February 3, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO
PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice of Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission Chambers - Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Thursday, February 3, 2005
1:30 PM
Regular Meeting
President: Sue Lee
Vice-President: Dwight S. Alexander
Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Shelley Bradford Bell; Kevin Hughes;
William L. Lee; Christina Olague
Commission Secretary: Linda D. Avery
Commission Calendars are available on the Internet at http://www.sfgov.org/planning
or as a recorded message at (415) 558-6422.
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DEPARTMENT
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(1) the adoption or amendment of a general plan, (2) the adoption or amendment
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agreement, or (5) the approval of a variance, conditional-use authorization,
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to the Board of Supervisors within 30 days. Call (415) 554-5184 for more
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a variance application may be appealed to the Board of Appeals within 10
days of issuance of the written decision.
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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: Sue Lee
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.
1. 2004.1008D (W. HASTIE: (415) 558-6381)
91 BENNINGTON STREET- north side between Cortland and Eugenia
Avenues, Lot 18 in Assessor's Block 5666 - Mandatory
Discretionary Review, under Planning Commission policy requiring
review of all dwelling unit mergers, of Permit Application No. 2004.0602.5366;
the proposal is to expand the existing ground floor retail business (Red
Hill Books) which will significantly reduce the square footage of the
dwelling unit located behind the retail space and result in the de facto
removal of that unit. The subject property is zoned NC-2 (Small-Scale
Neighborhood Commercial) District and is in a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
the project as submitted.
(Proposed for Continuance to February 10, 2005)
2. 2004.0858C (D. DiBARTOLO: (415) 558-6291)
766 VALLEJO STREET - north side between Powell and Stockton Streets;
Lot 043 in Assessor's Block 130 - Request for Conditional
Use Authorization pursuant to Section
722.83 of the Planning Code to install and operate a wireless telecommunication
facility for AT&T Wireless Service, roof-mounted on the existing building
comprising a parking garage and police station. Under the City and County
of San Francisco's Wireless Telecommunication Services (WTS) Facilities
Siting Guidelines, the property is a Preferred Location Preference 2,
as a co-location site of previously approved antenna installations. The
proposal is to install six panel antennas at three different locations
on the roof of the approximately 67-foot high building. Related equipment
would be placed on the fourth floor level within the parking garage a
basement storage area. The property is within the North Beach Neighborhood
Commercial District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
3. 2004.0945C (J. PURVIS: (415) 558-6354)
695 BRYANT STREET - southeast corner at 5th Street;
Lot 047 in Assessor's Block 3777 - Request for
Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Section 890.50
for the intensification of a homeless shelter from a 205-bed capacity
to a 345-bed capacity within an existing two-story-over-basement building.
The site is within an SLI (Service/Light Industrial) Mixed Use District,
a 50-X Height and Bulk District and is within the Industrial Protection
Zone under Planning Commission Resolution No. 16202.
B. COMMISSIONERS' QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
4. Commission Comments/Questions
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. Informational presentation of currently proposed changes to the First
Congregational Church project at 1300 Polk Street, northeast corner at Bush
Street, Conditional Use authorization of Case 2002.1010C, approved by the
Planning Commission on July 31, 2003.
D. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
- 15 MINUTES
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. Each member of the public may address the Commission
for up to three minutes.
E. REGULAR CALENDAR
9. (LORI YAMAGUCHI)
UCSF INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN - Informational
presentation on the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Long
Range Development Plan (LRDP) Amendment
on Hospital Replacement. UCSF proposes to amend its LRDP to recommend
future clinical uses and development at Parnassus Heights, Mission Bay
and Mount Zion in order to replace some of UCSF Medical Center's inpatient
facilities now at Parnassus Heights and Mount Zion.
10a. 2004.0884D (G. NELSON: (415) 558-6257)
1517 IRVING STREET - south side between 16th and 17th Avenues;
lot 047 in Assessor's Block 1771 - Mandatory Discretionary
Review, under the Planning Commission's policy requiring review
of housing demolition, of Demolition Permit Application No. 2004.04.13.1124,
proposing to demolish a one-story (over uninhabitable ground floor), single-family
dwelling in the Inner Sunset Neighborhood Commercial District and a 40-X
Height and Bulk District. The two-family dwelling is located at the front
of the lot. There is a related proposal (2004.0855D) to construct a four-story,
three-family dwelling with three off-street parking spaces.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
the demolition
10b. 2004.0885D (G. NELSON (415) 558-6257)
1517 IRVING STREET - south side between 16th and 17th
Avenues; lot 047 in Assessor's Block 1771 - Mandatory
Discretionary Review, under the Planning Commission's policy requiring
review of new residential building in association with residential demolition,
of Building Permit Application No. 2004.04.13.1125, proposing to construct
a four-story, three-family residential structure with three off-street
parking spaces in the Inner Sunset Neighborhood Commercial District and
a 40-X Height and Bulk District. There is a related proposal (2004.0884D)
to demolish the single-family dwelling at the rear of the lot.
11. 2004.0560E (J. NAVARRETE: (415) 558-5975)
787 BRANNAN STREET (aka 785 BRANNAN STREET; aka 100 GILBERT STREET)
- Appeal of Preliminary Negative Declaration -
The proposed project is the construction of a five-story, approximately
50-foot tall, 29,653 gross-square-foot (gsf) residential building with
56 single room occupancy (SRO) units. The ground floor would contain a
lobby, a manager's office, a community room for the residents and 8 SROs.
The second through fifth floors would include 12 SRO units on each. No
off-street parking or off-street loading would be provided. A 900-square-foot
roof deck would be provided as common usable open space meeting the requirements
of the Planning Code. The project site is 6,124 square feet in size and
currently used as a 20-space surface parking lot, located on the northeast
corner of Brannan Street and Gilbert Street in the South of Market District.
Pedestrian access to the building lobby and the community room would be
through one door mid-lot on Brannan Street. All of the units would be
rental units designated as permanently affordable to households with income
not exceeding 50% of the City's median income. The project site is zoned
SLI (Service Light Industrial) and is within a 50-X height and bulk district.
Conditional Use authorization is required for SRO units in the SLI district,
and parking, rear yard, and permitted obstruction variances would be required
for the proposed project.
12a. 2004.0560EKCVD (D. SIDER: (415) 558-6697)
787 BRANNAN STREET (aka 785 BRANNAN STREET; aka 100 GILBERT STREET)
- southwest corner of Gilbert Street; Lot 018 in Assessor's Block 3784
- Request for Conditional Use Authorization
to allow the construction of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) units in a Service/Light
Industrial (SLI) Zoning District pursuant to Planning Code Section 817.16.
The proposal would construct a new five-story building containing fifty-six
SRO dwelling units, each of approximately 400 gross square feet, on a
vacant parcel currently used for parking. The property is within an Service/Light
Industrial (SLI) Zoning District, an Industrial Protection Zone (IPZ)
as set forth in Planning Commission Resolution 16202, and a 50-X Height
and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 20, 2005)
12b. 2004.0560EKCVD (D. SIDER: (415) 558-6697)
787 BRANNAN STREET (aka 785 BRANNAN STREET; aka 100 GILBERT STREET)
- southwest corner of Gilbert Street; Lot 018 in Assessor's Block 3784
- Request for (1) a Modification of rear
yard requirements pursuant to Code Section 134(e)(1) and 307(g), and (2)
Variances from [a] permitted obstruction limits for bay windows set forth
in Code Section 136(c)(2)(B) and 136(c)(2)(D) and [b] off-street parking
requirements set forth in Code Section 151. A Variance
from parking requirements is required because no off-street parking
spaces are proposed while the Code would require three spaces. A Variance
from permitted obstruction limits is required because bay windows
of a maximum depth of three feet and maximum width of sixteen feet are
proposed while the Code would limit maximum depth of some bay windows
to two feet and maximum width to between nine and fifteen feet. A Modification
of rear yard requirements is required because intermittent yard
spaces of no more than five feet in depth are proposed while the Code
would require a rear yard of at least fifteen feet. The proposal would
construct a new five-story building containing fifty-six SRO dwelling
units, each of approximately 400 gross square feet, on a vacant parcel
currently used for parking. The property is within an Service/Light Industrial
(SLI) Zoning District, an Industrial Protection Zone (IPZ) as set forth
in Planning Commission Resolution 16202, and a 50-X Height and Bulk District.
12c. 2004.0560EKCVD (D. SIDER: (415) 558-6697)
787 BRANNAN STREET (aka 785 BRANNAN STREET; aka 100 GILBERT STREET)
- southwest corner of Gilbert Street; Lot 018 in Assessor's Block 3784
- Mandatory Discretionary Review of a project
which would create housing within an Industrial Protection Zone (IPZ),
as required under Commission Resolution 16202 for
all such projects. The proposal would
construct a new five-story building containing fifty-six SRO dwelling
units, each of approximately 400 gross square feet, on a vacant parcel
currently used for parking. The property is within an Service/Light Industrial
(SLI) Zoning District, an Industrial Protection Zone (IPZ) as set forth
in Planning Commission Resolution 16202, and a 50-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and Approve
Project.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 20, 2005)
13. 2004.1106D (S. SNYDER: (415) 558-6543)
252 HOLYOKE STREET - east side between Felton and Burrows Streets;
Lot 6 in Assessor's Block 5976 - Request for Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application No. 2003.09.19.5209, proposing
vertical and horizontal front and rear additions to the single-family
dwelling in an RH-1 (House, One-family) District and a 40-X Height and
Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve
as proposed.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 27, 2005)
14a. 2004.0420MR (J. SWITZKY: (415) 575-6815)
SAN FRANCISCO BICYCLE PLAN - Consideration
of adoption of proposed amendments to the
General Plan under the provisions of Sections 340 and 306.3(b)(3)
of the Planning Code. The proposed amendments would incorporate the Bicycle
Plan in whole by reference into the General Plan and amend sections of
the General Plan that are relevant to bicycling, including the Transportation
Element and Downtown Area Plan, according to the goals of the Bicycle
Plan. The San Francisco Bicycle Plan is the result of a two-year collaborative
planning process involving the Department of Parking and Traffic, the
San Francisco County Transportation Authority, the San Francisco Bicycle
Coalition and many other agencies and organizations.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve the Draft Resolution
(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 27, 2005)
14b. 2004.0420MR (J. SWITZKY: (415) 575-6815)
15. 2004.0656C (S. SNYDER: (415) 558-6543)
16. 2004.0849C (M. WOODS: (415) 558-6315)
1720-1730 FULTON STREET - north side between Central and Masonic
Avenues; Lot 30 in Assessor's Block 1175 - Request
for Conditional Use authorization under Sections 303 and 352
of the Planning Code to modify a condition previously imposed in Motion
No. 14807 for Case No. 1998.0318C (the approval of the Petrini Plaza),
The proposal would modify Condition No. 30 of the Motion to allow
the project sponsor to merge two small storefronts at the Petrini
Plaza for leasing to a financial service establishment (Washington
Mutual Bank), rather than to a local independent merchant. The project
is within an NC-S (Neighborhood Commercial Shopping Center) District
and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Disapproval
(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 20, 2005)
17. 2004.1321C (M. LI: (415) 558-6396)
1327 POLK STREET - southwest corner at Austin Street, Lot
003 in Assessor's Block 0667 - Request for
Conditional Use Authorization to establish a retail wine
store (dba "S.N.O.B.") classified under Article 7 as a
"Liquor Store," of approximately 1,000 square feet with
a wine tasting room, classified as a "Bar," in an existing
commercial space that has been vacant for about six years. There
will be no physical expansion of the existing building or commercial
space. The site is within the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial
District and a 65-A Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with conditions
18. 2001.0772C (B. FU: (415) 558-6613)
3318 MISSION STREET - west side, between 29th and 30th Streets,
Lot 003 in Assessor's Block 6635 - Request
for Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections
712.38 and 790.84, to allow a residential conversion of the existing
dwelling unit on the second level of a two-story building into a banquet
hall and to relocate the existing unit to a new proposed third level
in a NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial) District with a
40-X Height and Bulk designation.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 27, 2005)
19. 2004.0305C (D. JONES: (415) 558-6477)
1111 JUNIPERO SERRA BOULEVARD - southeast corner of the intersection
Shields Street and Junipero Serra Boulevard, Lot 024 in Assessor's
Block 7080 - Request for Conditional
Use Authorization to allow the installation of six (6) panel
antennas concealed into the base of the existing church steeple (Temple
Methodist Church), and install three outdoor equipment cabinets located
on the south side of the church as part of a wireless telecommunication
network, pursuant to Planning Code section 209.6(b), in an RH-1 (Residential,
Single-Family) District and a 40-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 Location Preference
2 (Co-Location Site).
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
(Continued from Regular Meeting of January 27, 2005)
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:
