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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 12/14/1970 December 14, 1970 M I NUT E S of the regular meeting of the South San Francisco Planning Commission TIME : 8:00 P.M. DATE: December 14, 1970 PLACE: Council Chambers, City Hall South San Francisco, California MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice Chairman Campredon, Commissioners Boblitt, Gardner, Raffaelli, Zlatunich and Chairman Lazzari MEMBERS ABSENT: Rosati ALSO PRESENT: City Planner and Secretary to the South San Francisco Planning Commission, Daniel M. Pass Assistant Planner William A. Timmons Assistant City Engineer RaYmond Maxwell Building Inspector Rex Greene MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Minutes of the Planning Commission meeting of November 23, 1970. Commissioner Raffaelli moved that the minutes of the regular meeting of the South San Francisco Planning Commission of November 23, 1970, be approved; seconded by Commissioner Gardner; passed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Campredon, Boblitt, Gardner, Raffaelli, Zlatunich, and Lazzari NOE S : None ABSENT: Rosati ANNOUNCE~lliNT CONCERNING TAPE RECORDING OF MEETING Chairman Lazzari announced that this meeting of the South San Francisco Planning Commission would be recorded on tape, but that anyone who wished to come before the Commission in order to be heard, but objected to having his voice recorded in this manner, could request the Chairman to order the tape recorder turned "off" for the duration of the time that he is speaking or is heard. - 1279 - December 14, 1970 UP-173 UP-173, use-permit request of R. D. Hanel, D.V.M., to establish an animal hospital on the southeasterly side of South Spruce Avenue, approximately 210' northerly of Starlite Street, in the C~3 District. Secretary Pass read the following reports into the record. Report, and Recommended "Findings" and "Conditions" of City Planner Pass "It is respectfully rec:ommended that the Planning Commission adopt the findings embodied on the attached, preliminary Official Action Report, and approve the requested use permit upon the condition that the applicant comply with the submitted requirements of the City's Depart- ment Heads, and the subsequent requirements of the Planning Commis- sion's Architectural Committee." FINDINGS: "1. The establishment, maintenance, operation or the use of the building or lands for which the permit is sought will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare of persons residing or working in the area of such proposed use, and will not be detrimental or injurious to property and improvements in the neighborhood or the general welfare of the city. "2. The approval of the requested use permit meets the requirements of Section 6.23 of the Zoning Ordinance. "3. The subject facility would be orderly and aesthetic in character, and would be served by sufficient landscaping and off-street parking. "4. The proposed use would serve a present need in South San Fran- cisco, without impairing the growth potential of the South Spruce Avenue complex." CONDITIONS: "1. The applicant shall comply with the submitted requirements of the City's Department Heads, and the subsequent requirements of the Planning Commission's Architectural Committee." "2. A maximum of twenty-one dogs shall be boarded on the subject premises at anyone time." Report, dated December 2, 1970, of Landscape Specialist John Hoffmann "Si te plan for subj ect application for Animal Hospital reviewed by this office. Area to be landscaped appears to be satisfactory." - 1280 - December 14, 1970 UP-173 "My recommendation: Applicant to be informed that a landscape plan will be required for review by Architectural Committee at time of application for building permit; landscape plan to meet the requirements of the Minimum Landscape Standards of the City of South San Francisco. " Report, dated Decmmber 4, 1970, of Chief of Police Salvatore Rosano "After review of plans, it does not appear that any material police problem will arise from this establishment. Therefore, I concur in the City Planner's recommendation." Report, dated December 4, 1970, of Director of Public Works Louis H. Goss "It is recommended that approval of this permit be subject to the review and approval by this office of the complete improvement plans. Said plans should contain, but not be limited to, plot and grade plans showing drainage, sanitary sewer, and any other necessary utility connections." "It is further recommended that the floor of the proposed hospital building be constructed at an elevation of 2.0 above the sidewalk grade on Spruce Avenue for protection against possible flooding." Names and Addresses of Proponents and Opponents Proponents: R. D. Hanel, D.V.M., 2681 Oakmont Drive, San Bruno, Ca., the appl icant . Kaz Yamasaki, AIA, 132 Brentwood Drive, South San Francisco, agent of the applicant. Opponents: None Vice Chairman Campredon moved that the Planning Commission adopt the findings and conditions, as set forth in the preliminary Official Action Report, and approve UP-173 upon the condition that the appli- cant comply with the submitted requirements of the City's reporting department heads; seconded by Commissioner Gardner; passed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Vice Chairman Campredon, Commissioners Boblitt, Gardner, Raffaelli, Zlatunich, and Chairman Lazzari NOES: none ABSENT: Rosati - 1281 - December 14, 1970 UP-175 UP-175, use-permit request of Ceva Ralph Smith, to establish a second- hand store (pawn shop) in an existing building at No. 104 Grand Avenue, in the C-3 District. Secretary Pass read the following reports into the record. Report and Recommended "Findings" of City Pilianner Daniel M. Pass IlIt is respectfully recommended that the Planning Commission adopt the "findings" and "action" embodied in the attached, preliminary Official Action Report." FINDINGS: "1. The establishment, maintenance, operation or the use of the building or lands for which the permit is sought will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare of persons residing or working in the area of such proposed use, and will not be detrimental or injurious to property and improvements in the neighborhood or the general welfare of the city." "2. The approval of the requested use permit meets the requirements of Section 6.23 of the Zoning Ordinance. "3. The proposed use is currently established at No. 112 Grand Avenue, in the "Urban Core" of the City of South San Francisco. The instant application, therefore, is tantamount to a request to relocate an existing use in the same building, and not a request to establish a de novo one." Names and Address of Proponents and Opponents: Proponents: Ceva Ralph Smlth, 36 Sylvan Drive, San Francisco, Calif., the applicant. Opponents: None Commissioner Zlatunich moved that the Planning Commission adopt the findings as set forth in the preliminary Official Action Report, and approve UP-175 upon the condition that the applicant comply with the submitted requirements of the City's reporting department heads: seconded by Commissioner Raffaelli; passed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Vice Chairman Campredon, Commissioners Boblitt, Gardner, Raffaelli, Zlatunich, and Chairman Lazzari NOES : None ABSENT: Rosati - 1282 - December 14, 1970 AMENDMENT Proposed Amendment to Section 5.1 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco" to institute the regulation of land uses, buildings, and structures proposed for the establishment and construc- tion in the flood plains of the City of South San Francisco. With the concurrence of the Commission, Chairman Lazzari ordered the proposed Amendment to Section 5.1 of the "Zoning Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco" held over to the Planning Commission's regular meeting of February 8, 1971. - 1283 - December 14, 1970 GENERAL PLAN Proposed addenda to the General Objectives, Goals, and Policy Statements of the General Plan, and the proposed revisions to the Plan Diagram thereof, to wit: "The Designation of Future Solid and Liquid-Waste Disposal Facilities. Secretary Pass read the following reports and letter into the record. "Pursuant to recently-enacted SB 21, cities and counties must identify in their general plans the areas which are to be designated as solid and liquid-waste disposal facilities." "It is therefore respectfully recommended that the Planning Commission adopt the attached, preliminary Resolution, and thereby recommend to the City Council that the General Plan be amended to include the attached, preliminary "Addenda to the General Objectives, Goals, and Policy Statements," and to reflect the attached, proposed revisions to the j"'Plan Diagram." " Proposed "Addenda to the General Objectives, Goals, and Policy Statements" of the Adopted General Plan GENERAL PLAN: 1969 "Orderly Growth" PUBLIC FACILITIES Pg. 8 "34A. The existing sewer treatment plant in the City's Belle Air Industrial area should be expanded to meet the projected liquid-waste-disposal needs of most of South San Francisco and San Bruno. The conservation of South San Francisco's natural, San Francisco Bay-oriented environment will require the said plant's conversion to a higher level of secondary treatment, with a deep-water outfall, or tertiary treatment if required. "34B. Since the Westborough Community's liquid-waste disposal is handled by the Westborough County Water District, through a contract with the North San Mateo County Sanitation District, the said water district should urge the said sanitation dis- trict to gauge its disposal capacity to the projected needs of South San Francisco's fastest-growing territory. "34C. If practicable, the jurisdiction for the disposal of West- borough's liquid waste should be transferred from the Westborough County Water District to the City of South San Francisco. This transfer would enable the City's sewer treatment plant to dispose of Westborough's liquid waste on a gravity-flow basis, and thereby obviate the need for expensive, less reliable pumping - an integral part of the North San Mateo County Sanitation District's service." - 1284 - December 14, 1970 GENERAL PLAN "34D. A regional or area-wide incinerator or recycling plant should ~e established for the disposal of North County's solid waste. This facility could be located at the extension of Utah Ave- nue and Kimball Way - in adj acency to the estuary of the Navigable Slough. "34E. This regional or area-wide solid-waste-disposal facility, through the employment of sound urban planning, could become a congruous part of South San Francisco's proposed "Regional Shoreline Park." "Mr. Daniel M. Pass City Planning Dept. City Hall, 400 Grand Avenue South San Francisco, Calif. "Dear Dan: "Thank you for referring to us your November 27 memo concerning designation of future solid and liquid waste facilities in your General Plan. "Following is our adopted Bay Plan policy concerning such facilities: "Whenever waterfront areas are used for sewage treatment or or waste water reclamation plants, the plants should be located where they do not interfere with and are not in- compatible with residential, recreational, or other public uses of the Bay and shoreline. (p. 29, policy 6) "It would appear from your proposed map that some of your facilities might be in a proposed park, or within 100 feet of the Bay shoreline, or possibly even on fill. "As a general rule, the cited Bay Plan policy would discourage such facilities in parks or in shoreline public access areas unless the performance characteristics were so improved as not to interfere with the adjacent public use. The Bay Plan policies would also discourage such facilities so close to the shoreline as to prevent public access to the Bay at that point. Finally, the policies pre- clude any fill for these facilities. "It is not clear that your proposals would be in any way contrary to these policies, but we welcome the opportunity to report them to you at this early stage in the planning for them so any conflict can most probably be avoided. "Thank you again for advising us of your proposals in such a timely manner. We also wish to commend you for the excellence of your presentation to your commission. Sincerely, /s/ E.' Jack Schoop, Chief Planner" - 1285 - December 14, 1970 GENERAL PLAN Names and Addresses of Proponents and Opponents: Commissioner Raffaelli then introduced Resolution No. 2111, seconded by Commissioner Gardner, to wit: RESOLUTION NO. 2111 RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THEREOF THAT THE GENERAL PLAN BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE PROPOSED ADDENDA TO THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES, GOALS, AND POLICY STATEMENT THEREOF, AND TO REFLECT THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE PLAN DIAGRAM ATTACHED THEREWITH. WHEREAS, the South San Francisco Planning Commission, meeting in regular session on MEilnday, December 14, 1970, conducted a public hearing on the proposed addenda to the General Objectives, Goals, and Policy Statements of the General Plan, and the proposed revisions to the Plan Diagram thereof; and, WHEREAS, notice of the said public hearing was published in the Enter- prise~Jaurnal at least ten (10) days prior thereto; and, WHEREAS, copies of the proposed addenda and plan-diagram reV1Slons were transmitted to the cities of Brisbane, Daly City, Pacifica, and San Bruno, and the County of San Mateo, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, the County of Alameda, the State Department of Housing and Community Development, the State Division of Highways, the Association of Bay Area Government, the Bay Conservation and Develop- ment Commission, the San Francisco International Airport, the San Mateo Regional Planning Committee, the City and County of San Francisco, and the California Public Utilities Commission at least ten (10) days prior to the said public hearing; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission made the following findings: 1. The proposed amendments would bring the General Plan of the City of South San Francisco into compliance with recently-enacted SB 21, "An act to amend Section 65302 of the Government Code, relating to waste disposal facilities." 2. The proposed amendments would provide the City of South San Francisco with guidelines for the long-range solution of its solid and liquid-waste disposal. 3. The proposed amendments are supported by Louis H. Goss, Di:rector of Public Works, John Collins, Superintendent of the sewage treatment plant, Robert Maxey, Recreation and Park Superintendent, Daniel M. Pass, City Planner, and Neal Martin, Planning Consultant, and - 1286 - December 14, 1970 GENERAL PLAN NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission of the City of South San Francisco recommend to the City Council thereof that the General Plan be amended to include the following, proposed addenda to the General Objectives, Goals, and Policy Statements, and to reflect the attached, proposed revisions in the Plan Diagram. Proposed "Addenda to the General Objectives, Statements" of the Adopted General Plan. GENERAL PLAN: 1969 "Orderly Growth~r PUBLIC FACILITIES Pg. 8 34A. Goals; and Policy The existing sewer treatment plant in the City's Belle Air Industrial area should be expanded to meet the projected liquid-waste-disposal needs of most of South San Francisco and San Bruno. The conservation of South San Francisco's natural, San Francisco Bay-oriented environment will require the said plant's conversion to a higher level of secondary treatment, with a deep-water outfall, or tertiary treatment if required. 34B. Since the Westborough Community's liquid-waste disposal is handled by the Westborough County Water District, through a contract with the North San Mateo County Sanitation District, through a contract with the North San Mateo County Sanitation District, the said water district should urge the said sanitation district to gauge its disposal capacity to the projected needs of South San Francisco's fastest-growing territory. 34C. If practicable, the jurisdiction for the disposal of Westborough's liquid waste should be transferred from the Westborough County Water District to the City of South San Francisco. This transfer would enable the City's sewer treatment plant to dispose of West- borough's liquid waste on a gravity-flow basis, and thereby obviate the need for expensive, less reliable pumping - an integral part of the North San Mateo County Sanitation District's service. 34D. A regional or area-wide incinerator or recycling plant should be established for the disposal of North County's solid waste. This facility could be located at the extensions of Utah Avenue and Kimball Way - in adjacency to the estuary of the Navigable Slough. 34E. This regional or area~wide solid-waste disposal facility, through the employment of sound urban planning, could become a congrous part of South San Francisco's proposed "Regional Shoreline Park." Resolution No. 2111 was adopted by the following roll call vote: AYES: Mmc.e Chairman Campredon, Commissioners Boblitt, Gardner, Raffaelli, Zlatunich, and Chairman Lazzari NOES: None ABSENT: Rosati - 1287 - December 14, 1970 GENERAL PLAN Proposed reclassification of the 1.28-acre parcel of land at the north- easterly corner of Westborough and Callan Boulevards from "Neighborhood Commercial" to "Medium-High Density Residential," and of a 1.28-acre parcel of land near the southwesterly corner of Callan Boulevard and King Drive from "Medium-High Density Residential" to "Neighborhood Commercial" in the General Plan of the City of South San Francisco; and the amendment of the "Plan Diagram" @f the General Plan to reflect these proposed reclassifications. Secretary Pass read the following report into the record. Report, dated November 24, 1970, from City Planner Daniel M. Pass "1. The proposed reclassifications and amendments would not increase the commercial acreage sanctioned by the General Plan, but would merely designate a new location for one of the Westborough Community's proposed neighborhood-commercial enclaves. "2. The proposed residential-commercial transfer would remove excess commercial acreage from the "civic center" of the Westborough Community, and reestablish it innocuously along a proposed off~rarnp of the future Skyline Freeway. The said transfer would substantially improve the projected land-use pattern of the Greendale Neighborhood without placing the orderly growth and developmental stability of the West Park Neighborhood in appreciable jeopardy. "3. Skillful siting and three-dimensional planning could result in the establishment of an excellent residential cluster at the north- easterly corner of Westborough and Callan Boulevards. "Recommendation: that the Planning tion, and thereby reclassifications Plan be adopted." The Planning Department respectfully recommends Commission adopt the attached, preliminary resolu- recommend to the City Council that the proposed and amendments to the Plan Diagram of the General Names and Addresses of Proponents and Opponents: Proponents: None Opponents: Mr. August C. Chevalier, 2600 Leix Way, South San Francisco, Ca. Mr. Edward Wynne, attorney-at-law for Caesar-Callan Homes, Inc., sp,oke in favor of a modification to the proposed reclassification, but subsequently withdrew his tentative modification and whole- heartedly endorsed the General and Specific "Plan Diagram" of the General Plan to be amended to reflect these proposed reclassifica- tions. Commissioner Zlatunich then introduced Resolution No. 2113, seconded by Commissioner Gardner, to wit: - 1288 - RESOLUTION NO. 2113 RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THEREOF THAT THE 1.28-ACRE PARCEL OF LAND AT THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF WESTBOROUGH AND CALLAN BOULEVARDS BE RECLASSIFIED FROM "NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO "MEDIUM,..HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL," AND THAT A CERTAIN 1.28-ACRE PARCEL OF LAND AT THE SOUTH- WESTERLY CORNER OF CALLAN BOULEVARD AND KING DRIVE BE RE- CLASSIFIED FROM "MEDIUM-HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL" TO "NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL" IN THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO: AND, THAT THE "PLAN DIAGRAM" OF THE GENERAL PLAN BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THESE PROPOSEDCRECLASSI- FICATIONS. WHEREAS, the South San Francisco Planning Commission, meeting in regular session on Monday, December 14, 1970, conducted a public hearing on the City Planner's recommendation that the 1.28-acre parcel of land at the northeasterly corner of Westborough and Callan Boulevards be reclassified from "Neighborhood Commercial" to "Medium-High Density Residential," and that a certain 1.28-acre parcel of land near the southwesterly corner of Callan Boulevard and King Drive be reclassified from "Medium-High Density Residential" to "Neighborhood Commercial" in the General Plan of the City of South San Francisco; and, that the "Plan Diagram" of the General Plan be amended to reflect these proposed reclassifications; and, WHEREAS, notice of the said public hearing was published in the Enterprise- Journal at least ten days prior thereto; and, WHEREAS, notice of the said public hearing was also transmitted to the following political subdivisions and agencies at least ten days prior thereto: Brisbane, Daly City, Pacifica, and San Bruno, and the County of San Mateo, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, the County of Alameda, the State Department of Housing and Community Development, the State Division of Highways, the Association of Bay Area Governments, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the San Francisco International Airport, the San Mateo Regional Planning Committee, the City and County of San Francisco, and the California Public Utilities Commission, And, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered the written report of the City Planner, and the oral presentations of interested persons in attendance at the public hearing; and, WHEREAS, the Commission made the following findings: 1. The proposed reclassifications and amendments would not increase the commercial acreage sanctioned by the General Plan, but would merely designate a new location for one of the Westborough Community's proposed neighborhood-commercial enclaves. 2. The proposed residential-commercial transfer would remove excess commercial acreage from the "civic center" of the Westborough Community, - 1289 - RESOLUTION NO. 2113 December 14, 1970 and reestablish it innocuously along a proposed off-ramp of the future Skyline Freeway. The said transfer would substantially improve the projected land-use pattern of the Greendale Neigh- borhood without placIDng the orderly growth and developmental stability of the West Park Neighborhood in appreciable jeopardy. 3. Skillful siting and three,..dimensional planning could result in the establishment of an excellent residential cluster at the northeasterly corner of Westborough and Callan Boulevards. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission of the City of South San Francisco recommend to the City Council thereof that the proposed reclassifications and amendments to the Plan Diagram of the General Plan be adopted. Resolution No. 2113 was adopted by the following roll call vote: AYES: Vice Chairman Campredon, Commissioners Boblitt, Gardner, Raffaelli, Zlatunich, and Chairman Lazzari NOES: None ABSENT: Rosati GOOD AND WELFARE, OTHER AND COMMUNICATIONS. Mr. Jimmie Brusco, 635 Palm Avenue, South San Francisco, Calif. expressed his extreme dissatisfaction with the state of the landscaping on South Spruce Avenue. City Planner Pass advised the Commission that on Monday night, November 16, 1970, City Council approved staff recommendations for establishment of a "Planning Enforcement Board" as a means of enforcing landscape maintenance on commercial and industrial properties. Mr. Pass further noted that the first meeting should be on or about January IS, 1971, with the City Planner as Chairman, and that recommendations and procedures for enforcing landscape maintenance will be brought to fruition. Announcement by Chairman of Notice of Planning Commission Meetings Notice is hereby respectfully given that the South San Francisco Planning Commission will not meet in regular study session on Monday, December 21, 1970, or in regular session on Monday, December 28, 1970. The Commission will next meet in study session on Monday, January 4, 1971, and will next meet in regular session on Monday, January 11, 1971, at 8:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, South San Francisco, California. There being nothing further to be considered under Good and Welfare, and there being no further communications or other matters of interest for the Planning Commission, Chairman Lazzari wished one and all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The meeting was adjourned at 9:47 P.M. Daniel M. Pass, Secretary Planning Commission , Planning Commission wat - 1290 -