Notice of
Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission
Chambers - Room 400
City Hall,
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Thursday,
May 10, 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
Commission Calendars are available on the Internet
at http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/planning
or as a recorded message at (415) 558-6422
THE AGENDA
PACKET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
1660 MISSION STREET, 5TH FLOOR RECEPTION
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Commission Meeting Procedures
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public for Commission review prior to a scheduled hearing should be received
by the Planning Department reception counter at 1660 Mission Street, 5th
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, 1660 Mission Street, 5th Floor, San
Francisco, CA 94103-2414.
Comments received by 11:00 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.
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.
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
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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).
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Linda D. Avery, Commission Secretary,
at (415) 558-6407.
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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 the Planning Department, 1660 Mission St., 5th floor reception.
1:30 PM _________
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
1. 2000.1058E
(DEAN: 558-5980)
1598 DOLORES STREET - located at the northwest corner of Dolores
and 29th Streets; Assessor's Block 6618; Lots 7, 9, 38.
Appeal of a Preliminary Negative
Declaration. The proposed construction consists of two, four-story residential
buildings with a total of 13 units (two of which would be affordable units)
and demolition of an existing two-story mortuary building.
The project would provide 13 off-street parking spaces.
The proposed project site is 10,500 sq. ft. and is located in the
NC-1 (Neighborhood Commercial Cluster) District.
The project would require Conditional-Use Authorization by the City
Planning Commission.
Preliminary Recommendation: Uphold
Negative Declaration
(Proposed for continuance to May 24, 2001)
2. 2000.1058C
(TAM: 558-6325)
1598 DOLORES
STREET – (Reilly’s Funeral Home), northwest corner of Dolores and 29th Streets;
Lots 7, 9, and 38 in Assessors Block 6618. Request for Conditional Use to
demolish the existing one and two-story mortuary building and construct
two (2) new four-story, residential buildings with a total of 13 dwelling
units (two of which would be affordable units) and 13 parking spaces on
lots totaling approximately 10,500 square feet.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions.
(Proposed for continuance to May 24, 2001)
3. 2001.0005C
(SIDER: 558-6697)
224 MISSISSIPPI STREET - west side between Mariposa and 18th
Streets; Lot 002 in Assessor's Block 4001. Request for Conditional Use Authorization
to allow the continuation of a nonconforming light industrial use, doing
business as Graphisoft pursuant to Planning Code Section 185(e), in an RH-2
(Residential, House, Two-Family) District with a 40-X Height and Bulk Designation.
The proposal is to allow the continued occupancy of the ground floor of
the subject property by a light industrial use for 20 years. No physical changes are to be made to the structure.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Pending
(Proposed for Continuance to May 24, 2001)
B.
COMMISSIONERS' QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
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
7.
(ALUMBAUGH: 558-6601)
BETTER
NEIGHBORHOODS 2002 – Informational presentation regarding Market and
Octavia Neighborhood Plan.
D. REGULAR CALENDAR
8. 1999.423E
(COOPER: 558-5974)
639-699 – 2ND STREET - on the northeast
corner of Townsend and Second Streets, Assessors
Block 3789, Lots 4 and 5. Public Hearing on the Draft
Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The proposed project would include the conversion of the existing two-story-over-basement
building at 699 Second Street, which has been determined to be eligible
for the National Register of Historic Places and is a contributory
element to the South End Historic District, from its industrial/warehouse
designation, to office and retail/restaurant use, and construction of a
three-story addition with two levels of underground parking. The resulting
building would contain about 49,950 square feet of office space, about 6,550
square feet of retail/restaurant space and about 100 off-street parking
spaces. On the adjacent parcel to the north with an existing surface parking
lot, at 639 Second Street, a separate six-story building would be constructed
that would include about 49,950 square feet of office space, nine residential
units and 112 off-street parking spaces. The project site is located in
an SSO (Service/Secondary Office) zoning district, and a 50-X Height and
Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: No Action Required
Note: Written comments will be accepted at the Planning Department's offices
until the close of business on May 29, 2001.
9. 2000.507L
(LIGHT: 558-6254)
261-271 COLUMBUS AVENUE (CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE)
- south side of street between Jack Kerouac Street and Broadway.
Assessor's Block 162, Lot 18. The
subject property is zoned Broadway NCD (Neighborhood Commercial District)
and is in a 65-A-1 Height and Bulk District.
This hearing is for the consideration of approval of the proposed
Landmark Designation of the City Lights Bookstore as Landmark No. 228.
Approval of the proposed Landmark Designation was recommended by
the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board to the Planning Commission at
the Board's public hearing on March 21, 2001.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
10. 2001.0203C
(SIDER: 558-6697)
1192 FOLSOM STREET - northeast corner of 8th Street, Lot 28 in Assessor’s Block
3730. Request for Conditional Use
Authorization to allow the intensification of a nonconforming night time
entertainment use, pursuant to Planning Code Section 181(f), in an SLR (Service,
Light Industrial, Residential) District with a 50-X Height and Bulk designation.
The proposal is to intensify the existing ground floor bar and place of
entertainment (Border Café & Cantina) by allowing dancing and amplified
entertainment until 2 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday mornings, until 4 a.m.
Friday morning, and until 6 a.m. Saturday through Monday mornings. No physical
changes are to be made to the structure.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
for dancing and entertainment/Disapproval for extended hours
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of May 3, 2001)
11. 2001.0252C
(FU: 558-6613)
1218 SOUTH
VAN NESS AVENUE - west side between 23rd and 24th Streets, Lot 67 in
Assessor's Block 3642. Request for
Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections 209.3(g), and
209.3(h) and pursuant to Planning Code Section 303, to allow the conversion
of a convalescent home into an elementary and secondary school in an RM-2
(Residential, Mixed, Moderate Density) District with a 50-X Height and Bulk
designation.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with conditions
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of May 3, 2001)
12. 1998.927C
(WONG: 558-6381)
40 Woodward Street - west side between Dubose and 14th Streets,
Lot 048 in Assessor’s Block 3532. Request for Conditional Use Authorization
to renew a nonconforming use (storage warehouse) under Planning Code Section
185 in a RM-1 (Residential, Mixed) Zoning and a 50-X Height/Bulk District.
No construction, alteration, expansion of the existing building or
use is proposed.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Disapproval
13.
2001.0363C
(WONG: 558-6381)
1212 THOMAS
AVENUE - north side between Ingalls and Hawes Avenues; Lot 029 in Assessor’s
block 4792. Request for Conditional
Use Authorization to demolish a 14,000 square foot industrial building which
involves the displacement of a production, distribution or repair business
in an M-1 (Light Industrial) Zoning District and a 40-X Height and Bulk
District, pursuant to Planning Commission Resolution No. 14861. The subject property falls within the IPZ (Industrial
Protection Zone) buffer of the interim zoning controls for industrially
zoned lands. The State of California
has issued an abatement order to demolish the building in order to remediate
contaminated soil on both the subject and adjacent properties.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with conditions
14. 2000.1244C
(SANCHEZ: 558-6679)
2489-2491 WASHINGTON STREET - southeast
corner at Fillmore Street; Lot 022 in Assessor's Block 0612. Request for Conditional Use Authorization
pursuant to Section 718.83 of the Planning Code to install a total of three
antennas within one 6.25 inch wide by 57 inch high cylinder flagpole and
an equipment shelter within the basement of an existing two-story, wholly
commercial building, as part of Sprint PCS's wireless telecommunications
network within the Upper Fillmore Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD)
and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. As
per the City & County of San Francisco's Wireless Transmission Services
(WTS) Facilities Sitting Guidelines the proposal is a Preference 6.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions
15. 2001.0164T
(YOUNG: 558-6346)
ORDINANCE ADDING AN ALTERNATIVE
PROCEDURE FOR CONDITIONAL USE APPEALS - Consideration of an amendment to Planning Code Section
308.1 to authorize an additional conditional use appeal procedure wherein
four members of the Board of Supervisors may subscribe to a conditional
use appeal. Testimony and Commission
considerations could result in recommendations of modifications to the proposed
legislation.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
16. 2001.0175T
(YOUNG: 558-6346)
ORDINANCE ADDING REGULATIONS GOVERNING MERGER
OF DWELLING UNITS Consideration
of Amendments to the Planning Code to add a new Section 303(h), requiring
conditional use approval for the merger of dwelling units. Testimony and
Commission considerations could result in recommendations of modifications
to the proposed legislation.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
E. SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING
At Approximately 4:30 PM 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 2
minutes for a rebuttal. Those cases that are scheduled on this calendar
prior to 4:30 PM, but have not been called or heard by 4:30 PM, could be
continued to a later time or date as determined by the Commission.
17. 2001.0198D
(NIKITAS: 558-6306)
25 RICO WAY - between Avila Street and
Retiro Way, Lot 0439A in Assessor's Block 052. Request for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application No. 2000/11/03/4794. The proposal is to demolish an existing two-story
residence and construct a new three-story single-family home in an RH-1
(Residential, House, One-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take DR and approve project as revised
by the project sponsor.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of April 26, 2001)
18. 2001.0192DD (SMITH: 558-6322)
240 SAN FERNANDO WAY - west side of the street between
Monterey Boulevard and Darien Way , Lot 004A in Assessor's Block 3251, request
for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2000/09/25/1401,
proposing to construct a one-story vertical addition, infill portions of
the building footprint, and alter the front facade of an existing single-family
dwelling located in a RH-1(D) (Residential,
House, One-Family, Detached) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
the project as submitted.
19a. 2000.138DV
(WANG: 558-6335)
4038 17TH STREET - north side between Castro and Douglass
Streets, Lot 011 in Assessor's Block 2623. Request of Discretionary Review of Building Demolition Permit Application
No. 9814005 and Building Permit Application No. 9814006, to demolish an existing one‑story over
garage, single‑family dwelling and construct a new three‑story
over garage, three‑family dwelling in an RH‑3 (Residential,
House, Three‑Family) District and a 40‑X Height and Bulk District.
Note: This project was previously heard by the Commission on April 6, 2000. Following public testimony, the Commission moved to continue the
hearing indefinitely, so the Project Sponsor could develop a design that
(1) does not require demolition of the existing structure; (2) retains
a substantial portion of the front part of the Victorian house; and (3)
allows three dwelling units to be
constructed on the site. The revised project proposes to relocate the
existing building facade both forward and at a lower elevation than the
existing location, demolish the remaining structure behind the facade and
construct a three‑story over garage, three‑family dwelling addition
behind the preserved facade. The revised project would also require the
justification of a rear yard variance which will be heard by the Zoning
Administrator concurrently with the discretionary review.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Because the revised project has been determined to be a
demolition by the Department of Building Inspection under the Building Code,
it is, therefore, inconsistent with the
Commission's instructions as communicated on April 6, 2000.
19b.
2000.0138DV
(WANG: 558-6335)
4038 17TH STREET
- north side between Castro and Douglass Streets; Lot 011 in Assessor's
Block 2623 in an RH‑3 (Residential, House, Three‑Family) District
and a 40‑X Height and Bulk District.
REAR YARD VARIANCE SOUGHT: Subject to Discretionary Review by the
Planning Commission, the current proposal is to relocate the existing building
facade both forward and at a lower elevation than the existing sitting,
demolish the existing one‑story over garage, single‑family dwelling
behind the facade and construct a new three‑story over garage, three‑family
dwelling behind the preserved facade of the existing building.
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:____
ADDENDUM
SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice of Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission Chambers - Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Thursday, May 10, 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
A. ITEMS PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE
2001.0253D (JONES: 558-6477)
3868-96
NORIEGA STREET - northeast corner of Noriega Street between 46th and 47th
Avenues; Lots 53, 54 and 55 in Assessor's Block 2004. Request for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Applications: 9927325, 9937326, 9937327 for
the demolition of a two-story structure and the construction of three, mixed-use
buildings, each containing three residential units (total 9 units) over commercial
space in an NC-1 (Neighborhood Commercial Cluster District) and a 40-X Height
and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project as submitted.
Note: On April 26, 2001, after public testimony the
Commission closed the public hearing and continued the matter to May 10, 2001
instructed staff to explore finish materials for each building.
(Proposed for Continuance to May 17, 2001)