the application is incomplete, misleading, and not sufficient. this is this a bull from three public lights away. doctors extended but the roofline decrease in the mean elevation -- structures extended above the roof line and decrease the main elevation. this application was 8 months after the original permit and after the gas lines were already installed. this confirms that it did not include all of the work to be performed. on june 3rd, the applicant completed a revision of the regional permit which is pending and as of today, it has been withdrawn. what is to be revised and how? how have the revisions been made? it is my opinion having looked at this that there has been revisions and they are not in the original permit. the project failed to meet the ceqa requirements. but this involves is an alteration of the structure constructed 50 or more years ago. this is a historical structure which contributes to the historical district. would it results in over 40 feet? this requires a shadow study. the applicant failed to complete the packet dated jul

the applications. planning has indicated the permit and the use. when i wrote this memo earlier today, i did not have a response to i got it at about 3:30 p.m. and there are three conditions with their recommendations for approval so if i could just read them into the record. the applicant has a security plan. here is a good neighbor policy. the applicants shall be responsible and comply with all laws the applicant shall have no more than 40 people inside of the establishment unless they have a place of assembly permit from the fire department. none of this is particularly surprising. in any case, the staff is recommending the permit. >> we have recommendations with the planning department that says not permitted. >> that was changed and i thought that i had included it. >> if you see this in fact, behind you will see a permanent as a continuation of previous use sine on. >> again, president , i am here with the owners of the 50 mason social house. you might remember this as the sf comedy club. this has

the building permit application, the d.r. applicants are challenging, seeks to bring in conformance work that has been identified without permit history. the concerns cited about life-safety issues and code compliance can only be met by completion of the permit application process. by further review and by the planning and building departments. mr. lynn nahry who is a contractor himself, i would think would be aware of the . i cal permit process in san francisco. that the first step is -- is securing the planning entitlement for a project. again, something that has been in existence prior to -- to the linari's arrival. the application should be seen for what it is the application should be seen for what it is a vindictive action by the owners of 57 seymour stree. this commission's time and authority is being abused we feel by their application for discretionary review of the project. i strongly urge the commission to deny it and uphold the rights and requirements for bringing their property into conformance with all aapplicabl

. >> this is the second time this has come before you. this is an application for an extended hours permit. theoretically, it was submitted on july 9 with the intention that the applicant has to present belly dancing in this restaurant and lounge on geary, but soon after, we learned that the address requires neighborhood notification. however, there is no limitation note on hours, which led us to believe we could move forward on the extended hours application, and then with this recall notification, so that was the intention. and then we brought in again this request from sfpd to continue this for tw weeks on the basis that they are having a change, and the applicant was ok with that. this is behind this memo, which indicates that they met with the applicant, and they are supportive of entertainment, but not of the hours, so we can ask the applicants what they would like to do this evening based on where we are right now. >> commissioners, i am appearing with my client, mr. saeid amin, who owns the hookah, and the also owns in north beach pizza -- owns north be

i would point out that the applicant also supports these conditions. thank you. >> thank you. -- supervisor chu: thank you. what was the nature of the letters of protest? >> the underlying theme is something along the lines of there's too much alcohol in the neighborhood. we have enough alcohol being sold, and i absolutely understand that, and when you look at the traditional liquor store model, those are valid points. when looking at someone who will sell nothing for less than $15, that is a very specialized market. i did not see it impacting police services or certainly not the public. i would also point out just so you guys realize structurally, those protesters have a due process. even if you approve it today and concur with the police department, protest since can still request to have a public hearing and have their issues heard and ultimately resolved, so it is not that we are ignoring them. they have a process in the abc system. supervisor chu: great, and just a question for me to understand -- if this does get approved and the business does ope

and i am also the applicant officially on paper. i would like to speak regarding the report which was submitted by the planner as well as try to give you a little bit of background since i have been working on this project for over 10 years. i worked for the previous owner who spent after the market went out of business and they requested to open up truly mediterranean. that went out of business for lack of neighborhood involvement and neighborhood support. the building was sold. my previous client purchased the building which was vacant for almost four years. and they spent time and money and effort and i spent many hours in meetings looking for grocery tenants that would be satisfactory both to the planning department and the neighborhood. all we could get was restaurants, nightclubs, bars and such things. as a result of not being able to find an appropriate tenant, the previous owner sold the building at a significant loss after ying almost four years of mortgage with no tenant income. we are very fortunate to have three upstandin

and condition approval with insures that the applicant maintains in good standing with the department of health and failure to do so can be resevened by the planning commission. given the findings discussed, staff recommends the approval of the conditional use authorization with conditions. thank you. i'm available for questions. >> thank you. any public comment on this item? excuse me. project sponsor. the project sponsor is here and wishes to speak. if not, is there any public comment on this item? none appearing, public comment is closed. vice president olague: i might have of looked it, but i couldn't find the hours of operation here. maybe it's on this one. >> i believe it's under condition 13. page 11. from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. president miguel: 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. the health code. vice president olague: right. those are standard. for people that live above obviously. just wanted to make sure that the tenants are not that it' going to be disturbing. >> it is an s.r.o. hotel that's above. vice president olague: yeah. and i'm going to move to approve. i don't see anything h

on behalf of the applicant, i would request a continuance for two weeks. this will allow us to meet with the -- we're going to meet with the captain, the new permit officer on friday, and we want to get off to a good start with that richmond station. president newlin: thank you. if i may, to the applicant through their representative, i have noted that a problem with your security plan that i think you would want to address prior to meeting with the police and coming in front of the commission. your security plan calls in item number one, one security personnel for every 50 guests and your venn you is at number nine, which means you will never have security in place. i think that needs to get resolve sod that both parties are understanding what your plans are. other than that, i have no comments. president newlin: do we call brick comment for this then? anybody wish from the public wish to comment? seeing none, take a motion. commissioner meko: i would like to move to continue this item to the next meeting. >> second. president newlin: call of roll, please.

with us to speak on it and in front of you is the applicant and his representative. >> ok. >> mr. president, commissioners, mark renni with my client here. this matter in -- i had conversations before the hearing was capped, the captain from richmond station, captain korea, and he has indicated to us that there's a lot of community opposition, given the fact we do not have a full complement of supervisors tonight and haven't had a chance to contact those community people, we would request that the matter be again put over to the call of the chair to allow us some community outreach. now, that said, and going into the future, i have a bit of concern because i'd like to put on the record 1070.5, subf which states -- talking about ramping of the permit, the after hours permits. the entertainment commission shall grant a permit pursuant to this article unless he or she finds that one building structure or location does not comply with or fails to meet all the health, zoning and safety and that's why we have the seven departments that go through and review to make sure that they do comp

with us to speak on it and in front of you is the applicant and his representative. >> ok. >> mr. president, commissioners, mark renni with my client here. this matter in -- i had conversations before the hearing was capped, the captain from richmond station, captain korea, and he has indicated to us that there's a lot of community opposition, given the fact we do not have a full complement of supervisors tonight and haven't had a chance to contact those community people, we would request that the matter be again put over to the call of

supervisor campos: let us now call the other applicants who are here. please make a brief statement as to why you are seeking the appointment. before you do that, i want to thank all of you for being willing to come forward to serve the city and county of santa scope. -- san francisco. >> my name is jason. i used to commute to work. lately, i've opened up my own business on geary. when i go to court, when i go around the city, and use public transit both of my clients are in the richmond district and they do not have cars. they rely on transit to come to my office. my wife also commutes on the 38. i am a business owner, resident, and i am interested as a transit user. i would hope my participation in the committee can help the transportation service improved and that neighborhoods and businesses surrounding will be positively affected. supervisor campos: questions? thank you. good morning. >> good morning. my name is joanne. this is the second year that i have applied for this. i just bought my first home on baker at geary, so i am right there next to th

>> i move to continue at the applicant's request? >> second. >> call the roll, please [ >> commissioner joseph? >> aye. >> commissioner meko? >> aye. >> commissioner perez? >> aye. >> commissioner newlin? >> aye. >> item b, zen kwan, woo, dba feng shui restaurant. i understand this has been continued? >> yes, commissioners. staff learned there was an outstanding planning department notice of violation at this location and so i with us in contact with the planning department and applicant to begin this process of clearing this notice of violation and so the staff is requesting a continuance until such time as that item is cleared. >> ok. that item will be continued. next item will be -- >> we have to vote on a continuance? >> i'm sorry. >> i move to continue. >> she called the roll, i think. >> i called the roll for the previous item. >> ok. >> we need public comment on the item and if there's no public comment -- >> seeing none. >> i'd like to move to continue. >> ok. >> there you go. >> same call. thank you. >> thank you, thank you.

the early application plans can be advantageous. t's the school that you love, and you're a viable candidate, it's a good idea. >> let's get to the application. the personal essay has to be the most difficult part. basically, tell your whole story in a page or two. and i love the way you boiled down the advice. you say, write about yourself, not about your mother. >> yes. and with all due respect to the moms out there. when i was an admissions officer, i read a lot of application essays from moms. and they were indistinguishable. and i wanted to know about the student at the end. that's the point. i have found the best essays come from the most unlikely places. one of the best essays i ever read was about a girl that was in maine, at a lake skipping stones. it was a place she returned to year after year in her childhood. another great essay i read was from a girl in florida. a latin girl that loved country music. and she made it very clear that this was not the norm in her circle. it was fun. it had sass in all of the right ways. stu

they might but that was not the application submitted. >> let's talk about briefly the match because that has to be that requirement has to be met before we talk about the scoring. the point of the match the reason the program was retooled and called the community challenge grant is the idea is to encourage neighborhoods to value themselves and their own work. the grant is unique in the city and in many other cities in that we have placed a dollar value on your volunteer time of 14 dollars an hour. you are allowed to include your volunteer time as the match. as a committee we more strongly favor neighborhoods that come in with the bulk of their volunteer match made up with volunteer time rather than dollars. some projects come in and have the required match and it's cash from a big corporation. that's fine it doesn't show community challenge had is what we are interested in. it's unclear the dollars from the corporation match how the community will sustain that. are you hoping you will get an equal match from the corporation. we don't know. when you submit your budget and documented

they were in the original permit application. they are still in the revision. vice president goh: i am sorry. i did not follow that. >> if you look at both pages of a2.1, you will see in the plan the two kitchens that are shown here and also the revision set will have kitchens indicated. vice president goh: there is something crossed out here that is not on the new one, and it says something like "floor- mounted gas something." >> that is the guest teacher. we found that was going to be problematic. but the issue about the kitchen, a concern the kitchens were not in the plans was incorrect. the kitchens were always in the plans. vice president goh: ok. thank you. commissioner fung: were there any further questions? commissioner hwang: no, thank you. commissioner fung: i will start. if this case was purely to look at the nature of the deck, then i would have probably quite different comments and what i am going to make. but it relates to the fact that some people are taking something which is basically a shared right from all those properties. however, the quest

org has the application the community challenge grant web page. so, let's see. it's a highly competitive grant. there are 200 officially recognized neighborhoods in the city of san francisco. check it out if you go to sfgov. org and click on agencies and the planning department on the planning department home page there is a spreadsheet they update when they have time of neighborhood organizations that want to be notified. so and many are interested in getting money to improve their neighborhoods. we usually have applications along the order of 2-1/2 times the funding that we have. like we will have 500 thousand dollars available to give out ask and we get 1.3 million dollars worth of applications. it's competitive. we are not hard and fast about breaking down the money between small, medium and large. we are pretty flexible. we like to look at good projects. we always try to fund one large project if it's a hundred thousand we may be might not fund 2 large projects. so, with that, i will quit and invite david and neil and joseph to talk about some of their proj

where it says "number of stories," and it says "3," and this may indicate that it was changed on the applicationen the folks recognized it was not a three- story building with regard to the code section i was referring to and what were shown in the drawings. president peterson: is it possible that one of these stories is intended to be a basement? >> i would interpret it to be three stories based on the plans i am looking at right now and what the code says a first story is. commissioner garcia: that height is achieved without excavation, on that application? >> it is really a matter of determining what the great plan is. the grade plan is the average level of the soil -- determining what the grade plan is. the first floor above the average is the first floor of the building. commissioner garcia: it seems that the homeowners' association was nervous about that. is there anything in the permit that allows this to excavate? >> i do not see that in the documents right now. commissioner garcia: thank you. president peterson: ok, can we hear from the permit holder? you have three minutes for a bubble

the department denied a permit application on july 14th. when we received the appeal from the merchant in this case. we did not receive a notification. we did our due diligence trying to figure out what is going on. we believe that we have followed all of our procedures. we request that the board uphold the decision. >> i have a question. what are the rules about smoking and outdoor seating? >> if the denial is up held and the business owner changes the business or cafe, are they prohibited from replying for a certain amount of time. >> typically this is a year. xdthis is under the same busines name and that the business merchant. this is still considered the same business. >> thank you. >> this has to do with the shared interests. do we know the salon as opposed to this table and chair or table and chairs? >> actually, one of the initial responses was from the business owner. there was some concern regarding no smoking and the awareness. >> ok, thank you. >> ok, we can hear from the appellant now. >> one thing that was mentioned is that the