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 intends to hold a PUBLIC HEARING on these items and on other matters on Thursday, July 16, 2020, beginning at 1:00 p.m. or later, in City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400.  Please be advised that due to the COVID-19 emergency, the Planning Commission may be required to conduct this hearing remotely. Additional information may be found on the Department's website.

2020-001411PCA  [Board File No. 191249] 100% Affordable Housing and Educator Housing Streamlining Program – Ordinance amending the Planning Code to require that in Educator Housing projects at least 10% of residential units have three or more bedrooms; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings that the Ordinance furthers the purpose of Planning Code, Section 206.9; 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 Audrey Merlone at (415) 575-9129 or email at audrey.merlone@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2020-001411PCA.

2020-003036PCA  [Board File No. 200213] 100% Affordable Housing and Educator Housing Streamlining Program – Ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow extra height, exceeding otherwise applicable height limitations, for 100% Affordable Housing and Educator Housing projects, and to allow such projects to be constructed on parcels greater than 8,000 square feet or which contain only surface parking lots and do not demolish any existing buildings; making findings that the Ordinance furthers the purpose of Planning Code, Section 206.9; making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, 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 Audrey Merlone at (415) 575-9129 or email at audrey.merlone@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2020-003036PCA.

2020-005179PCA [Board File No. 200421] Continuation of Use for Certain Nonconforming Parking Lots – Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow in the Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District the continuance of a nonconforming parking lot that is on the site of a designated City landmark; 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. 2020-005179PCA.

2019-014033CUA: 800 Market Street – north side of Market Street between Ellis and Powell Streets; Lot 001 in Assessor's Block 0329 (District 4) - Request is for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303 and 210.2, to establish office use on the third floor of the subject property within the C-3-R (Downtown-Retail) Zoning District and 80-T-130-F Height and Bulk District. For further information, call Alexandra Kirby at (415) 575-9133 or email at alexandra.kirby@sfgov.org and  ask about Case No. 2019-014033CUA.

2019-012206CUA: 1430 Van Ness Avenue – northeast corner of Van Ness Avenue and Austin Street, Lot 011 in Assessor's Block 0667 (District 3) - Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 209.3, 303, and 303.1 to establish a Formula Retail Use within the RC-4 (Residential-Commercial, High Density) Zoning District, Van Ness Special Use District, Van Ness Automotive Special Use District, and a 130V Height and Bulk District.  The project site is also located within the Van Ness Corridor. The proposal is to establish a Formula Retail Use (d.b.a. Orangetheory Fitness, a fitness studio) in an approximately 3,787 square foot vacant ground floor commercial space (previously occupied by another formula retail store use d.b.a. The Vitamin Shoppe). The proposal will involve interior tenant improvements to the ground floor commercial space and new canopies above the existing storefront windows and entry. There will be no expansion of the existing building envelope. New business signage will be filed under separate permit. For further information, call Sharon M. Young at (415) 558-6346 or email at sharon.m.young@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2019-012206CUA.

2019-015984CUA: 590 2nd Avenue – on east side of 2nd Avenue between Anza Street and Balboa Street, Lot 026 of Assessor’s Block 1544 (District 1) – Request for a Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code Sections 303 and 209.2, to install a new AT&T Mobility Macro Wireless Telecommunications Services Facility at rooftop consisting of installation of ten (10) panel antennas, and ancillary equipment as part of the AT&T Mobility Telecommunications Network. Antennas and ancillary equipment will be screened within two (2) FRP enclosures. The subject property is located within the RM-2 (Residential-Mixed, Moderate Density), and the 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. 2019-015984CUA.

2018-015239DRP: 1222 Funston Avenue – between Lincoln Way and Irving Street; Lot 040 in Assessor’s Block 1738/(District 5) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 2018.1211.8001 to demolish an existing one-car garage at the front of the subject property and construct a new four story, single family residence 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. 2018-015239DRP

2019-007159DRP: 145 Missouri Street – between 17th and Mariposa Streets; Lot 2 in Assessor’s Block 3985  (District 10) - Request for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No. 201905039703 to legalize a first story garage horizontal addition and second story rear porch that are 4 feet 7 inches by 17 feet 10 inches. The porch was built as a replacement of the previous porch of a single-family home 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. 2019-007159DRP.

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 Commission hearing may submit written comments regarding these cases to the individuals listed for each case above via email or 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

06/24/2020