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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 intends to hold a PUBLIC HEARING on these items and on other matters on Thursday, July 28, 2022, beginning at 1:00 p.m. or later. Please be advised that due to the COVID-19 emergency, the Planning Commission may conduct this hearing remotely using videoconferencing technology or in-person at City Hall. Additional information may be found on the Department’s website.

2022-001892CUA: 98 MISSION STREET – north side, between Spear and Steuart Street; Lot 007 of Assessor’s Block 3713 (District 6) – Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 210.2 and 303, to establish a Non-Retail Sales and Service use within an existing, vacant, approximately 5,040 square foot commercial space on the ground floor of the subject property within the C-3-O(SD) Downtown-Office (Special Development) Zoning District and 150-X/200-S Height and Bulk Districts. There will be no expansion of the building envelope and the subject commercial space is one of many located on the ground floor along the building’s Spear Street frontage. 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 Jonathan Vimr at (628) 652-7319, or via email at jonathan.vimr@sfgov.org and ask about Record No. 2022-001892CUA.

2022-004718CUA: 2209 CHESTNUT STREET – Southwest corner of Chestnut and Pierce Streets; Lot 001 in Assessor's Block 0489 (District 2) - Request for a Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 711, and 303, to establish a formula retail use (d.b.a. Malin + Goetz), at the ground floor of an existing vacant retail space, approximately 650 square feet, within an NC-2 (Neighborhood Commercial, Small Scale) Zoning District and a 40-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 Kalyani Agnihotri at (628) 652-7454 or email at kalyani.agnihotri@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2022-004718CUA.

2022-000313CUA: 2025-2027 CHESTNUT STREET – Southwest corner of Chestnut and Fillmore Streets; Lot 001 in Assessor's Block 0491 (District 2) - Request for a Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 711, and 303, to expand an existing formula retail use (d.b.a. Pacific Catch), into the ground floor of an existing vacant retail space, approximately 690 square feet, within an NC-2 (Neighborhood Commercial, Small Scale) Zoning District and a 40-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 Kalyani Agnihotri at (628) 652-7454 or email at kalyani.agnihotri@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2022-000313CUA.

2018-015785MAP [Board File No. to be assigned] – 200 Main Street (AKA Transbay Block 4) – the block bounded by Howard Street on the north, Main Street on the east, Beale Street on the west, and the alignment of Tehama Street on the south, Lot 010 in Assessor’s Block 3739: Ordinance amending Planning Code Map HT-01 by rezoning the subject lot from a 50/85/450-TB Height and Bulk designation to a 513-TB Height and Bulk designation; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. The action would enable the Transbay Block 4 Project, which would include a 47-story tower (513-feet exclusive of mechanical penthouse) with 6-story townhouse adjunct, a 16-story mid-rise building and a single-story shared podium with shared underground facilities. The Project would include approximately 681 residential units, of which 306 (45%) would be affordable, approximately 8,389 square feet of commercial / retail space, 224 parking spaces for up to 275 vehicles (with valet and/or stackers), at least 556 Class 1 bicycle spaces, and 12,584 square feet of open space, of which approximately 8,330 would be publicly accessible. The Project requires an amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Transbay Project Area, for which the Planning Commission is also scheduled to take action by making consistency findings with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1. The subject site is currently within a TB DTR (Transbay Downtown Residential) District, a 50/85/450-TB Height District, but is subject to the zoning controls of the Redevelopment Plan being within the Transbay Redevelopment Project Area – Zone 1. For further information, call Mat Snyder at (628) 652-7460 or email at mathew.snyder@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-015785MAPGPAGPR.

2018-015785GPA – 200 MAIN STREET (AKA Transbay Block 4) – the block bounded by Howard Street on the north, Main Street on the east, Beale Street on the west and the alignment of Tehama Street on the north, Lot 010 in Assessor’s Block 3739: Ordinance amending the General Plan by amending the Transit Center District Plan (a Sub-Area Plan of the Downtown Plan) Figure 1 – “Proposed Height Limits” by changing the height limit from 450-feet to 513-feet; amending Figure 1 by changing the height limit on Transbay Block 1 from 50/85/300-feet to 400-feet; and amending Policy 4.36 regarding bicycle routing; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 340. The Transbay Block 4 Project would include a 47-story tower (513-feet exclusive of mechanical penthouse) with 6-story townhouse adjunct, a 16-story mid-rise building and a single-story shared podium with shared underground facilities. The Project would include approximately 681 residential units, of which 306 (45%) would be affordable, approximately 8,389 square feet of commercial / retail space, 224 parking spaces for up to 275 vehicles (with valet and/or stackers), at least 556 Class 1 bicycle spaces, and 12,584 square feet of open space, of which approximately 8,330 would be publicly accessible. The Project requires an amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Transbay Project Area, for which the Planning Commission is also scheduled to take action by making consistency findings with the General Plan and Planning Code Section 101.1. The subject site is currently within a TB DTR (Transbay Downtown Residential) District, a 50/85/450-TB Height District, but is subject to the zoning controls of the Redevelopment Plan being within the Transbay Redevelopment Project Area – Zone 1. For further information, call Mat Snyder at (628) 652-7460 or email at mathew.snyder@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-015785MAPGPAGPR.

2020-010283CUA: 2306-2310 AND 2312-2316 VICENTE STREET – north side, between 34th and 35th Avenues; Lot 037 in Assessor's Block 0491 (District 4) - Request for a Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303, 710, and 155(r)(3) to allow the demolition of an existing one-story, 3,131 square-foot, religious institutional use building and to construct two new 40-foot-tall, four-story, three-family dwellings, each to be located on a new lot created through the subdivision of the existing 4,087.5 square foot (54.5’ x 75’) subject property, within an NC-1 (Neighborhood Commercial, Cluster) Zoning District and a 40-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 Jeff Horn at (628) 652-7366 or email at jeffrey.horn@sfgov.organd ask about Case No. 2020-010283CUA.

2017-013784CUA: 2976 MISSION STREET – West side of Mission Street between 25th Street and 26th Street; Lot 007A in Assessor’s Block 6529 (District 9) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303 and 317 to demolish an existing two-story 3,490 square foot mixed-use building containing one residential unit, two Unauthorized Dwelling Units, and two commercial units, and to construct a six-story, 12,117 square foot mixed-use building containing eight residential units (1 one-bedroom and 7 two-bedrooms) and one 1,600 square foot commercial space with 10 Class 1 and 2 Class 2 bicycle parking spaces and no vehicular parking spaces within the MISSION STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT Zoning District and a 45-X,65-B 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 628-652-7414 or email at Monica.Giacomucci@sfgov.org and ask about Record No. 2017-013784CUA.

2017-011878OFA-03/PHA-09: 420 23RD STREET (AKA. POTRERO POWER STATION: PHASE 1) – north side of 23rd Street west of Illinois Street; Lot 002 in Assessor’s Block 4175 (District 10) - Request for an Office Allocation pursuant to Planning Code Sections 321 and 322, to obtain an additional 3,426 square feet of office use. On October 22, 2020, the Planning Commission authorized the development of 403,750 square feet of office use at Block 15 (Station A) under Motion No. 20801. However, upon an updated calculation of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation pursuant to Proposition E, only 400,324 square feet of office use was available in the Office Development Annual Limit at that time. The proposed Office Allocation would confer the 3,426 square feet that were previously unavailable. In addition, the project requires a Planning Commission Resolution to make a non-material change to the Potrero Power Station Development Agreement to remove a requirement that one of the five commercial blocks within the Potrero Power Station Development be restricted for Life Science uses pursuant to Section 3.2.6 of the Development Agreement. The property is located within the POTRERO POWER STATION MIXED USE Zoning District and a 65-PPS/240-PPS 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 628-652-7414 or email at Monica.Giacomucci@sfgov.org and ask about Record No. 2017-011878OFA-03/PHA-09.

2021-002487DRP-02: 3624 SCOTT STREET between North Point and Beach streets; Lot 021 in Assessor’s Block 0441A (District 2) - Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application no. 2021.0220.5053 to construct a 2-story vertical addition and make facade alterations to an existing two-story, two-family residence within the RH-3 (Residential House - Three 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 (628) 652-7335 or email at david.winslow@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2021-002487DRP-02.

It is strongly recommended that persons submit their comments in writing in advance of the hearing. Written comments may be submitted via email directly to the case planner.

Persons who are unable to attend the scheduled hearing may submit written comments regarding these cases to the individuals listed for each above via email or at the Planning Department, 49 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 1400, 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.