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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04/10/1972 MINUTES April 10, 1972 of the regular meeting of the South San Francis Planning Commission TIME: 8:00 p.m. DATE: April 10, 1972 PLACE: Council Chambers, City Hall South San Francisco, California ~~MBERS PRESENT: Vice Chairman Raffaelli, Commissioners Boblitt, Lazzari, Zlatunich, and Chairman Campredon ~ffiMBERS ABSENT: Commissioners Botieff and Gardner ALSO PRESENT: City Planner and Secretary to the South San Francisco Planning Commission, Daniel M. Pass Assistant Planner Planning Aide Assistant City Engineer Building Inspector Architectural Committee Charles E. Lewis, Engineer George Avanessian, Architect George Nakada, Horticulturalist John Hoffman William A. Timmons $iurendra N. Amin Raymond Maxwell Roy Ghi 1 ardi Chairman Member Memb er Landscape Specialist MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Minutes of the Planning Commission meeting of March 27,1972 Vice-Chairman Raffaelli moved that the minutes of the regular meeting of the South San Francisco Planning Commission of April 10, 1972 be approved; seconded by Commissioner Lazzari, passed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Vice Chairman Raffaelli, Commissioners Boblitt, Lazzari, Zlatunich, and Chairman Campredon None Commissioners Botieff and Gardner NOES: ABSENT: ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING TAPE RECORDING OF MEETING Chairman Campredon 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. - 3116 - UP-2l4 April 10, 1972 UP-214, use-permit request of Arthur Howard to construct a three-unit dwelling group at No. 208 Lux Avenue, in the C-2 District. Secretary Pass read the following reports into the record. Report and recommendation of City Planner Daniel M. Pass nThe Office of the City Planner respectfully recommends that the Planning Commission adopt the "findings" and action indicated 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 circum- stances 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 detrimen- tal 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 dwelling group would be characterized by sound site planning, despite the narrow width of its building site. 4. The proposed dwelling group would be served by sufficient off- street parking and effective landscaping. CONDITIONS: The applicant shall meet the submitted requirements of the City's department heads, and the subsequent requirements of the Planning Commission's Architectural Committee." Memorandum dated March 29, 1972 from Chief of Police Salvatore Rosano "It is the recommendation of this Department that the duplex building in question have garage door(s) installed. It is further recommended that, where possible, garage spaces be separated by walls. Names and addresses of Proponents and Opponents Proponents: Frank Clark, AIA Advocate Design Associates Inc. 2183 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, Ca., Agent of the applicant Opponents: None Commissioner Zlatunich moved that the Planning Commission adopt the findings and conditions as set forth in the preliminary Official Action Report, and approve UP-2l4 upon the condition that the applicant comply with the submitted requirements of the City's reporting department heads; seconded by Vice-Chairman Raffaelli; The motion was passed by the following roll call vote: - 3117 - UP-2l4 cont. April 10, 1972 AYES: Vice-Chairman Raffaelli, Commissioners Boblitt, Lazzari, Zlatunich, and Chairman Campredon NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioners Botieff and Gardner V-13l V-13l, variance request of Imre James Baglyos to construct a two-story, five-unit apartment house on a building site having less than the area required therefor, at No. S3S Grand Avenue, in the R-3 District. Secretary Pass read the following report and letters into the record. Report and recommendation of City Planner Daniel M. Pass "The Planning Department respectfully recommends that the Planning Commission adopt the "findings" and action indicated in the attached, preliminary "Official Action Report." FINDINGS: 1. There are exceptions or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applying to the land or building referred to in the application, which circumstances or conditions do not apply generally to land or buildings in the same district. 2. The granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of substantial property rights of the petitioner. 3. That the granting of the application will not, under the circum- stances of the particular case, materially affect adversely the health or safety of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of the property of the applicant, and will not, under the circum- stances of the particular case, be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property or improvements in said neighborhood. 4. The granting of the requested variance will be in harmony with the general purpose of the Zoning Ordinance. S. The requested variance is necessary to prevent practical diffi- culties, unnecessary hardships, and results inconsistent with the general purpose of the Zoning Ordinance. 6. The subject building site has two-thirds of the area required for the proposed fifth dwelling unit. - 3118 - V-13l contd. April 10, 1972 "7. The proposed land use would be characterized by sound site pI anning . 8. The requested variance would serve the cause of land economy in South San Francisco's Central Community. 9. The Planning Commission has granted similar variances. References: V-9, M. Giannecchini (lIS Maple Av.); V-SI, Timothy Brosnan (639 Miller Av.); V-92, Timothy Brosnan (343 Lux Av.); V-I03, Leroy Folmer (319 Miller Av.); V-118, Savage Construction Co. (610 Olive Av.) CONDITIONS: 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." Memorandum dated March 23, 1972 from Assistant Chief Of Police, A. Terragno "It is the recommendation of this Department that each vehicle be enclosed in a stall and that each parking stall have a separate garage door." Names and addresses of Proponents and Opponents Proponents: Imre James Baglyos S29 Grand Ave., South San Francisco, Ca., the applicant Mrs. Baglyos, wife of the applicant Opponents: None Commissioner Lazzari moved that the Planning Commission adopt the findings and conditions as set forth in the preliminary Official Action Report~ and approve V-131 upon the condition that the applicant comply with the submitted requirements of the City's reporting department heads; seconded by Commissioner Zlatunich; The motion was passed by the following rollcall vote: AYES: Vice-Chairman Raffaelli, Commissioners Boblitt, Lazzari, Zlatunich, and Chairman Campredon NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioners Botieff and Gardner - 3119 - Seismic Safety Element of the General Plan Secretary Pass read the following report into the record. "SEISMIC SAFETY ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN Introduction The San Francisco Peninsula was the site of a great earthquake in 1906 caused by as much as twenty feet of sudden horizontal dis- placement between two segments of the earth's crust along the San Andreas Fault. Numerous other earthquakes in California as well as many geologic features demonstrate that the San Andreas Fault System forms the boundary between two plates of the earth's crust that have been moving relentlessly past one another for millions of years. Geologic evidence indicates clearly that this crustal motion will continue to occur and will be expressed as sporadic earthquakes along the length of the San Andreas Fault. Geodetic measurements show that sufficient crustal strain has accumulated in the area of the San Francisco Peninsula since 1906 to cause another great earthquake at any time. With tfuis knowledge, it becomes the responsibility of communities in the Bay Area, and elsewhere in California, to take reasonable steps to protect the public from earthquake hazards. The Rift Zone of the San Andreas Fault traverses the Westborough Community of the City of South San Francisco. The ground trace of the break which produced the 1906 earthquake bisects the West Park Neighborhood, and provides a grim reminder of this muni~ cipality's geological hazards. Other, historically inactive but potentially hazardouS, faults define the valley of Colma Creek and the southwestern boundary of San Bruno Mountain. Seismic problems in the South San Francisco area are not confined to the Westborough Community, Sign Hill, San Bruno Mountain, and other physical features of recognized diastrophic activity, but extend to the very tidelands of San Francisco Bay. The lowlands adjoining the bay including the shoreline, marshlands, and mud- flats are underlain chiefly by unstable, recently deposited Bay mud and man~made fill. These materials could, during a maj or earthquake, lose much of their coherence and bearing strength, resulting in the subsidence of the ground surface, settlement of structures, and possibly permanent submergence of much of the area. Thus, potential seismic hazards in the South San Francisco area include, but are not restricted to: 1. Permanent displacement of the ground by rupturing along known and unknown fault lines as well as by lurching of blocks of ground within and adjacent to the faults. 2. Landsliding and slumping, particularly on steep slopes and artificial fill. 3. Tremor or ground shaking caused by passage of seismic waves through the ground. Ground shaking can be antici- pated in all parts of South San Francisco in the event ... 3120 - SEISMIC SAFETY ELEMENT contd April 10, 1972 "of a large earthquake, but with greater intensity in the lowland areas underlain by saturated and unconsolidated sediments and fill. 4. Ground subsidence due to both compaction and liquifaction of unconsolidated and often saturated fine-grained sediments, particularly those in the lowlands bordering San Francisco Bay, with the possibility of permanent submergence of these lands. s. Temporary flooding along the bay margin as a result of: a. Seismic sea waves or tsunami generated within or entering the bay. b. Seiches or oscillation of the water in the bay in response to seismic shaking. GENERAL OBJECTIVES, GOALS, POLICY, AND STANDARDS I. The City of South San Francisco will continue to participate with the County of San Mateo, the San Mateo Regional Planning Committee, the Association of Bay Area Governments, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the State of Califor- nia, the United States Geological Survey and other agencies in the study of geological hazards, and the enactment of legislation which is oriented towards the safety of the people, property, and wildlife of this subregion. 2. Ordinance No. 603, the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco provides: "S ect ion 9.04 St at ement s o. A geological report shall be required in any area, so determined by the City Engineer, where there are known geological haz ards . II The above provision has been rigorously applied to the subdivision and parcel-mapping of this municipality since said provisions adoption in February, 1970. The Planning Commission, upon the recommendation of the City Engineer, has extended and will continue to extend the requirement embodied in Section 9.04 to all city- planning and zoning matters. 3. This Seismic Safety Element of the General Plan should be con- sidered a tentative plan. As the City's knowledge of seismic hazards increases, new general and specific plans should be prepared and adopted. Notwithstanding the tentative nature of this plan, the Seismic Safety Element shall be construed as the City of South San Francisco's restatement of its seismic policy, to wit: - 3121 - SEISMIC SAFETY ELEMENT contd. April 10, 1972 "No lands shall be subdivided, developed, or filled in the absence of sound, professional evidence that the proposed subdivision, development, or filling would be reasonably safe from geological hazards as determined by prevailing standards of geological practice." At the conclusion the Planning Commission recommended the following preliminary Resolution No. 2122 be adopted and recommend to the City Council that the General Plan of the City of South San Francisco, entitled "Orderly Growth" be amended by the inclusion of the pro- posed revised Seismic Safety Element. "Resolution No. 2122" RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF'THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO RECOt$ffiNDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THEREOF TP~T THE REVISED PRELIMINARY SEISMIC SAFETY ELEMENT OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN BE ADOPTED. WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of South San Francisco, meeting in regular session on Monday, March 13, 1972, conducted a special hearing on the proposed Seismic Safety Element of the City's adopted General Plan; and, WHEREAS, notice of this hearing was published in the Enterprise- Journal at I east 10 days prior thereto; and, WHEREAS the Planning Commission, at least 10 days prior to the said hearing -g.ransmi tted copies of the Seismic Safety Elemementto the Town ,of Colma, the Cities of Brisbane, Daly City, Pacifica, and San Bruno, the County of San Mateo, the County of Alameda, the State Council on Intergovernmental Relations, the State Department of Housing and Community Development, the State Division of Highways, the Associa- tion of Bay Area Governments, the Regional Planning Committee of the County of San Mateo, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the San Francisco International Airport, the City and County of San Francisco, and the California Public Utilities Commission; and WHEREAS, the Commission, after considering the testimony of several geologists, developers, and landowners, to wit: Philip V. Burkland, Michael C. Callan, Jon C. Cummings, Arthur "Buzz" Haskins, Thomas Hughes, and Henry L. Richman, continued the public hearing on the proposed element for further study to its regular meeting of April 10, 1972; and, WHEREAS, the Commission, on April 10, 1972, reopened its public hearing on the proposed Seismic Safety Element; and, WHEREAS, the Commission, after hearing additional testimony, closing the public hearing, and discussing the matter in question, made the following findings: - 3122 - SEISMIC SAFETY ELEMENT contd. April 10, 1972 "I. The State Planning and Zoning Law, under Section 6S302, as amended by Senate Bill No. 3Sl, requires each city and county to amend its General Plan by the inclusion of a Seismic Safety Element therein. 2. The Planning Department has revised the Preliminary Seismic Safety Element to reflect the acceptance of the recommendations of Dr. Jon C. Cummings, consultant geologist of the City of South San Francisco, and Mr. Henry L. Richman, a local land developer. 3. The proposed Seismic Safety Element, as revised, would promote the physical safety, orderly growth, and developmental stability of this municipality and its environs. 4. The proposed Seismic Safety Element is designed to provide the City of South San Francisco with a basic framework upon which meaningful seismic-safety legislation can be ultimately predicated. S. The proposed Seismic Safety Element of the General Plan is sub- stantially a tentative plan. As the city's subsequent knowledge increases, new general and specific plans should be prepared and adopted. 6. The proposed revised Seismic Safety Element, despite its tentative character, shall be construed as the City of South San Francisco's restatement of its seismic policy, to wit: "No lands shall be subdivided, developed, or filled in the absence of sound, professional evidence that the proposed subdivision, development, or filling would be reasonably safe from geological hazards as determined by prevailing standards of geological practice." 7. The proposed plan calls for the City of south San Francisco's con- tinued cooperation with the County of San Mateo, the San Mateo County Regional Planning Committee, the Association of Bay Area Governments, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the State of California, the United States Geological Survey and other agencies for the purpose of studying geological hazards, and the enactment of legislation which is oriented towards the safety of the people, property, and wildlife of this subregion. 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 of the City of South San Francisco, entitled ilOrderly Growth", be amended by the inclusion of the proposed revised Seismic Safety Element. Commissioner Zlatunich moved that the Planning Commission adopt the preliminary Resolution No. 2122 and recommend to the City Council that the Revised Seismic Safety Element he added to the adopted General Plan of the City of South San Francisco. The motion was seconded by Vice-Chairman Raffaelli and passed by the following roll call vote: - 3123 - SEISMIC SAFETY ELEMENT contd April 10, 1972 AYESt, Vice-Chairman Raffaelli, Commissioners Boblitt, Lazzari, Zlatunich and Chairman Campredon NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioners Botieff and Gardner ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL = SlO Unit Apartment House Project in Westborough Unit No. 4A Request of Grubb and Ellis Realty Fund II (Natkin & Weber, Architects) for Architectural Approval of a SlO-unit Apartment House Project to be Located at the Southeas.t€Jl!ly Corner of Westborough and Gellert Boule- vards, in the R-3 District. Secretary Pass read the following Urban Planning Analysis - 78 into the record. "1. The proposed 19-acre apartment-house proj ect would be characterized by sound site planning, and a strong emphasis upon aesthetic, architectural and landscaping design. Said project's SlO "view apartments" and 1000+ future residents would be well-served by on- site recreational and social facilities. 2. The project's 26-unit per acre density is compatible with the Working-Living Areas Element of the General Plan, and is substan- tially less than the maximum density permitted under the R-3 District regulations. 3. The proj ect 's urbane character and dramatic design would complement Westborough's orderly pattern of single-family dwellings and single- family townhouses. Its internal driveway system, I. S to I parking ratio, and Appian Way orientation should preclude said proj ect' s creation of major traffic problems. RECOMMENDATION The Planning Department respectfully recommends that the Planning Commission architecturally approve the proposed apartment-house proj ect upon the condition that the applicant comply with the submitted require- ments of the City's Department Heads, and the recommendations of the Planning Commission's Architectural Committee." Names and Address of Proponents and Opponents Proponents: 1. William Stevenson"J; & B Properties Inc., Oakland, Ca. 2. Jim Weber, Natkin & Weber, Architects, 27 Sutter Street, San Francisco - 3124 - ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL April IO, 1972 3. John Rutherford, Rutherfor & Chekene, San Francisco Opponents: None Orbp,ert:Participants: August C. Chevalier, 2600 Leix Way, South San Francisco Mr. James Weber, Architect for the developer explained the whole project with drawings and slide presentation at length. The Architectural Committee members also discussed the project from the point of the Committee's approval which was recorded under ~Ccl'JQ. 387. Considerable discussion ensued regarding the project. At the con- clusion of its consideration of the proposed SlO-unit apartment house complex in Westborough No. 4A, Chairman Campredon asked the Commission for a motion. Commissioner Lazzari moved that the Planning Commission adopt the findings and conditions as set forth in the preliminary Official Action Report and approve the SlO-unit apartment house project upon the condition that the applicant comply with the submitted require- ments of the City's department heads, and the recommendations of the Planning Commission's Architectural Committee. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Boblitt and passed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Vice-Chairman Raffaelli, Commissioners Boblitt, Lazzari, Zlatunich and Chairman Campredon NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioners Botieff and Gardner GOOD AND WELFARE, OTHER AND COMMUNICATIONS 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 Campredon announced that the next regular meeting of the South San Francisco Planning Com~'ssion would be held on April 24, 1972 at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, South San Francisco, California. The meeting was adjourned at 10:12 p.m. Marcel Campredon, Chairman Planning Commission City of South San Francisco Daniel M. Pass, Secretary Planning Commission City of South San Francisco sna - 3125 -