>> the planning commission regular hearing for january 24th. i want to remind everyone to

turn off cell phones. commissioner we left off case no. .01 - and for rear yard variance. good afternoon vice president wood and planning staff prevent two applications one in condition of use and the second one is a variance application which will be heard by the the zoning administrator. and 18 street we propose the following first, the removal of the existing garage and off street parking on the ground floor and expansion of the ground floor with the roof-deck

below. second, t second, t second, t second, t second, the . number 3 the county u county club defined as other institutions large and on the second floor. and then the last parts of the work subject to condition use dhorgs o authorization is the use of the second floor rear

roof-deck at the country club out door area. and beside this proposal we're subject to continually use there's a rear yard varngs which is to replace an existing third floor stairway with a spiral stairway. mraen code section 134 requires a subject property to have a rear deck. and to within 5 feet of the property rear line. and pursuant of the planning code construction of a

non-compliant structure is prohibited. the stairway is in the rear yard therefore it's replacement will be not be within cod. the ground floor restaurant will replace the parking space. first there is a reduction of parking garage places. it is included in the k u packet. the proptdz restaurant will not be for private use it is designed to be in the local neighborhood and make 8 to 10

job openings. and from 11:00 a.m. to 12 o'clock midnight fridays and saturdays and open on sunday's. and for the second part the proposed legaltion of the country club on the second floor. it is due to a residential conversion based upon the parties responsibility this happened thirty years ago in april 1983. it seems the previous property owner has passed away so there's no information regarding that unit containing 2 bedrooms.

however, consider the size of the unit it's a two bedroom it's not really a family sized housing and it's not part of the today's housing. the country club according to the application it would provide a safe and clean place for the l g b community in drugs and alcohol. it has exited for almost thirty years and has a very good recollection among the community. and during the notification process including conditional use and permit building notice the department received two letters in opposition to the project. one letter was sent by two

private owners of the corner building on castro and howard core streets 4050, 18 street. and they had an issue are the odor from the building and the replacement of the rear stairway. and second opposition letter was sent from a resident basically this letter concerns letters that involves enjoys waste debris in the neighborhood and

further use of the commercial use within this neighborhood. if you wish to review those letters we can circumstance late them. so far as the department has received several letters from the legalization of the country club. and after refusing the application and consulting with those two recommendations we would move for the principle of law of this. it is designed to help other people in the neighborhood. and it's not a (inaudible)

restaurant. it would have the underground floor space into an active area for businesses use. and final it will create 8 to 10 job openings. and again, the recollection for the country club it is a free place for people who are recovering from drug and alcohol use. although the leg decision of the

country club - part of the cities housing places on the second floor - the second floor roof-deck has been sdientd to minimize enjoys. as you can see in the patience the rear deck has been sub divided into two sections. the second portion it retired for the planning code for to serve as a unit space for businesses.

and there are physical barriers that are designed between those two open spaces. and finally, castro country club the project site is well served by transportation and will have little impact in the neighborhood. and this will conclude my presentation if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> is there is presentation by the planning commission. >> i'm the architect for the building owner and also the castro country club. it's a pleasure to be here. we've been working on this project for over a year.

for us the story starts when my client started looking at the building and my client is successfully in business and restaurant business. when we look at the building we saw the potential the combrv. what we also stated was to keep the castro country club open and it has been there for thirty years. we discovered there was no permit for this project. this also gives the castro club more time to add issues to their

project. mike from the castro club are here to speak for the castro club. we've been met with respect for the whole project. for a second i'd like to talk about the actions and reacts. and these are the objections. one was about odor. we're going to run a shaft up on the roof and take the process to get rid of the odor. and another one was the noise. if you all think there shouldn't be a setback in the rear of the

building but we'd like to do a sound study and submit it to the planning department to maintain the sound level at whatever the staff or commission feels important. i think the aren't patrons are going to have to keep their goods within the boundaries of the allowed space. and rear yard use and volume we'll address these issues. and staff has asked us to

maintain a distance from the neighbors. and i know you were all paying attention to what tom said. and the area does not really effect the neighborhood and the rest of it is for the area above. the stairwell we're going taking out is going to avoid loters. we'll have an center on street parking place and the castro

country club is a significant part of the community. and also my client will gladly answer any questions that you have. thank you >> thank you. open it up for public comment. i have a couple of names please line up on the side of the room here. when your names been called you can come up and speak >> good afternoon i'm a private citizen and one of the homeowners.