Transcripts For SFGTV Planning Commission 92916 20161003 : v

SFGTV Planning Commission 92916 October 3, 2016

Room id like to call roll at this time. Commissioner president fong commissioner Vice President richards commissioner hillis commissioner koppel commissioner melgar and commissioner moore. We do expect commissioner johnson to arrive shortly commissioners, the first item on your agenda items proposed for continuance item 1 24th street avenue conditional use authorization is proposed until october 6, 2016, item 2 at polk street conditional use authorization is proposed for continuance october 6, 2016, and items 3 ab 20th street is proposed for continuance until december 8th and further commissioners under our consent calendar we received a request from the project sponsor to continue item 4 for case van ness avenue conditional use authorization if you want to accommodate that request well fit it on october 21st schedule. Thank you any Public Comment . Items proposed for continuance okay comment is closed. Commissioner Vice President richards. Move to approve to the dates specified. Commissioner moore. I forgot any words. Second. Second. Very good commissioners to continue all items as proposed commissioner hillis commissioner koppel compare commissioner moore commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places. As acting da ill continue item 3 b to the dates specified. Expirations that places us on your may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. Item 5 case eddy street conditional use authorization, item 6 at san jose condominium conversion substitution and cashing anymore conditional use authorization planned Unit Development there are no speaker cards. Any Public Comment on the items on the consent calendar okay not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner moore. Move to approve items 5, 6 and 7 as noted. Thank you. Commissioners on that motion to approve matters under our consent calendar commissioner hillis commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places us under commission matters for item 8 consideration of adoption of draft minutes for september 16th commissioner moore submitted some nonsubstantive sort of minor tweaks to her comment they will be incorporated if you so approve. Thank you any Public Comment on the draft minutes Public Comment is closed. Commissioner Vice President richards. Move to approve second. Thank you, commissioners on that motion to adopt the minutes for september 8th commissioner hillis commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore commissioner Vice President richards commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places you on tome 9 commissioners questions or comments. Okay. It appears no comments thank you. Very good commissioners that might be a first that places us under drourment. Good afternoon, commissioners i dont have anything new to report either ill pass. Item 11 event of the Historic Preservation commission no Historic Preservation Commission Hearing good afternoon aaron starr, manager, legislative affairs. For the Planning Department at that Land Use Committee the Committee Heard an ordinance to amend the zoning and height and bulk indict for fulsome changing from the designation with the height and bulk of 50 to your own mixed use this was harder on july 28th with a 5 to zero vote the Commission Recommended that the board adopt the proposed ordinance as a Transportation Committee hearing only a few brief commenters in support of ordinance and moved to the full board with a positive recommendation at the full board this week the amendments to the housing balance sponsored by supervisor kim passed its First Reading and the midtown was considered by the full board the Board Hearing supervisor yee moved to remove the amendment adam by supervisor wiener and Land Use Committee that subjected the midtown to the accessary Dwelling Program supervisor campos seconded the amendment the board voted to pass the amendment with supervisor wiener the only dissenting vote no introductions this week that concludes my report. Thanks. Okay. Thank you. Commissioners on behalf of the Zoning Administrator the board of appeals met last night with only item of interest the appeal of unoccupied buildings permit for 14 pier 80 thirty, with the dr that Hearing Commission took the dr and added a restriction for a singlefamily dwelling to the dr for the potential to use the ground floor it was an appeal by the neighbor if maintained the layout of the appeal the board approved the permit at the Planning Commission commissioners under general Public Comment not to exceed 15 minutes minutes at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. I have no speaker cards. Any general Public Comment . Wow. Okay. Thank you. Very good commissioners that places us under our regular calendar for item 12 the upper Market Street planning code and zoning map amendment. You guys are moving really fast good afternoon, commissioners aaron starr, manager, legislative affairs. The the item before you is a proposed ordinance probation officer amends the zoning map for the deletion of the commercial district and reclarify the castro street and misrepresenting from upper market in c district to the upper market commercial Transit District this ordinance is a clean piece of legislation in 2013 that Commission Voted to extend the nct from nov to castro the two tell us were left out of the ordinance we were within 5 hundred feet of supervisors residence those policies prohibit the supervisors from sponsoring ordinance that impact the property the vote the planning Commission Recommended that those two parcels are rezoned to the nct, however, there were not included isnt final ordinance because a separate notice is required to rezone them the two main difference are fir nct dont have density limits that are determined by lot area a dwelling unit density units of one per 4 hundred square feet the density in the nct by how large the building the be height and bulk and other exposures and open space speaks waldo called formed based density and two the nct dont have minimum parking requirement the upper market nnth district one parking space for every dwelling unit and the nct didnt allow a half a space and. 75 so for every dwelling unit with conditional use authorization did tell the court be height and bulk limitations rear yard requirement and maximum nonresidential and hours of operation and floor ratios will not be alternated by the ordinance and eligible for the height for ground floor commercial as a standard in the nct sdrints the allowable commercial use will remain the same after publication of the staff report with the help felt Neighborhood Association found a fix of those i have those jonas if you wouldnt mind psa them out basically, it will subject the proposed zoned nct to the market octavia planned Area Development impact fees and the Affordable Housing fees so it in nodding the board passed an ordinance sponsored that subjected those parcels to the Market Street impact fees, however, with the 2003 rezoning that was not updated to reflect the rezoning of those property the two property are zoned today are subject to the market octavia impact fees but not the other properties on the block the texts will correct this in the upper market nct to the market octavia impact fees even if their outside of the market octavia planned area so staff new recommendation for approval with modifications and ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. Commissioner moore. Public first have a comment. Any Public Comment on this item . Not seeing any, commissioner moore. This was discussed along a long time ago im very secretary glad you amended 2 you read into the record im in full support at a time the form basis was very, very deliberately made and move to approve with modifications. Second. Thank you, commissioners there is a motion that has been seconded to do you want a recommendation for approval with the amendment read into the record by staff on that motion commissioner hillis commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places us on item 13 for case amusement in the mixed use planning Code Amendments. Youre moving faster supervisor kims office wanted to be here for this item and not here yet. So ill go over my presentation good afternoon the item before you is a planning Code Amendment that allows the amusement in the south of market in the mixed use district this ordinance is proposed a bar arcadia named coin game room is seeking to allocating on forest street for the Light Industrial the regulations will not allow the arcadia to open as a use it prohibited in the zoning and let april continue thank you. Good afternoon. Im april from supervisor kims office and here to speak about this piece of legislation and ask for your support with some modifications we were approached by business that was interested in being locked in our district is arcade games in 1992 the police code prohibited this in San Francisco and our current zoning and allow the arcade not permitted in some districts he previously amendments to the planning code that allows the arcade i believe in the upper market and the hate Street Commercial district and this legislation before you will allow arcade games in particular district and in this case the legislation was introduced in the south of market and had in the broader eastern neighborhoods but i have received calls from some Community Members in the south of market that were concerned about the broad change and a desire to have more Community Process as it relate to oar can do games allowed in the south of market and i imagine the eastern neighborhoods as a hole i presented and Small Business commission therapy in support of this legislation is it so really our attempt to support Small Businesses or a Small Business and also address something i think that has been a hold over from times past but i definitely want to expect that each neighborhood has a Community Process and this definition should be changed if desired ti at a citywide level perhaps the goals 7 and 8 reorganization a full discussion about this but as a relatives to this particular business and that particular location what i suggest as an amendment to limit this permitted use in service Light Industrial that will allow the business that is interested in moving forward its appropriate, its currently an entertainment a night life use and a precedent with the western soma present south of harrison and that falls south of harrison arcade use associated with a bar so thats what i would suggest as a way to move forward that supports the businesses that is interested in the change and also replacements the Community Process and desire to have more input open that which was. Thank you. We may have questions mr. Starr do you want to conclude. Yeah. Ill conclude the rest of my presentation was an staffs recommendation given the narrowing scope of the ordinance ill say this department recommend approval as amended thank you. Thank you. Opening it up for public comme comment. Good afternoon henry on the south of Market Business Association this matter come up before this commission and approved amazing the Younger Generation in the games and the games are popular as the aide to jane kim mentioned the change of the legislation and the zoning in the area to permit this but again considering we had not heard of anyone is against it i got a call from the aid a while back she would up to date make it for the n l ii love had it we support that and move forward it is a venue that is in operation for agree a long time about restaurants and about restaurant and the arcade games what happened you can only have 10 or less machines that will change to have as many as you want theyre small times id like if you support this legislation. Okay. Thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners my name is jeffrey the past chair the south beach citizens advisory may be one of i i doubt any of you were on the committee when sue i worked for 10 years on the eastern neighborhood of my countless hours and thousand of meetings we carve outed this with a broad brush youll allow in the south of market with absolutely no Community Input whatsoever south park well fight in legislation tooth and nail it you want to know what that means ask larry bear the Vice President of the giant how much it cost him to build his ball park they tried to do the same thing without Community Input you guys owe to us a resident and stakeholder and Business Owners to open this up to Community Involvement brother you pass it a lot along we can work you, you. Cac was one of the most proactive cacs in the city lou gehrigs disease for businesses appropriating located this is not the kind of legislation that had been blindsided an affront to every resident in San Francisco that has within through planning in the last 20 years i suggest what you do i take this off our calendar today and call for Community Hearing we have the south beach rincon and director rahaim you know that im completely blown away that is ram rotted down our throat i ask for a continuance thank you. Im one the own and operate to start of im a little bit shocked to hear the gentleman before me with all due respect from the Entertainment Commission weve had things in our doors part of neighborhood id like to hear from him that were working with the neighborhood as well much like an conversation moving forward not necessarily on the back docket with that said, i want to share some thoughts on the proposal of arcade you know we are more is a see a Restaurant Bar we are using the arcade as an accessory to our use and i want to go over the evolution is it so not a common word but a trendy thing across the city across the country so arcades we remember the renewed interest has to do with with in a staflg that kind of things that make it market for generations your generational gap and we looked at the south of market is the reason to be looked at how it is becoming the kind of entertainment the airport and theres a Bowling Alley and pingpong bar in the neighborhood we offer is entertainment that is a lot more affordable youre going to certain places and spending 0. 60 of combined entertainment and with that said, theres almost a necessity in the neighborhood because of the generation wide that the south of market has and home to some of the Biggest Companies in america Electronic Arts and others i believe thats it sony we nevertheless, feel we fit the neighborhood and any concerns we are open to hearing that were really not ram rhodes the issue i disagree and thank you for your time. Thank you next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners i worked in arcades for 3 years within that time i witnessed arcades bring a positive vibe in a sense of belonging community to an establishment a place where neighborhood businesses come after work and grab something to eat and enjoy themselves people discuss business and meet new friend a place anyone can be themselves and have a great time it is positive for everything ive seen in the neighborhoods ive worked in i feel on the game room in the corridor will brighten the plain clothes with a d

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