July 31, 2003

Kevin Hughes; Sue Lee; William L. Lee

Procedures governing 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.

10. 2003.0597D (T. TAM: (415) 558-6325)

Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary review and approved as submitted.

764 PACHECO STREET - east side between Aerial Way and 12th Avenue, Lot 14 in Assessor's Block 2123A - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2003/02/18/7720, proposing to construct a two-story, rear horizontal extension to the existing two-story, single-family residence. The subject property is in an RH-1 (Residential, House, Single Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

301 MISSION STREET - south side of Mission Street, Lots 1 and 17 in Assessor's Block 3719 - Certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for demolition of three existing two- to six-story structures on the approximately 50,417-sq.-ft. project site, totaling about 173,650 gross square feet (gsf), and construction of a 58-story, 605 foot-tall, mixed used development, totaling about 1,156,500 gsf. The proposed development would contain about 130,560 gsf of office space with ground floor retail in a 9-story, 125-ft.-tall structure; and a 120-suite extended-stay hotel; 320 residential units; ground-floor retail and restaurant space in the 58-story structure; a 43-ft.-tall publicly accessible atrium; lobbies; building services; and mechanical space. There would be three off-street loading docks and four off-street van spaces, and 400 spaces of underground parking on four levels.

NOTE: The public hearing on the Draft EIR is closed. The public comment period for the Draft EIR ended on April 3, 2003. The Planning Commission does not conduct public review of Final EIRs. Public comments on the certification may be presented to the Planning Commission during the Public Comment portion of the Commission calendar.

301 MISSION STREET - south side of Mission Street, Lots 1 and 17 in Assessor's Block 3719 - Request under Planning Code Section 309 (Review of Downtown Buildings) for Determinations of Compliance and Exceptions, including: an exception to upper-tower bulk limits (Section 272); an exception to height limits for upper-tower extensions (Section 263.9); an exception to rear yard requirements (Section 134(d)); an exception to ground level wind current requirements (Section 148); and an exception to sunlight on public sidewalks (Section 146); The project lies within a C-3-O (Downtown Office) District and within a 550-S/400-S Height and Bulk District. The proposed project will be constructed on a site containing three existing two-to-six story commercial structures containing approximately 100,000 square feet of office space with some ground level retail uses. The site also contains a vacant parcel that is the former site of a 126,732 square-foot office building that was red-tagged and demolished after the Loma-Prieta earthquake. A letter of determination dated July 8, 2002 from the Zoning Administrator determined that the development site had an office space credit of 126,732 square feet because the demolition of the red-tagged office building was involuntary on the part of the property owner. The proposal is to demolish the existing three structures and construct an approximately 900,000 gross square-foot structure consisting of a 58-story, 605-foot tall tower on the western portion of the site, containing approximately 320 residential units, approximately 120-units of extended stay hotel rooms, and ground floor retail uses; a 43-foot tall glass-enclosed central atrium; a 9-story, 125-foot tall office structure with approximately 130,000 gross square feet of office space, with ground level retail uses on the eastern portion of the site; and an underground four-level parking garage containing approximately 351 parking spaces.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions.

301 MISSION STREET - south side of Mission Street, Lots 1 and 17 in Assessor's Block 3719 - Request under Planning Code Sections 157, 158, 223(p) and 303 for a Conditional Use Authorization to allow a major non-accessory parking garage not open to the public; and Planning Code Sections 216(b)(i) and 303 for a Conditional Use Authorization to allow hotel use in a C-3-O District. The project lies within a C-3-O (Downtown Office) District and within a 550-S/400-S Height and Bulk District. The proposed project will be constructed on a site containing three existing two-to-six story commercial structures containing approximately 100,000 square feet of office space with some ground level retail uses. The site also contains a vacant parcel that is the former site of a 126,732 square-foot office building that was red-tagged and demolished after the Loma-Prieta earthquake. A letter of determination dated July 8, 2002 from the Zoning Administrator determined that the development site had an office space credit of 126,732 square feet because the demolition of the red-tagged office building was involuntary on the part of the property owner. The proposal is to demolish the existing three structures and construct an approximately 900,000 gross square-foot structure consisting of a 58-story, 605-foot tall tower on the western portion of the site, containing approximately 320 residential units, approximately 120-units of extended stay hotel rooms, and ground floor retail uses; a 43-foot tall glass-enclosed central atrium; a 9-story, 125-foot tall office structure with approximately 130,000 gross square feet of office space, with ground level retail uses on the eastern portion of the site; and an underground four-level parking garage containing approximately 351 parking spaces. Pursuant to Planning Code Sections 313 and 314, the Department has determined that the project would result in the net addition of 164,800 square feet of gross floor area of hotel use, requiring payments to the Jobs-Housing Linkage Program and the Citywide Affordable Childcare Fund.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions, including reduction of the amount of proposed parking.

BRYANT STREET RESIDENTIAL TOWER - on the western side of Seawall Lot #330, being an approximately 22,600 square-foot-portion of Assessor's Block 3771, when subdivided in accordance with a Purchase and Sale Agreement approved by the Port Commission on March 25, 2003, and by the Board of Supervisors July 15, 2003. The block is bounded by Bryant Street, Beale Street and The Embarcadero. -- Request to adopt the CEQA findings for a proposed reclassification of the site's height and bulk district from 105-F to 220-G and conforming General Plan Amendments. The zoning is Heavy Industrial (M-2) and Waterfront Special Use District No. 3. The Planning Commission certified a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR) for a Cruise Terminal Mixed Use Project, including this site, in November 2002.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

BRYANT STREET RESIDENTIAL TOWER - on the western side of Seawall Lot #330, being an approximately 22,600 square-foot-portion of Assessor's Block 3771, when subdivided in accordance with a Purchase and Sale Agreement approved by the Port Commission on March 25, 2003, and by the Board of Supervisors July 15, 2003. The block is bounded by Bryant Street, Beale Street and The Embarcadero. -- Request by the Port of San Francisco to amend the Zoning Map (Planning Code Section 302) to reclassify the height and bulk districts for part of Seawall Lot 330 from 105-F to 220-G. The zoning is Heavy Industrial (M-2) and Waterfront Special Use District No. 3. The Port has requested to amend Map 2 referred to in Policy 10.26 in the Northeastern Waterfront Area Plan of the City's General Plan (Planning Code Section 340) to reflect the requested height and bulk change from 105-F to 220-G. The Planning Commission certified a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR) for a Cruise Terminal Mixed Use Project, including this site, in November 2002.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

BRYANT STREET RESIDENTIAL TOWER - on the western side of Seawall Lot #330, being an approximately 22,600 square-foot-portion of Assessor's Block 3771, when subdivided in accordance with a Purchase and Sale Agreement approved by the Port Commission on March 25, 2003, and by the Board of Supervisors July 15, 2003. The block is bounded by Bryant Street, Beale Street and The Embarcadero. -- Request by the Port of San Francisco to adopt conforming amendments to Map 2 referred to in Policy 10.26 in the Northeastern Waterfront Area Plan of the City's General Plan to reflect the requested height and bulk change from 105-F to 220-G. The zoning is Heavy Industrial (M-2) and Waterfront Special Use District No. 3. The Port has requested height and bulk change from 105-F to 220-G. The Planning Commission certified a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR) for a Cruise Terminal Mixed Use Project, including this site, in November 2002.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval

BRYANT STREET RESIDENTIAL TOWER - on the western side of Seawall Lot #330, being an approximately 22,600 square-foot-portion of Assessor's Block 3771, when subdivided in accordance with a Purchase and Sale Agreement approved by the Port Commission on March 25, 2003, and by the Board of Supervisors July 15, 2003. The block is bounded by Bryant Street, Beale Street and The Embarcadero. The zoning is Heavy Industrial (M-2) and Waterfront Special Use District No. 3. -- San Francisco Cruise Terminal, LLC, has requested (1) Conditional Use Authorization under sections 240.3, 303 and 304 of the Planning Code to permit a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for the construction of a new 22-story, 220-foot tall, condominium tower with 135 to 145 condominium units (final number of units being determined as design develops); and (2) PUD modifications under Planning Code section 304 for the following: rear yard setback requirement (Planning Code Section 134); the required independently accessible parking spaces (Planning Code Section 151) to allow up to 10 of the required on-site parking spaces to be tandem; on-site loading spaces (Planning Code Section 152) to allow loading from on-street loading areas where 2 on-site spaces are required; dwelling unit density (Planning Code Section 215) and associated floor area ratio (Planning Code Sections 240.3 and 124) to allow increased dwelling unit density and floor area ratio. The Planning Commission certified a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR) for a Cruise Terminal Mixed Use Project, including this site, in November 2002.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

2101 BLOCK OF BRYANT STREET & 2830 20TH STREET - (the site formerly referred to as Bryant Square), located on the block bounded by Bryant, 19th, York, and 20th Streets; Lots 60, 62, and 63 in Assessor's Block 4080 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization to allow [1] the construction of dwelling units in C-M (Heavy Commercial) and M-1 (Light Industrial) Districts pursuant to Planning Code Section 215(a), [2] an exception to Bulk Limits pursuant to Planning Code Section 271 and [3] a Planned Unit Development (PUD) pursuant to Planning Code Section 304 to modify Code Sections including (i) the dwelling unit density limits of Section 215, (ii) the rear yard requirements of Section 134, (iii) the dwelling unit exposure requirements of Section 140, and (iv) the usable open space requirements of Section 135. The subject property is within both a C-M and an M-1 Zoning District and a 65-B Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

1300 POLK STREET on the northeast corner of Polk and Bush Streets; Lots 004A & 004B in Assessor's Block 0668: Request for Conditional Use authorization pursuant to Planning Code Section 303 for nonresidential use size of 3,000 square feet and above; and use above the ground floor for a place of worship. The proposed project is to construct a two-story (plus mezzanine ) church ("First Congregational Church of San Francisco") 50 feet in height (excluding steeple), that is intended to contain about 160 seats and approximately 13,000 square feet in area. The existing one-story over basement commercial building containing a bar and two vacant storefronts would be demolished. The proposed new structure will contain community meeting rooms, a fellowship hall, a chapel, a mezzanine, and an approximately 40-foot high sanctuary. No off-street parking is proposed or required. The subject property is in the Polk Street NCD (Neighborhood Commercial District) zoning district and a 65-A height and bulk district.