and the air. there is no doubt. these windows -- the top floor has a back -- deck that is fairly open. i think something will occur there as well. so that is what i am -- i just hope you consider as well. thank you. commissioner fung: the permit holder has indicated -- i will ask you the same question in confirmation. the rear of your building, there is a recess at the rear of the building. is that correct? in other words, from the property line, the wall is recess back at the rear of your building. -- recessed back at the rear of

your building. vice president garcia: do you have a copy of exhibit 1? if you would refer to that, if you do not mind. commissioner fung: no. so if you would look at the site/roof plan. site and roof plan. so your house is -- looking at that sheet, your house is to the right of the murphy's. to the bottom of the image

related to your floor plan, you see a series of lines that show a recess from the property line going in an eastward direction. that represents -- >> that is a stairway. commissioner fung: that is a stairway? >> yes, a widening stairwell going up to the second floor. commissioner fung: where are the windows located? >> there are windows right along, right where the staialond of that, -- the outer end of that is part of a deck. that is like a glass wall there. as you go up to the second floor -- actually, in the first floor, if you keep going where the.is -- the dot is, that is

where you will find a lot of skylights. i have a big skylight as well that goes down to the garage, and a large eight by six window in the dining room. all along here, i have a lot of light, actually. so that is probably the -- what you are seeing their -- there is going down to the garage. i cannot explain what it is. it is sort of gain -- of a roof lighting piece there. vice president garcia: if you do not mind, would you put that on the overhead? as you are describing these features, point out where they are. i might be the only one confused.

>> yes. obviously, the sight of my building their -- the side of my building there is one wall going all the way up to the fourth floor, including the basement and garage. what do you want to know? vice president garcia: first of all, the way this is drawn, it goes front to back. >> yes. vice president garcia: so the windows you are describing -- would you point to where those are? >> window here. window here. this is going down to the garage. you go up to the third floor and you will see windows right above the windows i just pointed to. vice president garcia: and the circular staircase you were

describing would be where on that rendering? >> right here. vice president garcia: i had thought the commissioner was asking you about the back. >> i know. there are 2 the luster cases, one here and won here. -- there are two staircases, one here and one here. this goes from the outside yard to the kitchen. vice president garcia: thank you. >> thank you. mr. murphy. no rebuttal? ok. mr. sanchez. >> i would like to put on the overhead and an aerial photo that might help show the subject property. this long building is the permit holder's property. the adjacent building is the

appellant's property. commissioner fung: excuse me. victor, can you grow -- blow that up a little bit? thank you. that is good. thank you. >> this would be the -- my finger is huge. this would be the permit holder's property. this is the appellant's property. you can see there is quite a recess already between the buildings. the rear of building walls are a southern-facing exposures. i would not think this would have a great addition to shut up, especially considering the shadows in the photo. the existing building already extends in such a nature. that already casts a shadow on the appellate of property. i do not think there would be net new addition of shadowed by

the project. -- of shadow by the project. commissioner fung: those shadows look like it is early afternoon already. thank you for your ipad. vice president garcia: do you charge the city when you use your ipad to help us out? >> the matter is submitted. president goh: commissioners? commissioner fung: i will start. i think it would -- just to summarize my view, because my questions are all geared that way, i would assume and it is probably correct that the portion of the appellant's building where there are no setbacks in her building

probably have no windows. at the point where there are starting to be setbacks, it appears there are a number of windows. she has mentioned a number of different floors. primarily on the second and third floor. i would concur with the zoning administrator's assessment of direct sunlight patterns going into that. it is not likely the addition will cast any further shadow. however, the addition does come closer to her building. therefore, in terms of ambient light, it affects it a little bit. in terms of the overall impact,

we are talking about the permit holder having made an accommodation by keeping his building off the property line. i think that is significant in this overall discussion. the issue of how much accommodation one makes with respect to the property line situation is usually very limited in our city and in the various types of projects we hear. i think this is significant accommodation. i do not see that the issues of light and air are significant enough for me to impact this particular permit. president goh: i agree with that. other comments? or is there a motion? vice president garcia: i agree

with everything that has been said. i guess in order to accommodate the appellant somewhat, not that i suspect mr. murphy of having made statements that he would restrict building or construction activities to monday through friday -- i do not know what hours he intended that to be. if mr. murphy would come forward and tell us what he considers to be reasonable hours? >> thank you, commissioners. bart murphy, a permit holder. the more hours we work, the quicker the job gets done. 7:30 to 6:00? vice president garcia: i would even be willing to give him half a day saturday. i do not think that is too interested. do you feel you need the saturday? i agree with your sentiments

that the quicker it gets done the better off the appellant is going to be. you need to come up here if you are going to address the board. commissioner fung: if mr. murphy offered the weekdays, i think that makes sense. we are seeing a boom of construction in the higher-end neighborhoods. i have firsthand experience with the pounding on the weekend, which is the only time i get off, you know? i think we days, if you can do it, is reasonable. 7:30 to 6:00 is a reasonable time. >> is there any way i can get an inspector to come and look at the property line?

or is it too late for that? vice president garcia: for what purpose? >> just to view the properly to -- the property line, to see -- as far as you have seen, there are no windows according to the drawings you have seen from him. i just wanted you to see how much like i do get. vice president garcia: -- light i do get. vice president garcia: i think we understand that. i do not mean this quickly, but you did had the opportunity to present to us, and we are trying to help you a little bit by constructing -- by restricting the construction hours from 7:30 to 6:00. >> i had no idea you could work 12 hours a day. commissioner fung: there is no limit within the building code. >> is that right? ok. vice president garcia: i would make a motion to uphold the

permit and to add a restriction that construction only take place on weekdays from 7:30 in the morning until 6:00 at night. >> that would be a motion to grant the appeal, which would require four votes, because you are conditioning the permit. vice president garcia: thank you, madam director. >> on that motion from the vice president to uphold the permit with the condition that construction be limited to monday through friday, 7:30 to 6:00. on that motion. commissioner fung: aye. president goh: aye. commissioner peterson: aye. >> commissioner hwang is absent. the permit is upheld with conditions. >> there are no further items this evening. vice president garcia: i wish you a productive, enjoyable trip

to china. and your daughter. have a fabulous time. president goh: thank you. we are adjourned.

>> planning commission for thursday june 16, 2011. before i take role, let me remind everyone to turn off your cell phones or any electronic devices that may sound off during the meetings. [roll call] commissioners, ron miguel and gwyneth borden are absent today. first item is items proposed for continuance. item 1 is proposed for continuance to july 7, 2011. two is case 2011.0162c for 274

brannan street. the item is proposed for continuance to september 8, 2011. i am almost sad to say i am not aware of any other items being proposed for continuance. commissioner olague: is their public comment on items proposed for continuance? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini: move to continue items one and two to the dates proposed. >> second. commissioner olague: commissioners, the motion before you it -- >> commissioners, the motion before you is for items one and two as they have been proposed. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner olague: aye. >> i do.

those items have been continued as they have been proposed. commissioners, you are now at your consent calendar. items three and four constitute the consent calendar under considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of this commission. there will be a separate discussion of these items unless a member of this commission, the public, or staff so requests, and in that case, the matters would be removed and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. three is case 2011.186c for 550 valencia's street, a request for conditional use authorization to allow a restaurant and bar in the valencia street neighborhood commercial transit zoning district, ms. and alcoholic beverage special use subdistrict, and 55-x height and bulk district. i believe there will be a request to remove that from the consent calendar. three is 2011.0211c for 2499

folsom street to allow a small self-service restaurant in an existing limited commercial use space in the residential house three-family zoning district, mission alcoholic beverage special use of district and 40-x height and bulk district. following public comment, which would automatically remove these items from consent and with the understanding that item 3 is pulled off of consent, item four is before you for your consideration. commissioner olague: yes, i will be pulling item three of the consent calendar and discussing possible continuance at that time. is there any public comment on the remaining consent calendar item? seeing none, public comment is closed.

commissioner antonini: move to approve item four. >> second. >> commissioners, the motion before you is for a total of item four. on that motion -- commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner olague: aye. thank you, commissioners. item four has been approved. on item 3. commissioner olague: we will hear it at this time. >> staff. >> [inaudible] for staff. this is a request for a full- service restaurant in the

valencia st. nct and mission alcoholic beverage special use of the strip. it would also include a bar. the space previously housed at the bombay bazaar and as creamery for more than a decade. the proposal includes minor facade improvements and interior alterations. the rear-yard storage structures. the restaurant and bar will be an independent locally-own neighborhood-serving use. the owner also owns and operates two locations of the warehouse fish company. the proposed operation consists of approximately 30 employees, and the hours of operation would be from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. sunday through thursday and 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. on friday and saturday. the proposal does not include any outdoor seating.

regarding public comment, the department did receive letters of support from the mission dolores neighborhood association and a nearby business owner, and one phone call of support from a neighbor on albion street behind. we received no letters of opposition, but we received two or three phone calls just requesting information about the project. in order for the project to proceed, the commission must grant conditional use authorization to allow a bar that serves wine within the valencia st. nct and grant conditional use authorization for a use greater than 3,000 feet. the department recommends approval of this project because -- the small business that will occupy a currently vacant building with a locally- own neighborhood-serving your spirit it will not displace the current tenant. it will not result in an overpopulation of restaurants in the valencia st. nct district.

it will create 30 or more jobs for neighborhood residents and is consistent with the neighborhood plan and general plan. i am available for any comments you may have. commissioner olague: great. project sponsor? >> i am the owner of the woodhouse fish company, and i am joined here by my father and my two brothers. my brothers and i -- we live on 17th and the lower st., so we are familiar with the neighborhood. we've been there for four years. we own the business just down the street. we grew up in the restaurant

business in the bay area. my father owns the restaurant, and it is just about to celebrate its 20th year. when -- we live in the mission dolores neighborhood, and when we saw the construction on valencia st., first, we were confused as to why they were ripping up the sidewalk. then, when we saw that a few blocks had been completely revitalized, we got really excited because this was our neighborhood. it got a lot prettier. we see a huge opportunity there. we see more people. there is more excitement in the air. we said that this was the place where we want to open our next restaurant. so we have been looking for

about a year, and six months ago, we happened upon the bombay spot. the previous tenant had left, and we decided that -- we got a conditional lease based on getting approval for a restaurant. we decided this would be a perfect place to start our next concept. we spent a long time researching what the neighborhood traditions were, people who live in the neighborhood very in tune with everything. at one of the hearings for a recent restaurant, i went to get an idea of what to expect. i watched the archives on line. we reached out to the neighborhood association, and it turns out a lot of them our existing customers and neighbors. we were met with strong support there. we saw the other restaurant on valencia st. being approved with

no opposition. tacolicious, which is going in two blocks away. the preservation hall, which is not really a restaurant. it is a jazz club. we saw that there were a few more great restaurants coming in, so we see this sort of amazing dining met the -- dining mecca. these amazing restaurants have already come in. when we took on this project, the roof was actually caving in, so we receive the preliminaries estimate that the building needs just to come up to current codes. it is about $440,000, and we feel that the present use may not quite support the revenue -- the cost for these upgrades. so that brings us to my next --

so the next thing is what is our concept? we thought long and hard about what we were going to do, being, you know, residents of the nearby area. we knew that valencia street is a very eclectic and unique and a little bit strange and wonderful place, so we wanted to do something that would really benefit the neighborhood in that way. my father is going to sort of explain what our concept is. >> thank you. i am jamus mcniven. our restaurant is called mohave. mojave is the name of the people who live in california and then name means "by the waterside." we are literally by the water side. we celebrate southwestern cooking. has its roots in spanish, american, native american cooking. we are celebrating the great foods of the west, including the

squashes. we use a great many seeds in our preparation. we use roasted corn, and our central focus is the large wood fire of and, where we are going to roast things that would be indicative of the campfire, things that look like this -- excuse me -- things that look like this. that is indicative of our food. we have a heavy roasted marinated feel as opposed to a heavier sauce, but actually, we are taking a page from french sensibilities, too, with our presentation. our idea is to do something that has not been done in san francisco since a 20-year ago restaurant, and we use this book as our cooking bible with southwestern cooking. we wanted to do something that was indicative of american food but that was differentiated from all other food in the area. even in san francisco, we would be the first bar in southwestern

messaging bar and southwestern restaurant in decades. we think we could have a good benefit to the community, so we would urge your adoption of our proposal. thank you. commissioner olague: thank you. i would like to open up for public comment at this time. is there any public comment on this item? >> hello. i am part owner of the business right next door, 550 valencia, and mexican restaurant. we, my family, also lives above the flat, in the flat above our restaurant here and my parents started this restaurant that we the children now owned and operated for over 40 years. during that time, we have seen lots of changes in the neighbho