scott sanchez again. the section 309 process is before the commission, so it is not atypical for them to have a section 309 and conditional use, as well, and we would have that. this is where you have an autonomous before the planning commission. vice president garcia: it seems the way this paragraph was written that the intention was to say that where you to have some change in what is now of right as a result of some of this legislation, we are going to make sure that you go through more process, the cu process, and have it be more expensive, and that very language in there. >> i do not think it is about the process but about having a higher standard or threshold for approval, versus just added processes, but we can take those comments and look at that. vice president garcia: thank you. director goldstein: any other additional comments? is there any public comment on this item? ok, well, to move on to item number five, and thank you very much, mr.star. item five, appeal number 11-094. winfield design in

i was going to put together a musical number for this, but scott sanchez would not do it with me, so it just out of power point presentation. no video. i organize the recommendations into six different categories. clerical, parking, clarifications, lcu and other. the recommendations will not follow that actual order in the executive summary, but i will slow -- cite the numbers you can follow along. the first one i will not go under half -- over each clerical modification but there are things we found in the legislation were there were incorrect references. that is what those are. the next section for parking, the ordinance makes a lot of changes to parking, and these are the proposed recommendations for that. recommendation one in the executive summary, the proposed ordinance prohibits parking lot in the zoning district, which makes all existing non- conforming uses, which means they would have to cease operations within five years. we're recommending surface parking lots be allowed under conditional use. this would allow existing surface parking lots to operate, and it would allow t

i have attached a lever -- letter of determination by scott sanchez. this is a property located on the 1372-13 union street. it is a similar case where the project was rejected for the new construction condominium because it was not a single family dwelling where units have been added. i believe i have enough adages for you today. i have established this through current authorization use of the occupancy of 1138 to be two dwellings and not a single- family home. >> thank you. colleagues, any questions for the appellant? at this time, why do we not hear from members of the public who wish to speak in support of the appellant. if you could please step up to the microphone. >> you found this just in time. you found it just in time ♪ my bridges all were crossed no where to go now your map is here and i know just where i am going no more doubt and fear. your map came just in time i found my way today ♪ >> any other members of the public who would wish to speak on behalf of the appellant? why do we not now hear from the city departments. you have up to 10 mi

. >> thank you, scott sanchez, planning department. i am joined by the deputy city attorney, a representative from the mayor's department on housing, and someone from the planning department, who actually processed this many years ago. this is a notice and penalty for failure for conditions of approval relating to an approval that was more than eight years ago now, and the project has subsequently been built, and what is unique in this case is we have an appellate self -- not disputing this accept the conditions. the appropriate time to make those arguments would have been eight years ago when those conditions were imposed because of the novel legal issues, we called upon the city attorney to help us prepare our brief, which you may know it was submitted to you, and she will give the bulk of the presentation. i just wanted to provide some background and the timeline. in august 2001, the conditional use authorization request for the property was filed for the demolition of the existing industrial building and the new construction of res

i'm scott budman. kris sanchez has the day off.et's check your forecast with meteorologist rob my he'd da. >> good morning. temperatures are still in the 20s and 30s. part of the reason why we've had an overnight freeze warning around the bay area. plus, it's spare the air day due to the particular matter pollution and not enough wind to mix up the smoke in the air and 40s and 50s and cooler temperatures again today. out by fairfield and livermore, highs in the 50s. 58 around san francisco. coming up, we'll talk more about a chance of finally seeing some rain coming back to the forecast and perhaps sierra snow. we'll have the full forecast in just a few minutes. >> thank you, rob. >>> new this morning, christmas day violence. muslim sect is claiming responsibility for explosions in nigeria. one of which ripped through a catholic church killing at least 25 people. it's part of a fight in nigeria. the vatican calling cruelty and absurd blind hatred showing no respect for human life. meanwhile, pope benedict blessing thousands of peop