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, December 12, 2019, beginning at 1:00 p.m. or later, in City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400.

2019-0013522PCA [Board File No. TBD] – Code Clean-Up 2019: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to correct typographical errors, update outdated cross-reference, and make non-substantive revisions to clarify or simplify Code language; amending Article 4 to move the language regarding timing of fee payments to the beginning of the Article and cross-reference it in the individual impact fee sections and to add an additional fee waiver based on the replacement of gross floor area in buildings damaged or destroyed by fire or other calamity; 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 general 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. 2019-0013522PCA.

2019-017957PCA [Board File No. 191002] – Geary-Masonic Special Use District: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to modify the Geary-Masonic Special Use District regarding minimum parking requirements, ground floor celling heights, and to allow payment of an inclusionary housing fee; 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 convenience, necessity, 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. 2019-017957PCA.

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. 

2018-015446CUA: 740 Clayton Street – east side of Clayton Street between Waller and Frederick Streets, Lot 039 in Assessor’s Block 1254 (District 5) – Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 207, 209.1, and 303 to exceed the principally permitted dwelling unit density limit on a lot within an RH-3 (Residential, House – Three-Family) Zoning District and a 40-X Height & Bulk District. The project proposes five dwelling units total. Additionally, the project is requesting a variance from the rear yard requirement of Planning Code Section 134. The project proposes to convert a legally noncomplying structure in the rear yard to a residential use. 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 Matt Dito at (415) 575-9164 or email at matthew.dito@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-015307CUA.

2005.0759ENX/OFA/VAR: 725 Harrison Street – located on the southeast intersections of 4th, Harrison and Perry Streets, Lots 106, 108, 109, 112, 116, and 117, Block 3762 (District 6) – Request for Large Project Authorization, Office Development Authorization, and Variance, pursuant to Planning Code Sections  132.4, 136, 145.1, 145.4, 249.78, 261.1, 263.32, 263.34, 270.1, 305, 321, 322, 329, and 848, for the demolition of the existing five buildings measuring approximately 92,600 square feet, and to authorize up to 770,000 square feet from the Office Development Annual Limit for the proposed project at 725 Harrison Street as well as a lot merger of six lots. The new mixed-use building will include a total of 770,000 square feet of office use, approximately 29,100 square feet of PDR, 3,900 square feet of micro-retail use, 3,000 square feet of child care use, approximately 116 off-street below-grade parking spaces, 5 off-street freight loading spaces, six service vehicle spaces (counting as three loading spaces, for a total of eight loading spaces), and 292 bicycle parking spaces (258 Class I, 34 Class II). The Project includes 16,700 square feet of on-site open space including approximately 6,500 square feet for an indoor privately-owned public open space (POPOS) and 8,700 square feet of exterior POPOS, including a mid-block paseo. The project site is identified as a “key site” in the Central SoMa Area Plan and is anticipated to provide a qualified amenity, including a land dedication (measuring approximately 15,000 square feet) to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development. The project is pursuing a special height exception to allow for an additional 25 feet of height above the height limit per Planning Code Section 263.32. The project is also pursuing a special height and setback exception to allow a height limit of 160 feet on Block 3762, Lots: 106, 108, 109, 112, 116, and 117, a ground floor height of 14 feet for non-residential and PDR uses, a 50% apparent mass reduction requirement on the Harrison Street frontage, and no apparent mass reduction on the 4th Street building frontage per Planning Code Section 263.34. Under the Large Project Authorization, the project is requesting exceptions from the following Planning Code requirements: Section 132.4 [Building Setback and Streetwall Articulation]; Section 261.1 [Narrow and Mid-Block Alley Controls]; Section 270.1 [Horizontal Mass Reduction]; and Section 249.78(d)(9) [Wind]. The Project seeks Variances for: Section 136 [Permitted Obstructions]; Section 145.1 [Street Frontage Active Use and Off-street Parking and Loading entrances]; and Section 145.4 [Ground Floor Commercial along 4th Street]. 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, and ask about Case No. 2005.0759ENX/OFA/ VAR.

2019-012018CUA:  251 Clement Street – south  side of Clement Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues, Lot 037 of Assessor’s Block 1435 (District 1) - Request for a Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303, 303.1, and 716 to establish a Formula Retail Instructional use (d.b.a. “The Coder School”) in an existing 1,100 square foot ground floor reatil space within the Inner Clement Street Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD) Zoning District and 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 Katie Wilborn at (415) 575-9114 or email at Katherine.Wilborn@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-012018CUA.

2013.0655CUA/VAR: 1513 York Street – east side of York Street between Cesar Chavez Street and Peralta Avenue; Lots 011, 012 & 020 in Assessor’s Block 5513 (District 9) – Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 209.1 and 303, to allow residential density of one unit per 1,500 square feet of lot area for the project involving  construction of four, two-to-three-story duplex buildings (with a total of eight dwelling units measuring approximately 1,325 to 1,950 square feet) and two residential flats of approximately 1,030 square feet on the lot fronting York Street. The project will merge the three lots and access to the mid-block townhouses are through a pedestrian walkway at York Street. The project also includes a basement garage on the York Street parcel with eight car parking spaces using a mechanical car lift and 16 Class 1 and two Class 2 bicycle parking spaces. The proposal is also seeking a Variance from the requirements for front setback, rear yard and dwelling unit exposure, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 132, 134 and 140, respectively. The Zoning Administrator will consider the variance requests following the Planning Commission’s consideration of the request for Conditional Use Authorization. The project site is located within the RH-2 (Residential – House, Two-Family) Zoning District, Bernal Heights Special Use 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 Xinyu Liang at (415) 575-9182 or email at Xinyu.Liang@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2013.0655CUA/VAR.

2019-015307CUA:  2222 Bush Street– north side of Bush Street between Steiner and Filmore Streets, Lot 006 of Assessor’s Block 0659 (District 5) - Request for a Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 202.2, 303, and 718 to establish a Cannabis Retail use in an existing 2,252 square foot ground floor retail space within the Upper Filmore Street Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD) Zoning District and 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 Laura Ajello at (415) 575-9142 or email at laura.ajello@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-015307CUA.

2018-011904CUA: 1420 Taraval Street – north side of Taraval street between 24th and 25th Avenues, Lot 010 in Assessor’s Block 2353 (District 4) – request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303 and 317, to allow the demolition of an existing 2,176 square foot three-story single-family home and the new construction of an approximately 6,219 square foot, four-story, mixed-used building with three dwelling units and 1,731 square feet of ground floor commercial within the Taraval Street Neighborhood Commercial (NCD) Zoning District and a 65-A 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 Linda Ajello Hoagland at (415) 575-6823 or email at linda.ajellohoagland@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2018-011904CUA.

2019-014764CND: 2101-2109 Ellis Street – south side of Ellis Street between St. Josephs Avenue and Broderick Street; Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 1125 (District 2) – Request for a Condominium Conversion Subdivision to convert a three-story-over-garage, five-unit building into residential condominiums within a 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 Katie Wilborn at (415) 575-9114 or email at katherine.wilborn@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-014764CND

2019-000503DRP-03: 2452 Green Street – between Scott and Pierce Streets; Lot 011 in Assessor’s Block 0537 (District 2) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2018.1106.5097 for construction of a four-story horizontal addition connected via a one-story corridor at the front of the existing two-story single-family dwelling which is located at the rear of the lot  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. 2019-000503DRP-03.

2018-013697DRP: 3500 Jackson Street – at corner of Locust Street; Lot 002 in Assessor’s Block 0970 (District 2) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2019.0716.6022 for demolition of an existing 504 sq. ft. detached garage and construction of a 578 sq. ft. new garage with landscaped roof deck. The new garage will occupy the original garage footprint of approximately 24’ x 21’, expanding to 24’ x 22’-7”. The proposed roof deck is bordered by new parapet planters at a maximum elevation approximately 3 feet lower than the height of the existing garage roof peak. The new garage requires a rear yard variance. Additional work includes a 34 sq. ft. expansion of the building at the west elevation and a 40 sq. ft. infill at the top floor to connect separate portions of the 4th floor that do not currently connect, as well as new stairs at the west elevation, modification of the porte-cochere/carriageway grade, new window and door openings at the west and north elevations, reconstruction and reinforcement of chimneys, and interior alterations at all floors, to an existing three-story, single 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. 2018-013697DRP.

2018-012442DRP: 436 Tehama Street – between 5th and 6th Streets; Lot 106 in Assessor’s Block 3732 (District 6) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2018.0628.3202 for construction of two accessory dwelling units per Ordinance 162-16 by excavating the ground level garage and storage space of an existing 4-story, 6-unit apartment building within the MUR (Mixed Use-Residential) 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. 2018-012442DRP.

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

11/20/2019