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, October 10, 2019, beginning at 1:00 p.m. or later, in City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400.

2018-016040CUA: 3419 Sacramento Street – south side between Laurel and Walnut Streets; Lot 035 in Assessor’s Block 1020 (District 2) – Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303 and 724 to allow the establishment of a Design Professional Office Use within the Sacramento Street Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.  The proposal will involve legalizing the change of use of an approximately 2,000 square foot commercial retail space to a Design Professional Office Use with accessory commercial retail use (d.b.a. Kendall Wilkinson Design) on the ground and mezzanine floors of a three-story commercial and residential building. There are no tenant improvements or expansion of the existing building envelope proposed. A separate sign permit will be filed for the business signage.  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 Sharon M. Young at (415) 558-6346 or email at sharon.m.young@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-016040CUA.

2018-016600CUA: 2241 Chestnut Street – South side of Chestnut Street between Scott and Pierce Streets; Lot 034 in Assessor’s Block 0489 (District 2) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303 and 711, to establish an Outdoor Activity Area in the rear yard of an existing Bar Use (dba Campus Bar) within the NC-2 (Small-Scale Neighborhood Commercial District) Zoning District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. The project site also contains three residential units, whose open space is met through rear decking and a rooftop deck, which are to remain unchanged. 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 Katie Wilborn at (415) 575-9114 or email at Katherine.Wilborn@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-016600CUA.

2018-002179CUA: 350 Masonic Avenue, 2120-22 & 2130 Golden Gate Avenue – North side of Golden Gate Avenue between Masonic and Central Avenues; Lots 010, 011 & 029 in Assessor’s Block 1149 (District 5) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 209.1, 303, 304 and 317 to permit the removal of a dwelling unit at 2130 Golden Gate Avenue and to modify a 1987 Conditional Use Authorization for a Planned Unit Development (“PUD”) to permit a three-story horizontal expansion and enrollment increase of a School Use (d.b.a. San Francisco Day School) within the RH-3 (Residential-House, Three-Family) Zoning District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District, and to add the property at 2120-2122 Golden Gate Avenue to the school site. The project is seeking modifications for the rear yard and dwelling unit exposure requirements of Planning Code Sections 134 and 140 to permit the alteration of the existing 2-unit building at 2120-22 Golden Gate Avenue to add one new dwelling unit and one Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), and for the rear yard and bicycle parking requirements of Planning Code Sections 134 and 155 for the addition to the existing school building. 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 Christopher May at (415) 575-9087 or email at christopher.may@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-002179CUA.

2016-009538CUA: 905 Folsom Street – south side of Folsom Street between 5th and 6th Streets; Lot 146 in Assessor’s Block 3753 (District 6) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 202.5 and 303, to demolish an existing one-story automotive service station (DBA Shell) and construct a new 14,140-square foot eight-story residential building with nine residential units (four one-bedroom units and five two-bedroom units) and one 1,160-square foot ground floor commercial unit within the MUR (Mixed-Use Residential) Zoning District, Central SoMa Special Use District and an 85-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 Esmeralda Jardines at (415) 575-9144 or email at esmeralda.jardines@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2016-009538CUA.

2016-009211CUA: 5538 3rd Street – west side of 3rd Street between Armstrong and Yosemite Avenue; Lot 007B in Assessor’s Block 5419 (District 10) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections: 178, 210.4, 186.1(b), and 303, to enlarge an existing residential use with a new 1,478-square-foot vertical addition on an existing two-story mixed-use building within the M-1 (Light Industrial) Zoning District and a 65-J 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 Esmeralda Jardines at (415) 575-9144 or email at esmeralda.jardines@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2016-009211CUA.

2018-012603CND: 1046 14th Street – north side of 14th Street between Divisadero Street and Alpine Terrace; Lot 21 in Assessor’s Block 2610 (District 8)- Request for a Condominium Conversion Subdivision to convert a three-story, six-unit building into residential condominiums within the Residential- Mixed, Low Density (RM-1) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk District. For further information, call Gabriela Pantoja at (415) 575-8741 or email at Gabriela.Pantoja@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-012603CND.

2018-016284DRP: 1299 Sanchez Street – east side of Sanchez Street and Clipper and 26th  Streets; Lot 020 in Assessor’s Block 6552 (District 8) – Request for a Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2018.1129.6993 proposing the change of use of an approximately 1,139 square-foot tenant space at an existing two-story mixed-use building from an existing Laundromat into a Limited Restaurant (d.b.a. Noe Valley Coffee) with an Accessory Coffee Roaster within the Neighborhood Commercial, Cluster (NC-1) 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 Gabriela Pantoja at (415) 575-8741 or email at Gabriela.Pantoja@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-016284DRP.

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

9/18/2019