ability to either approve, deny, modify or what, and if you choose to go to approve the project, the cua, then i ask you to consider some of the modest proposals that i included for changing that. i have copies here if you don't have them. i don't need to reiterate if you've already seen them in your packet. the one thing that i noticed by sitting in the audience today is the commission's willingness to explore other options, most recently with the project on main down by beale. what i think's been overlooked in this process and its focus on the illegal unit is the resource that the cottage has, and i'm going to speak for the cottage. the cottage may not be historic in the grant scheme d scheme o but it exists in our neighborhood. and i believe there exists to be a way to allow the affordable unit, two bedrooms, and allow for a unit at the front of the property, a single-family home. that has been done at 168 caselli under similar but not equal circumstances, and that has served its purpose quite well. this area is a of high interest to working class of caselli, and when that's gone, we

the grachbti the granting of this cua will allow the owner to operate the existing off street parking facility as a temporary automobile parking lot when not needed as accessory parking. the spaces to be utilized are currently on the corner of have a lenses have a street and 18th street. the valencia street frontage will remain temporarily closed off with planter boxes. when not used as accessory parking and when operating as a restaurant, the proposed hours of operation are from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. sunday through thursday and 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. saturday and sunday. as well as 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. friday and saturday. to date, the project has received several public comments opposing and supporting the project. the opposition is primarily concerned with the hours of operation, impacts to traffic noise, pedestrians and cyclists. the neighbors restaurant is concerned that 701 valencia street patrons will be incentivized to use their rest rooms instead, unless 701 valencia street provides adequate rest rooms. the support is supportive of how the outdoor area and restaurants wi

that places you on the consent calendar: item number five, record number 2017-010105 cua at 2901 california street, a conditional use authorization, and i have no speaker cards. >> president hillis: are there any members of the public that would like to remove item five from the consent calendar? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner cr commission commissioner koppel? motion to approve item number five. >> second. >> clerk: commissioners, there is a motion and a second. on that motion -- [ roll call. ] >> clerk: so moved. that motion passes, 6-0. >> clerk: that places on commission matters. item number six, consideration of adoption of draft minutes for february 8, 2018. >> president hillis: any public comment on the draft minutes? seeing none, we'll close public comment. commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: move to approve. >> second. >> clerk: commissioners, there is a motion and a second to approve the draft minutes. [ roll call. ] >> clerk: so moved. that motion passes unanimously, 6-0. that places you on commission -- item number seven, commission comments and quest

. >> clerk: commissioners, we've adopted the urban design guidelines and continues 48 sat your honor which places us on items 17 a and b for cases 2018-00759 cua and lvr at 229 ellis street. if those persons leaving and entering the room can do so quietly, we would appreciate that very much. >> good evening, vice president melgar. jonas is handing out a support letter that we received late last night from the continent transgender. the item before you is a request for conditional use authorization to allow one story vertical addition to an existing building that would exceed 50 feet in height within an rc zoning district. the planning code requires approval by the planning commission pursuant to planning code sections 253 and 303. after the commissions deliberations, the zoning administrator in this case will hear a request for reyard modification. this is required for the one story vertical addition in this case, which is the fifth floor. pursuant to sections 235.5 and 139.g., which is required in the projedistrict where the pr is located. as i mentioned, it's also in the north of market residential scd number one. the proposed project would

the soviet leadership was surprised by khrushchev's suggestion of putting missiles in cua which he came up with himself when he was in bulgaria, and they wanted to slow him down. so the presidium, took two days to make this decision and said we will do this if the cubans want it. well, the cubans were surprised. the cubans were surprised, and when the cubans say yes khrushchev gets very excited because he sees the opportunity to actually put pressure on the united states and maybe achieve those changes in central europe that maybe he was seeking. and you see the materials in the foreign ministry in 1962 the preparation, if you remember the old mousetrap game, this leads to that, this leads to that -- the soviets were setting up for phenomenal moment at the united nations with khrushchev would make a speech and he would threaten war with the united states if there wasn't a new settlement in berlin. and he was doing that on the basis that his knowledge he would have nuclear weapons in cuba at that time to pose a real threat to the american homeland. so if berlin had been solved in his min

the motion with conditions. on that motion -- [ roll call. ] >> clerk: so moved, commissioners. that motion passes unanimously, 4-0. commissioners, item 18 has been continued, placing us on item 19 for case number 2016-010348 cua at 1233 polk street, conditional use authorization -- oh, excuse me. >> if we could quickly revert back to item 17-b for the variance, and on that item i will be inclined to grant the variance with the normal conditions. thank you. >> clerk: now we're on item 19 for 1233 polk street. >> good evening, commissioners. andrew perry with department staff. the case before you is a request for conditional use authorization to legalize the use -- [ inaudible ] the existing establishment is currently authorized for both restaurant and entertainment use with the latter occurring through conditional use authorization circa 1993. however a condition of that approval stated that electronic amplification was only to be permitted on friday and saturday nights until midnight. the current application seeks to remove or modify this condition such that electronic amplification would be permitted seven days per week until 2:00 a.m. at time of closing. the establishment was found to be operating in violat

cua, 47928th street, this is a conditional use authorization. >> good evening, commissioners. nancy tran planning department staff. the item before you is a conditional use permit for 479 hate 28th street. the project will result in an approximately 5,000 gross square foot struck where with two dwelling units and two off street parking spaces. the property is located within the rh-2 district. [ inaudible ] -- the department received a letter from the neighbor adjacent to the left. this neighbor proposed opposition to the proposed scale and is now in support of the project. copy of this is available for the commission's review. the residential design advisory team reviewed the project and the staff is in support of the project with modifications such as providing a full 15 foot set back at the building back of the third floor. the department recommends approval with conditions specified for the following reasons. the project proposed to maximize the density in the residential district. it will result in a net gain of one unit and provide two family sized dwellings. the structure is not a historic resource or landmark,

cua, 47928th street, this is a conditional use authorization. >> good evening, commissioners. nancy tran planning department staff. the item before you is a conditional use

cua and record number 2017-011465 ofa at 945 market street, a conditional use authorization and an office development authorization. >> good afternoon, commissioners. claudi claudine asbaugh, planning department staff. the project is located on the south side of market street between 5th and 6th streets and stradles the down general zoning district. it was approved by planning commission on july 8, 2010, and construction was completed on march 27, 2017. this is a six by six project. the project would convert approximately 47,522 square feet of vacant retail space on the fourth and fifth floors to general office use. retail sales and service uses would remain at basement levels through the third floor. the project requires a conditional use authorization in addition to an office allocation. the proposal does not involve any exterior alterations to the building. this is the third request to convert retail to general office street within the c-3-r district before this commission. commission staff worked with oewd to further study the vacancy rate and mix of uses at the second and third stories. the department is supportive of this particular project for a number of reasons include it is in line with the ge