the dark line this is the lightwell you were referring to. >> i'm you fully aware of that in residential design we have matching lightwells to they're protecting everyone that is encountering a larger building next door and usually we ask people that are building next door to go inside those sro's those are not sro's. >> tim with the emerald fund with the sponsor i've not been inside the building but talked about with the purpose and they've not expressed concerns about the building design.

>> can anyone clarify whether or not this is an sro so i have to look at his guidance i'm not making this up. >> i can attempt to call the project sponsor and get back to you. >> i actually do not know. >> you and i chatted casually. >> jim knows a lot about the neighborhood. >> ms. haas would you come up and explain what you know about the building you know literally every bring in the building. >> i'm familiar with the neighborhood i've not been in the neighborhood but if you stand at the front door you'll see a number of bottoms so each

individual unit as a bottom to allow people in and out sro did not have a sign it's a hotel it is a small agreement house i'm sure our staff can give all the details you time but no a traditional sro hotel. >> i appreciate your observation and staff can tells you what they think. >> we don't have a definite answer we can review that if you want us to it is showing as apartments on past proprieties but thirty units given the size if there's 31 units i'll assume its sro but we don't have the

evidence. >> i'm sure you'll not outburst to make that part of the conditions and the department can help to determine what needs to be done otherwise i'm presented to make a motion to approve in addition adding the two conditions read into the record by mr. reynolds the writing has been given. >> i'll make clarifications the actual hours would be helpful we'll be called upon to endorse that and the vice president from the school can with the days and hours the restriction will apply. >> thank you for that to the read into the record. >> our normal school hours 6:00 a.m. o to 6:00 p.m. monday

through friday and. >> the school is closed on weekends for the demolition. >> mr. sanchez i think commissioner richards brought up an issue that is important can we increase the percentage of car share given where we are. >> yeah. i don't see why we can't have a high-level of car shares. >> maybe the city attorney has an opinion and deputy city attorney marilyn a burn the car share ratios is set forth so if the commission were to require a ratio that is higher than and so forth that the commission make finding describing why this project in this location in particular should have a higher

ratio than and so forth in the planning. >> i think that commissioner richards reminded us that market octavia is looking for a .25 whether possible we're being asked to supporting 2.5 to create the balance we're looking for if cars are not just being stored for a purpose that the participation of car share gets adhere. >> the numeral battalion with the market octavia is clear. >> okay commissioner richards. >> i guess based on commissioner moore's comments i'll move to approve the project with the two conditions the 3 conditions as read into the record. >> i believe that commissioner moore made the motion. >> i'll second we specific a number of car shares i think

there are 4 for 4 hundred unit i'd like to go to 10 one and a half percent to 10 percent. >> that's based on the location of the property close to the transit in the market octavia plan. >> and increasing - >> or. >> number 6 i think. >> let's do all of them. >> we're getting one hundred and 5 extra spaces can we take one hundred and give you 5. >> for each one it will lose 3 spaces like each floor is 12. >> yeah. sure. sure staffers. >> what was your last offer (laughter). >> why not double it go to 12, 12 out of one hundred and 5.

>> how about 8. >> okay i should have brought you up i would have driven a harder bargain. >> it this amenable to our motion. >> it is. >> commissioner antonini. >> i was going to make a motion it sound like it is all there sro and tim with the emerald fund i talked with the project sponsor they are all studios with a full kitchen and bathroom it's not listed on the city i don't know if that answers the question of an sro or 0 not. >> i'll ask the administrator if we are capturing both the 31 studios that's high i want to see if that's properly matching the records. >> i trust with the project

sponsor has put forward as evidence but we'll 0 laboratory and the discretion of the director if the layouts are conducive maybe the director can determine that. >> i'll appreciate that. >> to continue on i notice no matching lightwell for 45 polk i'm not sure the history of 45 polk is that a recent building okay. >> probably a similar vintage. >> so i'm supportive and yeah. did you want to bring - >> the 45 polk is an office building i'm not sure if that matter. >> i'm supportive of the motion and i understand that we agreed about 8 as a number on car shares thank you. i think

everything else sounds it's good. >> commissioner wu the motion as the approvals with the two conditions plus adding 4 more car share slots so as the question of 55 polk i think that whether or not the sro's or is to see that's a tight quarter in terms of living i ask the staff to work with the project sponsor on maybe it's the coloring of that wall the abutting wall or understanding how to make sure there is more light. >> commissioner johnson. >> we'll do the same thing with the school we bring in a light study it bring in light and issues. >> commissioner johnson and real quick for the demolition hours are we specifically that the restriction on hours are for the don't guess or the maker of the motion.

>> that's what the conditions speak to. >> and the second thing the hours of operation of the school is it year around. >> all right. thank you. >> commissioner richards. >> a followup question for the zoning administrator for the retail space ♪ c-3 district if the project sponsor sought formula retail will it come back >> no, no formula retail nothing in general there are some interim controls we looked at them at this point given the past work of controls that apply to this property i wouldn't want to say yes or no. >> i'll courage the project sponsor for one 18 starbuck's

the last question amenable to the last question a 3 or six months a memo back to us everything is going well concerning all the concerns we've heard. >> you're speaking about the demolition of the space. >> yes. >> maybe at if you have any sense the length of demolition or a mid point demolition. >> like 3 or 5 most detains. >> is that amenable to the maker of the motion. >> yes. >> is that it? commissioners there is a motion and a second to approve that project with conditions as amended to include the two

design and demolition recognizing the school does operate year around from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. every friday and increase the car spaces a check in after demolition >> commissioner antonini. >> commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore did we make it part of the motion that the director will check on the sro studio building i did not - >> i didn't hear that as a condition of approval. >> i thought. >> for staff to work with. >> the staff will work with the project sponsor for outstanding issues or concerns with the functioning of building. >> so as amended to the continue the staff continue to work with the status of sro building. >> with the lightwell.

>> the joining building lightwell is that sufficient? that's sufficient we understand or the than commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero zoning administrator what say you >> on the variance closed the public hearing and grant the exemption. >> thank you. >>break. >> commissioner >> commissioner regular meeting for april 2, 2015, remind the members of the audience that the commission

does not tolerate disruptions of any kind. please silence any devices that may sound off during the proceedings. and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. commissioner we least off in our regular calendar for case no. at 5 61 through 73 valencia street a conditional use authorization. >> good afternoon planning department staff have you a conditional use authorization to legalize the expansion avenue restaurant.org to approximately converting an reinforcing space at 563 valencia to a restaurant use specifically the expansion requires a conditional use authorization both to exposed a floor area of 3 thousand quote nartdz to the size of the

routine use the expansion includes the just a minute space at 9 hundred and 98 square feet that is for a production her era had the additional the expansion includes a storage area for the restaurant of 8 hundred 76 federate the total will be approximately 3 thousand 4 hundred photo over the principally permitted restaurant the restaurant conversion in 2013, the board of supervisors approved the ordinance that required projects in the van ness to seek the conditional use authorization when converting a retail to a restaurant use at the time the ordinance was adapted the restaurant conversion had occurred and the tablet was a lunge retailer

doing.org as 2011 the department has not received complaint or opposition for the proposal for legalization upon the conditional use authorization the planning code disconnection the commission to consider the east and drinking establishment between 3 hundred photo of the subject property as well dike wide the threshold is 25 percent the project will expand the area the department recommends approval the project but it didn't effect 25 commercial vacant sites and that xroements and the project is compliant

that concludes my presentation. i'll be happy to answer any questions thank you. >> thank you project sponsor. >> i'll try to keep this belief good afternoon. i'm the precisions director for the bakery and here to represent the enterprise i'm here to represent the 95 completed are working for the two companies when listing and chad opposed the bakery they are that on pursuant to get the photographer in the ingredients to the craft of baking they decided to explore that and opened bart in

2006 the expansion into 563 was an important part in 2011 about the bakery and restaurants were an incubator ever talent a significant number of individuals are working us to as well as throughout the bay area and across the country at other endeavor chad and his partner were recognized and we trijsdz into a new team of chefs they brought all the details their, their approach and formalized accrual new preaches and research and the craft and cooking into a research and development space in addition to allowing 80 us to move into this pace we felt that was important

to give the resources to all our team it continue their exploration of the craft so when the opportunity was property to us by our landlord we judgment at the opportunity it is more expanding an existing restaurant but provided us the lab we needed and installed a state of the art four deck often chad grew his team and expanded the bread baking within the larger national community we're proud to say that expansion made that possible and built a fireman television station one with our our team can look at the result of a for the cook book

restaurant this is a national with regard and recognized we the jane kim beard foundation for the best cook book and again, all of this nomination and process wag available we hope you'll consider our approval for the confusion so we've also been representing san francisco did a at its admonish problematic and innovative we're proud to call san francisco our home and hope to make a progressive culinary center. >> opening it up for public comment not seen any public comment is closed. >> commissioner antonini and this is a wonderful project and as evidenced by the fablgd we

have many supporters but they don't have to say anything everyone is under oath of that for all the reasons given their legacy local firm and i know i think that their as mentioned by staff there are plenty of vacant spaces in the area and food is terrific and they employ 95 people and actually, their a pdr use in some ways their providing a product in terms of a restaurant they produce a product i'll move to approve. >> second and commissioner richards. >> i'm supportive of this any future plans check with us. >> commissioner wu. >> i think this is important we

look at when retail is transitioned from retail to restaurant if anyone happens to watch this tape the commission will take it seriously but we're supportive it this application. >> hopefully, this will be quick just to back up when the landlord offend this the space to the prpt did they tell you you'll need a cu or any mention of any requirements or yeah. embed. >> when the opportunity arose this happened bra the planning code change so due to administration active oversight on my part of the final building permit didn't occur hence intervention and planning and so because of the final building permit was not approved before the owners that 0 changed planning code for that corridor

was implemented we were subject to this address cu. >> so prior to the van ness street cu that was - >> no, i'm going to defer to the planner. >> they filed a permit in last november along with other that building permits for other work on the interior i had the official change the use permit that triggered potentially typed western not sure but it triggered a conditional use authorization because mainly because of the floor area in the basement at that time, they were negotiating i think the lease and over the next couple of years there was pressure from the department to foil their conditional use ultimately the van ness street f bp controls

changed so that's why we're here today. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner there is a motion and a second to approve this matter with conditions on that motion commissioner antonini commissioner hillis excuse me commissioner johnson. >> commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places you under our discretionary review calendar for item 15 dr p there are 3 doctors discretionary review. >> good afternoon, commissioners rick department staff the item for conditional use for the building permit place associated with the street in the rh2 rezoning the change

in use from retail to restaurant on the one story and perm service on the two story the project include one story addition and two horizontal with the two story rear deck to date the public received a number of the letters for discretionary review authorization and in support of project the drs have a number of issues privacy and a impact on light and air and the lightwell among others are litigations in the staff report and identified in the d application that's provided it was in the rh2 rezoning district

the department finds it the project applies with the planning code and the massachusetts scale with the police lined zoning it is consistent with the neighborhood character of this section of 20th street in addition the project is aligned with construction work and provides a matching lightwell with the adjacent building and finally that imply code compliment and is in full consortium with the process planning process no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances the did not find it consistent and represents the commission not dancing take discretionary review and approve it i'll be happy to answer any questions that concludes my presentation.

>> each dr requester will receive 5 minutes and the dr requesters team receive 5 minutes and the permit holder receive a total of 10 minutes then each team receives a 10 minute rebuttal a first dr requester thank you for the opportunity to express our concerns about the proposed project islands a brigitte o recognize my family moved to potrero hill i grew up here and ultimately convinced my husband to be here over more 40 years i've seen my neighborhood grow and encouraged companies to going come to potrero hill i

hate that i'm making testifying testimony despite the communication with our project sponsor instead of he seeks two law firms to push through did project we hesitantly pushed this through we're left with no choice to push this through we are adjacent so 7 other properties overall we have several concerns about the proposed project but your concerns to the families privacy are important so our question request is simple please protect our daughters bedroom privacy and this we believe that the commission should intervene the project call the removal of the two story to negatively changes

the character of the block which current has no two story businesses and second the filings are not correct they've not acknowledged the existence of the residence and the common community knowledge was prior to the vendors purchase and the roof deck is not necessary to the business, in fact, it did i fizz logic this means the neighbors will be 0 forsdz to police the roof deck and there's nothing to prevent anything to allow the roof deck direct access to my room ultimately the privacy of a mirror should and weight the desires of the project sponsor and now, please consider the following

notifications return it to family dwelling and protect the privacy and impose the if the roof deck is used the developer will be fined for the in turn code violation and the decks removed immediately i realize e realize there are power dollars here at work don't allow the character of the block and don't let him build this it violates our privacy. >> okay second dr requester. >> dear commissioners, thank you thank you for the opportunity ami i live on 20th street with my wife and daughter let me start we're not opted to the