Planning 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 applications involving the properties/and or issues described below have been filed with the Planning Department for review as set forth in the City Planning Code.  The Planning Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on these items and on other matters on Thursday, February 13, 2020, beginning at 1:00 p.m. or later, in City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400.

2019-020852CUA:  1100 Taraval Street – northwest corner of Taraval Street and 21st Avenue; Lot 017 in Assessor’s Block 2350 (District 4) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303, 733, and 781.1 to establish a full-service Restaurant (d.b.a. “U Dessert Story”) within the Taraval Street Neighborhood Commercial (NCD) Zoning District, the Taraval Street Restaurant Subdistrict, and a 65-A Height and Bulk District. The property was approved for Restaurant use in 2009 but the use was never vested with a building permit. This project was reviewed under the Community Business Priority Processing Program (CB3P). A Planning Commission approval at the public hearing would constitute the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of CEQA, pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 31.04(h). For further information, call David Weissglass at (415) 575-9177 or email at david.weissglass@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-020852CUA.

2019-004211CUA:  3859 24th Street – south side of 24th Street between Sanchez and Vicksburg Streets, Lot 028 of Assessor’s Block 6509 (District 8) - Request for a Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 202.2, 303, and 728 to establish an approximately 1,140 square foot Restaurant and Retail Sales and Service use in an existing ground floor commercial space within the Noe Valley NCT (Neighborhood Commercial) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk District. The subject property was reviewed under the Community Business Priority Processing Program (CB3P). A Planning Commission approval at the public hearing would constitute the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of CEQA, pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 31.04(h). For further information, call Carolyn Fahey at (415) 575-9139, or via email at carolyn.cahey@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-004211CUA.

2018-011249CUA: 1567 California Street – southeast corner of California and Polk Streets; Lots 014, 014A, and 015 in Assessor’s Block 0645 (District 3) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 121.1, 121.7 and 303 to allow the development of a lot greater than 2,500 square feet and the merger of lots resulting in a project frontage of more than 25 feet within the Polk Street NCD. The Project is using the Individually-Requested State Density Bonus Program to achieve a density bonus and requests waivers from: 1) Rear Yard (Section 134); 2) Usable Open Space (Section 135); 3) Exposure (Section 140); 4) Height (Section 260); and 5) Bulk (Section 270). Additionally, the Project requests an incentive or concession under the State Density Bonus Program from Ground Floor Ceiling Height (Section 145.1). The Project proposes to demolish the existing two-story commercial building and associated surface parking and construct an eight-story over basement, 85-foot-tall mixed-use building including approximately 10,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space and 100 dwelling units, 101 Class 1 bicycle parking spaces and no off-street vehicle parking. A Planning Commission approval at the public hearing would constitute the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of CEQA, pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 31.04(h). For further information, call Andrew Perry at (415) 575-9017 or email at andrew.perry@sfgov.org  and ask about Case No. 2018-011249CUA.

2019-015067CUA:  968 Valencia Street – northeast corner of Valencia Street and Liberty Street; Lot 005 in Assessor’s Block 3608 (District 8) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303, 303.1, and 762 to establish a Formula Retail Use (d.b.a. “HUF,” a skateboarding apparel company) in an existing 1,590 square-foot retail space within the Valencia Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) Zoning District and a 50-X Height and Bulk District. A Planning Commission approval at the public hearing would constitute the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of CEQA, pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 31.04(h). For further information, call Monica Giacomucci at (415) 575-8714 or email at monica.giacomucci@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-015067CUA.

2019-014251DRP: 2001 Chestnut Street – corner of Fillmore Street; Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 0491 (District 2) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2019.0717.6081 for the addition of a nighttime entertainment use to an existing restaurant (d.b.a. The Dorian). The nighttime entertainment use would permit a Place of Entertainment permit to be issued for cabaret performances and other live music within the Union Street Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of CEQA, pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 31.04(h). For further information, call Matt Dito at (415) 575-9164 or email at matthew.dito@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-014251DRP

2017-010281DRP-02: 236 El Camino Del Mar – between 25th and 26th Avenues; Lot 008A in Assessor’s Block 1304 (District 2) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2017.0721.2594 for construction of a horizontal rear addition and decks to an existing three-story, one-family house within the RH-1 (Residential-House, One-Family) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk District. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of CEQA, pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 31.04(h). For further information, call David Winslow at (415) 575-9159 or email at david.winslow@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-010281DRP-02

2018-007012DRP: 134 Hearst Avenue – between Baden and Congo Streets; Lot 011 in Assessor’s Block 6771 (District 7) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2018.0503.8097 for construction of a third-story vertical addition and horizontal rear addition and decks to an existing two-story, one-family house within the RH-1 (Residential-House, One-Family) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk District. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of CEQA, pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 31.04(h). For further information, call David Winslow at (415) 575-9159 or email at david.winslow@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-007012DRP.

Persons who are unable to attend the scheduled 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 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 Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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

1/22/2020