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, April 11, 2019, beginning at 1:00 p.m. or later, in City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400.

Case No. 2019-001604PCA: Building Standards [Board File No. 190048].  Ordinance introduced by Supervisor Mandelman amending the Planning Code to require building setbacks for buildings fronting narrow streets, modify front yard requirements in Residential Districts, increase required rear yards in single-family zoning districts by five percent, amend the rear yard requirements for through lots and corner lots in certain districts to permit second buildings where specified conditions are met, and allow building height increases to existing stories in existing nonconforming buildings in order to accommodate residential uses; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1; and adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code Section 302.  For further information, call Diego R Sánchez at (415) 575-9082 or email at diego.sanchez@sfgov.org and ask about Case Number 2019-001604PCA

Case No. 2019-003571MAP [Board File No. 190251] - Ordinance amending the Zoning Map to change the zoning district on Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 6954, Lot No. 039, from RH-1 (Residential, House District, One Family) and Excelsior Outer Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial District to Excelsior Outer Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial District; and to change the zoning district on Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 6954, Lot No. 011C, from RH-1 to Excelsior Outer Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial District; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. For further information, call Veronica Flores at (415) 575-9173 or email at veronica.flores@sfgov.org  and ask about Case No. 2019-003571MAP.

Case No. 2016-013850PCAMAP [Board File No. 190250] – Ordinance amending the Planning Code to establish the Cayuga/Alemany Special Use District (SUD) for the property located at 915 Cayuga Avenue (Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 6954, Lot Nos. 039 and 011C); amending the Zoning Map to add the Cayuga /Alemany SUD and to change the height limit on Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 6954, Lot Nos. 039 and 011C, to 65-X; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. For further information, call Veronica Flores at (415) 575-9173 or email at veronica.flores@sfgov.org  and ask about Case No. 2016-013850PCAMAP.

*Outlined Area highlights Project Site at 915 Cayuga Avenue

Case No. 2016-013850CUA: 915 CAYUGA AVENUE – in between Ocean and Onondaga Avenues, Lots 011C and 039 in Assessor’s Block 6954 (District 11) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303 and 249.63 to allow demolition of three existing commercial buildings and new construction of a five-story-over-two-basement, 116 residential unit development. The proposal includes 50% affordable units. 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 Veronica Flores at (415) 575-9173 or email at Veronica.Flores@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2016-013850CUA.

Case No. 2016-013850DVA [Board File No. 190249] – Ordinance approving a Development Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and SYTS Investments, LLC, for the development project at 915 Cayuga Avenue, with various public benefits including significantly more below market rate units than otherwise required; making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b); confirming compliance with or waiving certain provisions of Administrative Code, Chapters 14B and 56; and ratifying certain actions taken in connection therewith, as defined herein. For further information, call Veronica Flores at (415) 575-9173 or email at veronica.flores@sfgov.org  and ask about Case No. 2016-013850DVA.

Case No. 2018-004711DNXCUA: 555-575 Market Street – south side between 1st Street and 2nd Street; Lots 174 and 175 in Assessor’s Block 3708 (District 6) – Request for Downtown Project Authorization and Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 210.2, 145.4, 303, and 309 to renovate the existing plaza between the buildings, a partial change of use from retail to office at the ground floor of 555 Market Street, and a modification request from the ground floor commercial requirement, within the C-3-O(SD) (Downtown-Office (Special Development)) Zoning District and a 500-S Height and Bulk District. The proposal includes the reconfiguration of the ground floor of both buildings and a conversion of 3,359 square feet of retail use to office use at the ground floor of 555 Market Street.  The proposal also involves extensive renovation of the plaza between the two buildings and the addition of a 962 square-foot retail structure in the plaza. 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 Seema Adina at (415) 575-8722 or email at seema.adina@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-004711DNXCUA.

Case No. 2018-016667CUA: 3307 Sacramento Street – south side between Presidio Avenue and Walnut Street, Lot 027 of Assessor’s Block 1021 (District 2) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303 and 724 to establish a retail professional service use (real estate office, DBA ENGEL & VÖLKERS) with an accessory art gallery (retail sales and service use) in an existing and vacant first floor tenant space, last permitted as a retail sales and service use. The entire tenant space has a gross square footage of 2,085 square feet. The proposed real estate office will occupy 1,838 square feet of this space, and the proposed accessory art gallery will occupy 246 square feet at the entrance of the space. No interior tenant improvements or changes to any building façade are associated with this proposal. The subject property is located within the Sacramento Street NCD (Neighborhood Commercial) 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). This project was reviewed under the Community Business Priority Processing Program (CB3P). For further information, call Dori Ganetsos at (415) 575-9172, or via email at dori.ganetsos@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-016667CUA.

Case No. 2015-016326CUA/GPR: Seawall Lots 323 and 324 – north side of Broadway between The Embarcadero and Davis Street, Assessor’s Block 0138, Lot 001 and Assessor’s Block 0139, Lot 002 (District 3). Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to demolish the existing parking lot and construct a new mixed-use development consisting of three components: an approximately 26,100 gross-square-foot (gsf) entertainment venue that would primarily house a theater space (dba “Teatro ZinZanni”); an approximately 112,700 gsf, four-story hotel building that would accommodate a maximum of 192 guestrooms; and an approximately 14,000 gsf privately financed and maintained public park. The proposal requires project entitlements that must be heard at a later date by the Port Commission. 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). The subject property is located within the Article 10 Northeast Waterfront Landmark District and is within a C-2 (Community Business) Zoning District and a 40-X Height and Bulk Limit. For further information, call Christy Alexander at (415) 575-8724 or email at christy.alexander@sfgov.org  and ask about Case No. 2015-016326CUA/GPR.

Case No. 2018-017057CUA: 1226 09th Avenue – east side of 09th Avenue between Lincoln Way and Irving Street, Lot 032 of Assessor’s Block 1742 (District 14) - Request for a Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303 and 730, to permit change of use from Limited Restaurant to Restaurant (d.b.a Tartine Manufactory) at an existing vacant storefront ground floor space. No interior or exterior work proposed under this request. Site most recently operated under land use retail-professional services. In October 2016, approval for Limited Restaurant was sought and obtained, but the site has not operated as Limited Restaurant. This project was reviewed under the Community Business Priority Processing Program (CB3P). The subject property is located within the NCD (Inner Sunset Neighborhood Commercial), and 40-X Height and Bulk Districts. 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 Ashley Lindsay at (415) 575-9178, or via email at Ashley.Lindsay@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. Case No. 2018-017057CUA.

Case No. 2018-015554CUA: 95 Nordhoff Street - west side of Nordhoff Street and between Stillings and Mangels Avenues; Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 6763 (District 13) - Request for a Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 121 and 303 for the subdivision of an existing lot   currently containing a single-family dwelling unit into four new lots, two of which will be substandard lots, within the RH-1 (Residential House, One-Family) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk District. The proposal will also individually develop two of the proposed four lots with a single-family dwelling unit, for a total of three single-family dwelling units, and alter the existing single-family dwelling unit. 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 Gabriela Pantoja at (415) 575-8741 or email at Gabriela.Pantoja@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-015554CUA.

Case No. 2018-003223DRP: 15 El Sereno Court – near Rio Court; Lot 025 in Assessor’s Block 2968B (District 7) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2018.0302.2730 for a horizontal rear addition to an existing 2-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. 2018-003223DRP

Case No. 2017-010147DRP: 1633 Cabrillo Avenue – between 17th & 18th Avenues; Lot 044 in Assessor’s Block 1660 (District 1) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2017.0720.2498 for new construction of a 4-story, two family house within the RH-2 (Residential House, Two-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. 2017-010147DRP

Case No. 2018-007006DRP: 2000 Grove Street – at the corner of Clayton; Lot 002D in Assessor’s Block 1189 (District 5) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2018.0509.8704 for construction of 2 accessory dwelling units at the ground floor garage area of a 4-story apartment building within the RM-1 (Residential-Mixed, Low Density) 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. 2018-007006DRP

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 Planning 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
3/20/2019