the sponsor to submit new plans,
to allow the new project to be properly noticed, and to allow adequate time
for Department staff, the Commission, and the public to review the new plans.
9b. 1998.281BC
(GORDON: 558-6309)
185 Berry Street - bounded
by Third, Berry and Fourth Streets and China Basin Landing; Lot 5 in Assessor’s
Block 3803. Request per Planning
Code Section 304 for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow: (1)
a conditional use authorization per Planning Code Section 215(a) and 227(m) for an amendment Case No. 98.281C to
allow up to 125 units of housing in a M-2 (Heavy
Industrial) District; (2) for an off-street parking exception per Planning
Code Section 304(a) to allow valet/attendant parking within the on-site
parking garage in order to provide the 230 off-street spaces required
under Section 151 of the Planning Code for the project, or in the alternative,
allow valet/attendant parking within the on-site parking garage and reduce
the parking requirement for the office use to
191 spaces to be consistent with pending South End Office District legislation
(would apply to the project site once implemented); and (3) for a
rear yard per Planning Code Section 304(a) exception for the residential
units proposed at the site (in this case the interior pedestrian courtyard
and the air space above is where the rear yard for the for the proposed
units would be located per Planning Code Section 134, there is currently
no rear yard situated within the existing development nor would it be physically
possible to provide one on the site without removing floors of the adjacent
Wharfside building). No rear yard is proposed. The property is within a
M-2 (Heavy Industrial) District, the Mixed Use Area of the IPZ Industrial
Protection Zone), the proposed Ballpark Vicinity Special District’s South
End Office District and a 90-X Height and Bulk District.
Please note: this PUD amends and combines into one Case Nos. 98.281C,
98.281V and 2001.0179V.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with conditions.
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of March 22, 2001)
NOTE: On March 8, 2001, after public testimony, the Commission closed public
hearing. The item was continued
at the call of the Chair to March 22, 2001.
The item continues to be subject to Commission consideration, deliberation
and action.
On March 22, 2001, the Commission considered a revised proposal that
would reduce the total square footage of the project to 49,500 square feet. Following discussion, the Commission continued
this matter to April 19, 2001, to allow the sponsor to submit new plans,
to allow the new project to be properly noticed, and to allow adequate time
for Department staff, the Commission, and the public to review the new plans.
F. REGULAR CALENDAR
10. 2001.0072C
(DiBARTOLO: 558-6291)
501-503
Laguna Street - northwest corner at Fell Street; Lot 035 in Assessor’s Block 0819.
Request for Conditional-Use Authorization pursuant to Section 720.83
of the Planning Code to install a total of three antennas within a single
cylinder on the roof and five equipment cabinets in the basement of the
existing two-story, mixed-use building as part of Sprint’s wireless telecommunications
network within the Hayes-Gough Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD) and
a 50-X Height and Bulk District. As per the City & County of San Francisco’s
Wireless Transmission Services (WTS) Facilities Siting Guidelines, the proposal
is a preference 6 (limited preference site).
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions
11. 2000.1195C
(LI : 558-6396)
547 HOWARD STREET - south side between 1st
and 2nd Streets; Lot 110 in Assessor's Block 3736. Request for Conditional-Use Authorization pursuant to Section 219(d)
of the Planning Code to establish an office use at the ground floor level
which will not offer on-site services to the general public within the C-3-0(SD)
(Downtown Office Special Development) District and a 350-S Height and Bulk
District. The proposal is to demolish
the existing two-story-over-basement office building and construct a five-story-over-basement
office building containing approximately 11,000 square feet of gross floor
area.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
12a. 2000.264CD
(MARTIN: 558-6616)
1087
MISSISSIPPI STREET
- east side between 23rd and 25th Streets, Lot 049 in Assessor’s Block 4224.
Request for a Conditional-Use Authorization to allow the construction of
two dwelling units in an M-1 (Light Industrial) Zoning District and the
Industrial Protection Zone Buffer, per Planning Code Section 215(a) and
Planning Commission Resolution No. 14861, and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
(Continued
from Regular Meeting of April 5, 2001)
12b. 2000.264CD
(MARTIN: 558-6616)
1087 MISSISSIPPI
STREET - east side between 23rd and 25th Streets, Lot 049 in Assessor’s
Block 4224. Staff-initiated request
for Discretionary Review for the demolition of an existing, vacant industrial
building and construction of housing and space for production, distribution
and repair businesses in an existing industrial building space in an M-1
(Light Industrial) Zoning District and the Industrial Protection Zone Buffer
per Planning Commission Resolution Nos. 14861 and 16079; and a 40-X Height
and Bulk District. NOTE: This project was previously noticed for hearing on February 22, 2001, and has since been
modified. The previous notice stated
that the ground and second stories would be occupied by office space.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
the project as proposed.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 5,
2001)
G.
SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING
At Approximately 3:30 p.m. the Planning Commission will convene
into a Special Discretionary Review (DR) Hearing to hear and act on Discretionary
Review matters. Procedures governing
Special DR Hearings are as follow: DR Requestor(s) are provided with up
to five (5) minutes for a presentation
and those in support of the DR Requestor(s) are provided with up to three
(3) minutes each. The Project Sponsor
is then provided with up to five (5) minutes for a presentation and those
in support of the project are provided with up to three (3) minutes each.
At the conclusion, each side (not each person) is provided with two
(2) minutes for a rebuttal. Those
cases that are scheduled on this calendar prior to 3:30 p.m., but have not
been called or heard by
3:30 p.m., could be continued to a later time or date as determined by the
Commission.
13.
2000.1274DD
(TAM: 558-6325)
1851-31st Avenue
- west side of 31st Avenue, between Noriega and Ortega Streets,
Lot 11 in Assessor’s Block 2068. Request
for a Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2000/07/13/5054S
to demolish an existing 11-foot, one-story horizontal extension and to construct
a two-story horizontal extension approximately 37 feet (including stairs)
at the rear of an existing two-story, single-family dwelling in an RH-1
(Residential, House, One-Family) District, and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Take Discretionary Review and approve the project with modifications.
14. 2001.0220D (B.WASHINGTON: 558-6263)
2625 – 23RD AVENUE - west side of 23rd Avenue, between Vicente Street and Wawona
Street; Lot 003 in Assessor’s Block 2473. Request for a Discretionary Review
of Building Permit Application No. 2000/11/13/5509s, proposing to enclose
an existing lightwell located on the northern side of an existing single-family
dwelling. The proposal also includes an infill under the existing second
floor. The proposed alteration occurs within the permitted building envelope
in an RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) District and a 40-X Height and
Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and
approve the building permit application as submitted.
H. 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: ____