Historic Preservation Commission

Please be advised that the notices provided below may not represent a complete list of items scheduled to be considered at a public hearing. For a complete list of items scheduled to be considered at a particular public hearing, please refer to the posted agenda.

Notice is hereby given to the general public that the Historic Preservation Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on the matter below on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 beginning at 12:30 p.m. or later, in City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400.

Case No. 2019-012970PTA/PCA/DVA: Eight (8) Article 11 Properties Owned or Leased by The Academy of Art University – Continued from November 6, 2019 – The proposed Project involves 8 properties owned or leased by the Academy of Art University (The Academy) which are located within Article 11 Conservation Districts. Request for a master Permit to Alter, consistent with the proposed Development Agreement and Term Sheet for Global Resolution between the City and The Academy, and to adopt findings under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Project seeks to perform or legalize building modifications at these properties to generally abate all Planning Code violations. A full list of the  properties may be found here: sfplanning.org/AAU-notice. At the public hearing, the Historic Preservation Commission will act on the following items: (1) Adoption of CEQA Findings. The Historic Preservation Commission certified the Final EIR for the Project on July 28, 2016. An Addendum to the FEIR was prepared for the Project and was published on October 9, 2019. Prior to any other action, the Commission must adopt CEQA Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Project to proceed. (2) Planning Code Amendment and Development Agreement. The Historic Preservation Commission will adopt a resolution and recommendation to the Board of Supervisors regarding the proposed Planning Code amendments that are necessary in order to implement the Project and regarding the proposed Development Agreement between the Academy of Art University and its various LLCs and the City and County of San Francisco. (3) Master Permit to Alter. The Historic Preservation Commission will take action to authorize the building modifications at all 8 properties subject to Article 11 of the Planning Code. For further information, call Elizabeth Gordon-Jonckheer at (415) 575-8728 or email at Elizabeth.Gordon-Jonckheer@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-012970PTA.

Case No. 2019-012970PTA/PCA/DVA: Eight (8) Article 11 Properties Owned or Leased by The Academy of Art University – Continued from November 6, 2019 – The proposed Project involves 4 properties owned or leased by the Academy of Art University (The Academy) which are located within Article 10 Landmark Districts or are Individual Article 10 Landmarks. Request for a master Certificate of Appropriateness, consistent with the proposed Development Agreement and Term Sheet for Global Resolution between the City and The Academy, and to adopt findings under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Project seeks to perform or legalize building modifications at these properties to generally abate all Planning Code violations. A full list of the properties may be found here: sfplanning.org/AAU-notice. At the public hearing, the Historic Preservation Commission will act on the following items: (1) Adoption of CEQA Findings. The Historic Preservation Commission certified the Final EIR for the Project on July 28, 2016. An Addendum to the FEIR was prepared for the Project and was published on October 9, 2019. Prior to any other action, the Commission must adopt CEQA Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Project to proceed. (2) Planning Code Amendment and Development Agreement. The Historic Preservation Commission will adopt a resolution and recommendation to the Board of Supervisors regarding the proposed Planning Code amendments that are necessary in order to implement the Project and regarding the proposed Development Agreement between the Academy of Art University and its various LLCs and the City and County of San Francisco. (3) Master Certificate of Appropriateness. The Historic Preservation Commission will take action to authorize the building modifications at all 4 properties subject to Article 10 of the Planning Code.  For further information, call Elizabeth Gordon-Jonckheer at (415) 575-8728 or email at Elizabeth.Gordon-Jonckheer@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-012970PTA.

2013.0689COA: 2 Henry Adams Street – located on the west side of Henry Adams Street between Division and Alameda streets, Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 3910 (District 10). Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a one-story utilities enclosure and plaza at the northwest corner of the subject property, and for façade improvements, including repair and restoration of original wood storefronts. The project also entails establishing 49,634 square feet of office at the project site. The subject property is Landmark No. 283, the Dunning, Carrigan, & Hayden Building. 2 Henry Adams Street is located in a PDR-1-D (Production, Distribution & Repair-1-Design) Zoning District and a 45-X Height and Bulk District. For further information, call Monica Giacomucci at (415) 575-8714 or email at monica.giacomucci@sfgov.org  and ask about Case No. 2013.0689COA

Persons who are unable to attend the scheduled Planning Commission hearing may submit written comments regarding these cases to the individuals listed for each case above at the Planning Department, 1650 Mission Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA  94103.  Comments received by 9:30 a.m. on the day of the hearing will be made a part of the official record and will be brought to the attention of the Historic Preservation Commission.

Pursuant to Government Code § 65009, if you challenge, in court, the approval of a conditional use, 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 Historic Preservation Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Corey A. Teague
Zoning Administrator
Planning Department
1650 Mission Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA  94103

10/30/2019