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MINUTES
August 18, 2022
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION
CALL TO ORDER / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TIME: 7:01 PM
AGENDA REVIEW
No changes.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Consideration of Approval of the Draft Meeting Minutes for July 7, 2022 (Tony
Rozzi, Chief Planner)
Motion to approve Consent Calendar – Norm Faria, Commissioner
Second – Alex Tzang, Vice Chairperson, approved by roll call (7-0)
Meeting Video: Planning Commission on 2022-08-18 7:00 PM (granicus.com)
PUBLIC HEARING
2. Report regarding consideration of an Environmental Consistency Analysis with the
Downtown Station Area Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act, and applications for a General Plan
Amendment, Rezoning Map, Use Permit, Design Review, Transportation Demand
Management Plan, and Affordable Housing Agreement to allow a Mixed-Use
Development, consisting of 99 residential units with ground floor parking and a 1,500
ROLL CALL / CHAIR COMMENTS PRESENT: Chair Shihadeh, Vice Chair Tzang,
Commissioners: Evans, Faria, Fernandez, Funes, Murphy
ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT:
Tony Rozzi - Chief Planner - Billy Gross - Principal Planner - Christopher
Espiritu - Senior Planner- Stephanie Skangos - Associate Planner
– Vacant - Clerk
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sq. ft. restaurant, at 421 Cypress Avenue, 209 & 213 Lux Avenue in the Downtown
Transit Core (DTC) and Downtown Residential Core (DRC) Zoning Districts, in
accordance with Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code. (Stephanie
Skangos, Associate Planner)
2a. Resolution Making Findings and Recommending that the City Council Make
Determinations Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Approve
Planning Project P21-0009, Including a General Plan Amendment GPA22-0005,
Rezoning Map RZ21-0002, Use Permit UP21-0002, Design Review DR21-0005, and
Transportation Demand Management Plan TDM21-0002, to Allow a Mixed-Use
Development Consisting of 99 Units With Ground Floor Parking and a 1,500 sq. ft.
Restaurant Within the Downtown Transit Core (DTC) and Downtown Residential
Core (DRC) Zoning Districts at 421 Cypress Avenue, 209 & 213 Lux Avenue.
Motion on Resolution – 2a. Motion to adopt the Resolution: JulieAnn Murphy,
Commissioner, with added COA, Second Norm Faria, Commissioner– 7-0 approved
Public Hearing opened 7:08 pm
Public Hearing closed 7:59 pm - Stephanie Skangos, Associate Planner
Meeting Video: Planning Commission on 2022-08-18 7:00 PM (granicus.com)
3. Report regarding consideration of a Use Permit, Design Review, Tentative Parcel Map
and Transportation Demand Management Plan and Addendum to the 2009
Environmental Impact Report to subdivide the property to create a total of three
parcels, construct one new multi-family residential building containing 183 residential
units, three Office/R&D buildings totaling approximately 750,000 square feet, ancillary
uses and associated parking at 180 El Camino Real (Assessor’s Parcel Number
014183110) in the El Camino Real Mixed Use (ECRMX) Zoning District. (Billy
Gross, Principal Planner)
3a. Resolution making findings and determining that the 180 El Camino Real
Residential/R&D Project is fully within the scope of environmental analysis in the
2009 Environmental Impact Report and that the 2022 Addendum to the EIR is the
appropriate environmental document for the Project.
3b. Resolution making findings and recommending that the City Council approve a Use
Permit, Design Review, Tentative Parcel Map and Transportation Demand
Management Plan to subdivide the property to create a total of three parcels, construct
one new residential building containing 183 residential units, three Office/R&D
buildings totaling approximately 750,000 square feet, ancillary uses and associated
parking at 180 El Camino Real (Assessor’s Parcel Number 014-183-110) in the El
Camino Real Mixed Use (ECRMX) Zoning District.
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Motion on Resolution 3a: NF 1st/ME 7-0
Motion on Resolution 3b: NF 1st/SFO 7-0
Public Hearing opened 8:22 pm
Public Hearing closed 9:35 pm - Billy Gross, Principal Planner
Meeting Video: Planning Commission on 2022-08-18 7:00 PM (granicus.com)
4. Report regarding consideration of applications for a General Plan Amendment, Zoning
Ordinance Amendment, Use Permit, Design Review, Transportation Demand
Management Program, Parcel Map and Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration to
construct a seventeen-story office/R&D building with community serving commercial
uses, totaling approximately 940,000 square feet, atop a two-story podium parking
structure with publicly accessible plazas and landscape areas, and other on- and
off-site improvements, on a 3.2-acre site at 121 E Grand Ave in the Transit Office
Research and Development (TO/RD) Zoning District. (Allison Knapp, Consulting
Planner and Billy Gross, Principal Planner)
4a. Resolution adopting the Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration (ND21-0001)
State Clearinghouse #2022060734, in accordance with Section 21080 of the California
Public Resources Code and CEQA Guidelines Section 15070 et seq.
4b. Resolution making findings and recommending that the City Council approve a
General Plan Amendment, Zoning Text Amendment, Use Permit, Design Review,
Tentative Parcel Map and Transportation Demand Management Plan to construct a
seventeen-story office/R&D building with community serving commercial uses,
totaling approximately 940,000 square feet, atop a two-story podium parking structure
with publicly accessible plazas and landscape areas, and other on- and off-site
improvements, on a 3.2-acre site at 121 E Grand Ave in the Transit Office/ Research
and Development Core (TO/RD) Zoning District.
Motion on Resolution 4a: JM/NF 7-0
Motion on Resolution 4b: JM/ME 7-0
Public Hearing opened 9:55 pm
Public Hearing closed 10:34 pm
Meeting Video: Planning Commission on 2022-08-18 7:00 PM (granicus.com)
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
None.
ITEMS FROM STAFF
The next meeting on 9/1/22 will be cancelled
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ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC
None
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Shihadeh adjourned the Planning Commission meeting at 10:48PM.
Tony Rozzi, Chief Planner, AICP Sam Shihadeh, Chairperson or
Alex Tzang, Vice Chairperson
Secretary to the Planning Commission Planning Commission
City of South San Francisco City of South San Francisco
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