September 23, 2004SAN FRANCISCO
PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice of Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission Chambers - Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett
Place
Thursday, September 23, 2004
1:30 PM
Regular Meeting
President: Shelley Bradford Bell
Vice-President: Sue Lee
Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Kevin Hughes;
William L. Lee; Christina Olague
Commission Secretary: Linda D. Avery
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or as a recorded message at (415) 558-6422.
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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.
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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: Shelley Bradford Bell
Commission Vice-President: Sue Lee
Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Kevin Hughes;
William L. Lee, Christina Olague
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.
1a. 2004.0234CV (J. PURVIS: (415) 558-6354)
2917-2919 24TH STREET - south side between
Florida and Alabama Streets; Lot 015 in Assessor's Block 426 - Request
for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Section 161(j)
to add three dwelling units to a commercial building without providing
off-street parking. The dwelling units would be provided through a vertical
addition, adding one new floor plus mezzanine above the existing two-story
building with a six- and ten-foot setback from the existing front building
wall. A Rear Yard Modification is sought under Section 134(e) to provide
rear yard open space within front and rear setbacks. The site is within
the 24th Street-Mission Neighborhood Commercial Use District, and a
40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve with conditions
1b. 2004.0234CV (J. PURVIS: (415) 558-6354)
2917-2919 24TH STREET - south side between
Florida and Alabama Streets; Lot 015 in Assessor's Block 426 - Request
for Rear Yard Modification under Section 134(e) to provide rear
yard open space for three dwelling units within front and rear setbacks.
The Zoning Administrator will hear the Rear Yard Modification immediately
following the Planning Commission's hearing on the Conditional Use.
The site is within the 24th Street-Mission Neighborhood Commercial Use
District, and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
(Proposed for Continuance to November 4, 2004)
2. 2003.0262E (A. AGUILAR: (415) 558-5973)
TENTH/MARKET/MISSION STREETS MIXED-USE PROJECT
(AKA 1401-1435 MARKET STREET) - Certification
of a Final Environmental Impact Report: The project site is at Assessor's
Block 3507, Lot 39, and is located in the C-3-G (Downtown General Commercial)
Zoning District and in the 150-S, 200-S, and 320-S Height and Bulk Districts.
The project site is approximately 95,000 square feet on the west side
of Tenth Street between Market and Mission Streets. The project site
is within the proposed Mid-Market Redevelopment Project Area. The project
sponsor proposes to construct a 24-story, 320-foot-tall office building
fronting Market Street which would provide municipal offices uses; a
21-story, 200-foot-tall market-rate housing tower fronting Tenth Street
which would provide up to 250 units; and a 15-story, 150-foot-tall affordable
senior housing tower would provide up to 200 units. The project would
include approximately 313 off-street parking spaces and the total gross
square footage for the proposed project would be approximately 1,024,119.
The proposed project would require demolition of seven structures, which
contain approximately 166,700 gross-square-feet of vacant office space
and removal of 108 surface parking spaces.
Preliminary Recommendation: Certify the Final Environmental
Impact Report. Please note that the public review period for the Draft
Environmental Impact Report ended at 5:00 pm, June 28, 2004.
(Proposed for Continuance to November 4, 2004)
3. 2003.0262E!KXCVMRTZ (M. LI: (415) 558-6396)
TENTH/MARKET/MISSION STREETS MIXED-USE PROJECT
(AKA 1401-1435 MARKET STREET) - southwest corner at 10th
Street, Lot 039 in Assessor's Block 3507 - The proposed project is (1)
the creation of the 10th & Market Special Use District,
(2) the construction of a 320-foot-high office building at the corner
of 10th & Market that will be owned and occupied by the
City and County of San Francisco, (3) the construction of a 200-foot-high
building along 10th Street containing up to 250 market-rate
dwelling units with a garage containing up to 230 parking spaces, and
(4) the construction of a 150-foot-high building at the corner of 10th
& Mission containing up to 200 affordable dwelling units for senior
citizens. The project requires a Planning Code text amendment, a
zoning map amendment, a General Plan amendment, associated General Plan
referrals, approval pursuant to Section 309 of the Planning Code, conditional
use authorization, and a variance. The Planning Code text amendment
consists of adding the 10th & Market Special Use District
to Article 2 of the Planning Code, which would exempt residential uses
from the calculation of floor area ratio. The zoning map amendment consists
of adding the 10th & Market Special Use District to Map
7 of the Zoning Maps of the City and County of San Francisco. The General
Plan amendment consists of adding the proposed 10th &
Market Special Use District to Map 1 ("Downtown Land Use and Density
Plan") of the Downtown Area Plan and adding a new policy to Objective
6 of the Downtown Area Plan.
(Proposed for Continuance to November 4, 2004)
4a. 2004.0130CV (J. MILLER: (415) 558-6344)
1353-1355 BUSH STREET - south side between
Larkin and Polk Streets, with additional frontage on Fern Street,
Lot 13 in Assessor's Block 669, in an the Polk Street Neighborhood
Commercial District ("NCD") and a 65-A Height and Bulk District
- Request for Conditional Use authorization for use size in
excess of 3,000 square feet for a music training facility ("Music
City"), with a Full-Service Restaurant and Bar with live entertainment,
open after hours (between 2:00 and 6:00 A.M.) also requiring a Variance
for off-street parking and usable open space for an upper-floor group-housing
use.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with
conditions
(Continued from Regular Meeting of July 22,
2004)
NOTE: On July 22, 2004, following public testimony,
the Commission continued the matter to September 23, 2004 instructing
the project sponsor to continue discussing issues with neighbors. Public
comment remains open.
(Proposed for Continuance to October 14, 2004)
4b. 2002.0130CV (J. MILLER: (415) 558-6344)
1353-1355 BUSH STREET - south side between
Larkin and Polk Streets, with additional frontage on Fern Street,
Lot 13 in Assessor's Block 669, in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial
District ("NCD") and a 65-A Height and Bulk District - Off-Street
Parking and Usable Open Space Variances sought in conjunction
with the conversion of existing tourist hotel rooms to group housing
(residential hotel rooms) and for a Full-service Restaurant and Bar
and music training facility ("Music City") with no off-street
parking and no outdoor open area.
NOTE: The Acting Zoning Administrator continued
this item to September 23, 2004. Public comment remains open.
(Proposed for Continuance to October 14, 2004)
4c. 2002.0129C (J. MILLER: (415) 558-6344)
835 HYDE STREET - west side between Bush
and Sutter Streets, Lot 3 in Assessor's Block 279, in an RC-4 (Residential
Commercial Combined, High Density) District and a 130-E Height and
Bulk District - Request for authorization of a Conditional Use
for a Tourist Hotel (conversion of 31 "residential" hotel
rooms, being consolidated at another location, to "tourist"
rooms) with no off-street parking.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions
NOTE: On July 22, 2004, following public testimony,
the Commission continued the matter to September 23, 2004 instructing
the project sponsor to continue discussing issues with neighbors. Public
comment remains open.
(Proposed for continuance to October 14 2004)
5. 2003.1164D (M. WOODS: (415) 558-6315)
6725 CALIFORNIA STREET - south side between
29th and 30th Avenues, Lot 47 in Assessor's Block
1404 - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application
No. 2003.03.13.9612 proposing to alter the existing two-story, single-family
dwelling by raising the building approximately eight feet in order to
create a new ground floor to contain a two-car garage, with a new dwelling
unit behind, and expanding the building to the front, rear and sides.
The subject property is located in an RM-1 (Residential, Mixed, Low
Density) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Take Discretionary Review
and deny the application.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of August 5, 2004)
NOTE: On January 22, 2004, following public testimony,
the Commission closed the public hearing. The Commission expressed concerns
that statements about preserving this structure or the essence of it
are not reflected in the plans submitted. Item continued to March 25,
2004. Public hearing will remain open on any new information presented.
NOTE: On March 25, June 3, and June 24, 2004,
without a hearing, the Commission continued this matter. Public hearing
remains open on any new information submitted/presented.
NOTE: The Discretionary Review has been
withdrawn by the neighbor. Based on revised plans, dated September
2, 2004, submitted to the Department, the plans indicate that the existing
building character would be preserved and would not be considered a
de facto demolition of the existing building.
B. COMMISSIONERS' QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
C. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
8. Director's Announcements
9. Review of Past Week's Events at the Board of Supervisors and Board of Appeals
10 . (G.GREEN/L. BADINER: (415) 558-6411)
D. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered
to be routine by the Planning Commission, and will be acted upon by a single
roll call vote of the Commission. There will be no separate discussion of
these items unless a member of the Commission so requests, in which event
the matter shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as
a separate item.
11. 2003.0877Q (M. WOODS: (415) 558-6315)
1843, 1845, 1847, 1849, 1851 and 1853 FILBERT STREET - south side between Laguna and Octavia Streets, Lot 26 in Assessor's Block 0530, six unit residential condominium conversion in an RH-2 (Residential, Two-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The proposal is to change the existing building to a condominium form of ownership and does not involve expansion, alteration, or demolition of the existing building.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval of condominium conversion subdivision application.
E. REGULAR CALENDAR
12. (P. LORD: (415 558-6311)
ARTS ELEMENT - Informational staff presentation
on the Arts Element of the General Plan. Staff briefing on the history
and policy goals contained in the Arts Element. Richard Newirth, Director
of the San Francisco Arts Commission will participate in the presentation
with comments on the efficacy and implementation of this element of the
General Plan since its adoption in 1990.
Preliminary Recommendation: No Action
13. 2004.0602D (G. CABREROS: (415) 558-6169)
1923 WEBSTER STREET - west side between California
and Pine Streets, Lot 005 in Assessor's Block 0653 - Request for
Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2004.03.01.7434,
proposing to raise the existing building two feet to accommodate a new
garage in the ground floor and to construct a rear horizontal addition
to the existing one-story-over-basement, single-family residence in
an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) District and a 40-X Height
and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary
Review and approve the project.
14. 2004.0598D (G. CABREROS: (415) 558-6169)
2740-2742 FILBERT STREET - north side between
Broderick and Baker Streets, Lot 010 in Assessor's Block 0942 - Request
for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2004.04.08.0828,
proposing to convert the existing attic into habitable space and to
construct a rear horizontal addition to the existing four-story, two-unit
building in an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) District and a
40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary
Review and approve the project.
15. 2004.0399DD (G. CABREROS: (415) 558-6169)
2121-2123 LEAVENWORTH STREET - west side between
Greenwich and Filbert Streets, Lot 002 in Assessor's Block 0094 - Requests
for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2003.08.28.3345,
proposing to construct a new fifth floor and a side horizontal addition
to the existing four-story, two-unit building in an RH-3 (Residential,
House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary
Review and approve the project.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of June 24, 2004)
16. 2004.0635D (M. SNYDER: (415) 575-6891)
3150 18TH STREET (aka 470 TREAT AVENUE) - northwest
corner of 18th Street and Treat Avenue, Lots 2 and 12 in Assessor's
Block 3573 - Mandatory Discretionary Review under the Eastern
Neighborhoods Interim Policies (Planning Commission Resolution
No. 16727) of Building Permit Application No. 2004.05.21.4487
and Demolition Permit Nos. 2004.05.21.4485 and 2004.05.21.4484
proposing to demolish existing light-industrial structures and
to construct a new structure that would contain approximately
260 units of rental workshops for arts activities, light manufacturing,
repair and small business service uses, approximately 54 off-street
parking spaces, a care-taker's unit, and a small café,
in an M-1 District, a 50-X Height and Bulk District, and within
a Core PDR Zone as designated in the Eastern Neighborhood Interim
Policies.
Preliminary Recommendation: Take Discretionary Review and approve
the project with conditions.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of September 2, 2004)
17. 2004.0360DD (R. CRAWFORD: (415) 558-6358)
1422 45TH AVENUE - East side between Judah and Kirkham
Streets. Assessor's Block 1807 Lot 026 - Request for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application No. 2004.02.04.5540,
to construct horizontal and vertical additions to the existing one family
dwelling including new second and third floors 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
(Continued from Regular Meeting of June 24, 2004)
NOTE: On June 24, 2004, the Commission stated that the top story
was unacceptable and directed the sponsor to explore options that would
eliminate the top floor and find another location for the displaced
floor area. The matter was continued to September 23, 2004 by a vote
+5 -0.
18. 2004.0285D (G. NELSON (415) 558-6257)
646 30TH AVENUE - east side between Anza and Balboa
Streets; lot 016E in Assessor's Block 1572 - Request for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application No. 2002.12.09.3124, proposing
to alter a single-family dwelling by adding an approximately 30 foot
deep, two-story addition to the rear of a three-story, single-family
dwelling, in an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) District and a
40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
the project.
19. 2004.0387D (M. SMITH: (415) 558-6322)
266 MAGELLAN AVENUE- east side between Sola and Pacheco
Avenues, Lot 014 in Assessor's Block 2863 - Request for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application No. 2003.09.09.4302,
proposing to construct a full floor one-story vertical addition
on a 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
20. 2004.0569D (D. DiBARTOLO: (415) 558-6291)
73-75 LUPINE AVENUE - east side between
Euclid Avenue and Wood Street: Lot 005 in Assessor's Block 1057
- Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application
No. 2003.10.22.8304, proposing to construct a vertical addition
and add one residential unit at the existing one-story over garage
two-unit structure. The project adds two partial floors, increasing
the overall building height from 20 feet to 40 feet and converts
the building from two to three units within an RH-3 (Residential,
House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take D R and approve the project.
21. 2004.0198C (D. DIBARTOLO: (415) 558-6291)
527 BALBOA STREET - south side between 6th and 7th Avenues;
Lot 032 in Assessor's Block 1638 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization
under Planning Code Section 161(j) to add one dwelling unit to a commercial
building without providing an off-street parking space. The proposal
is to convert a vacant commercial space to a residential unit at the
second floor of the existing two-story commercial structure, without
providing one off-street parking space as required under Section 151
of the Planning Code, in an NC-2 (Small-Scale Neighborhood Commercial)
District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions
22. 2003.1110T (C. NIKITAS:(415) 558-6306)
REQUIRED SECOND MEANS OF EGRESS - Ordinance Amending the San
Francisco Planning Code to Allow a Required Second Means of Egress Adoption
of an ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by adding
a new section 136(c)(4)(A)(i-v) to allow certain stairways that are
a required second means of egress under the Building Code, as permitted
obstructions in the rear yard. The California Building Code no longer
allows fire escapes as a second means of egress in most cases. This
proposed text amendment provides an exemption to meet the requirements
of the Building Code. This ordinance also includes changes to Section
311 and 312 to require neighbor notification for the addition of these
stairways.
Preliminary Recommendation: Recommend approval of the ordinance to
the Board of Supervisors.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of July 15, 2004)
23. 2004.0231EZ (W. HASTIE: (415) 558-6381)
SECOND STREET AND SOUTH PARK - Consideration of a Board of
Supervisors Ordinance amending Zoning Map Section 1H of the City
and County of San Francisco to increase the Height from 40-X to 65-X
for two parcels described as Assessor's Block 3775, Lots 007 & 008,
between South Park and Brannan Street along Second Street.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval
24a. 2003.1086CV (W. HASTIE: (415) 558-6381)
1 SOUTH PARK - south corner of 2nd Street and South Park; Assessor's
Block 3775, Lot 7 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization
to convert an historic industrial building into 35 dwelling units, per
Section 818.14 of the Planning Code. The property is located within
an SSO (Service/Secondary Office) District with a 40-X Height and Bulk
limit, and is a contributory building within the South End Historic
District. The Zoning Administrator will hear a related rear yard modification
request.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve with conditions
24b. 2003.1086CV (W. HASTIE: (415) 558-6381)
1 SOUTH PARK - south corner of 2nd Street and South Park; Assessor's
Block 3775, Lot 7 - Request for Rear Yard Modification, pursuant
to Code Sections 134(e) and 307(g), for an exception to the rear yard
requirement for the proposed dwelling units because the existing building
has full lot coverage. The proposed project is the subject of a Conditional
Use hearing as described above. The property is located within an SSO
(Service/Secondary Office) District with a 40-X Height and Bulk limit,
and is a contributory building within the South End Historic District.
25. 2004.0370C (G. NELSON: (415) 558-6257)
3640 BALBOA STREET - north side between 37th and 38th Avenues;
Lot 005F in Assessor's Block 1580 - Request for Conditional Use authorization
pursuant to Section 161(j) of the Planning Code to allow the construction
of two dwelling units without off-street parking. The proposal is to
enlarge a mezzanine story within an existing 20-foot tall commercial
structure and to add two additional floors to the building, resulting
in an approximately 40-foot tall, four-story building. The two top floors
will each contain a dwelling unit. The reconfigured second floor will
contain residential space ancillary to a dwelling unit above, and commercial/storage
space associated with the restaurant below (considered a Business or
Professional Service use per Section 711.53 of the Code). The subject
property is within an NC-2 (Small Scale Neighborhood Commercial) District
and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions.
27. 2004.0550C (D. SIROIS: (415) 558-6313)
562 ARLINGTON STREET - north side between Roanoke & Natick,
Lot 023, in Assessor's Block 6726 - Request for conditional use authorization
under Planning Code Section 209.2(d) to establish an inn (bed and breakfast)
use in an existing single-family house that would be owned, operated
and occupied by the property owners. Three existing bedrooms in the
property would be available for compensation to guests for short-term
accommodation. No alteration to the building is proposed under this
application. The subject property is located in an RH-2 (Residential
House, Two-Family) District in a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions
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:
PLEASE NOTE:
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
