commissioners, you're on item 19, a, b and c for kice number 2009-ddv for 374 fifth street and 19-c which is case number 2009.0288-c, for 235 o'farrell street. >> the project before is you a discretionary review and variance application for 374 fifth street. the proposal is to convert the existing three-story, 47 room tourist hotel into a 46-room market rate residential hotel with single room occupancy, group housing rooms, on the second and third floors, a

commissioners, you're on item 19, a, b and c for kice number 2009-ddv for 374 fifth street and 19-c which is case number 2009.0288-c, for 235 o'farrell street. >> the project before is you a discretionary review and variance application for 374 fifth street. the proposal is to convert the existing three-story, 47 room tourist hotel into a 46-room market rate residential hotel with single room occupancy, group housing rooms, on the second and third floors, a lobby on the ground floor, and a new stair penthouse and roof deck. the project is not intended to provide transitional or subsidized low income housing. as provided under the residential hotel conversion and demolition ordinance, 23 of the 46 residential hotel rooms are replacement rooms required by the removal of 23 residential hotel rooms from 235 o'farrell street which is also before the commission today. group house something a permitted use in the e.r. zoning district and for planning code section 134, the subject property is required to maintain a rear yard of nearly 19 feet at the second and third floors. however, the existing