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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09.07.00 Minutes CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES MUNICIPAL SERVICES BUILDING 33 ARROYO DRIVE September 7, 2000 CALL TO ORDER / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. ROLL CALL / CHAIR COMMENTS MEMBERS PRESENT: Commissioner Honan, Commissioner Romero, Commissioner Teglia, Vice Chairperson Meloni and Chairperson Sim MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner Baldocchi * and Commissioner D'Angelo Clerk Hernandez noted that Commissioner Baldocchi had notified the office that she would be 30 minutes late. Commissioner Teglia noted that Commissioner D'Angelo was on vacation visiting the City's Sister City. STAFF PRESENT: Planning Division: Thomas C. Sparks, Chief Planner Susy Kalkin, Principal Planner Mike Upston, Senior Planner Kimberly Johnson Richard Harmon Sgt. Mike Massoni Barry Mammini City Attorney: Engineering: Police Dept.: Bldg./Fire Prevo AGENDA REVIEW Chief Planner Sparks noted that there were no changes to the agenda. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Embassy SuiteslXM SatellitelLCC International, Inc.l Applicant Felcor/CSS Holdings LP/Owner 250 Gateway Blvd. UP-OO-061 and Categorical Exemption Section 15303 Class 3 New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures. Use Permit allowing a roof mounted antenna. 2. So. San Francisco Conference Center/City of So. San Francisco, Owner Christopher CampbelllWW San Francisco No., Inc., Applicant 255 So. Airport Blvd. UP-91-888/MODl Use Permit Modification allowing long term airport parking and allowing a third hotel Travelodge Inn to S:\Minutes\090700 RPC.doc Page 1 of 6 join the So. San Francisco Conference Center functional package. (Recommendation to continue off- calendar) 3. Stephen Lamanet, Owner Remi Barbier, Applicant 416 Browning Way UP-00-054 and Negative Declaration ND-00-054 Use Permit to allow 100% office space in an existing 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse in an M-l zone. Motion Meloni I Second Honan to approve the Consent Calendar. Approved by unanimous voice vote. PUBLIC HEARING - AGENDA ITEMS 4. Peninsula Nephrology/Janet C. Anderson, Applicant Lawrence J. Horn, Owner 205 Kenwood Way UP-00-045 and Negative Declaration ND-00-045 Use Permit to allow a medical services facility within 200 feet of a residential district. Commissioner Honan noted that she would be abstaining from the item. Senior Planner Upston presented the staff report. Jan Anderson, San Mateo Dialysis Center, noted that there are 50 clients in the City Of South San Francisco that attend the San Mateo Dialysis. Public Hearing opened. Public Hearing closed. Chairperson Sim asked about the BFI contract that the San Mateo office has. Ms. Anderson noted under the terms of their contract BFI collects, transports and disposes of the medical waste. She added that they comply with the regulations of the environmental protection agencies. She added that they would have SSF Scavengers pickup the regular trash while BFI picks up the medical waste. Chairperson Sim noted that the Design Review Board asked for a color board and the front yard articulation of the store front elevation. Ms. Anderson noted that they did provide that to the City. She added that they worked with the store front to tie both buildings together. Senior Planner Upston presented the illustration to the Commission. Chairperson Sim asked how many parking spaces of the 117 are available per store in the center. Chief Planner Sparks noted that the parking is undesignated and there is not a count. He added that the use requires less parking than the previous uses. Motion Teglia / Second Romero to approve the item. Approved by majority voice vote with Commissioner Honan abstaining. 5. Howard Johnson Express InnlKPR Properties, Owner George A vanessianlPatel, Applicant Associated Road (Vacant lot) PUD-97-091, UP-97-091 and Negative Declaration ND-97-091 S:\Minutes\090700 RPC.doc Page 2 of 6 Planned Unit Development and Use Permit to allow construction of a hotel on a one-acre site in the P-C Zone District. Commissioner Baldocchi arrived at 7:45 p.m. Public Hearing opened. Chief Planner Sparks presented the staff report. George A vanessian, representing the applicant, made a brief presentation on the project. He mentioned that the project has been at the staff level for three years. He added that they were asked to perform studies and his client spent thousands of dollars on these studies. He noted that they are not short on parking like the staff report shows but have more than what is required by the City. He expressed his concern with the procedure and after resubmitting plans a number of times his client was upset with the recommendation of denial. He added that this was unfair to the developers because of the long slow process they went through.. Commissioner Teglia noted that many hours have gone into the project and finds it very easy to recommend denial. He added that the City is under an obligation to process all applications and going through the process does not guarantee approvals. He added that there have not been any substantial comments of why the project should be approved. Mr. Avanessian noted that the applicant is concerned with why he was asked to do so many studies and pay thousands of dollars if the project was incompatible. Chairperson Sim noted that the General Plan was going through at the time and the area would be designated business commercial, which caused some of the delay, because the use for the area was industrial pIior to the approval of the General Plan. Mr. A valllessian noted that Howard Johnson threatened to cancel its contract with the applicant and that needed to be renegotiated, which took time. The Commission asked why there was a shortage in parking. Chief Planner Sparks noted that it was a typo on the staff report. He added that that parking is not a dominant issue; technical details could be worked out. This is a matter of incompatible land use issues. He mentioned that an issue is the handling of toxics in the area and is one of the reasons why staff thinks there is land use incompatibility. He noted that the members of the public who would stay at the hotel would not have a say about how toxics are handled in that industrial area. He added that the studies are conducted to make sure that staff has all the information necessary to consider an application for the Commission's decision. He mentioned that it was made clear to the applicant that staff would not support the application. Commissioner Honan asked if the applicant was planning on having a manager's unit in the hotel. Mr. A vanes sian indicated that they would. Commissioner Honan noted that it is not permitted in that area. Mr. Avanessian noted that all hotels have the manager's units and they intend to have the manager's units. Chief Planner Sparks noted that the standard conditions of approval noted that hotels in the East of 101 area not have permanent residential units pursuant to the City's agreement with SFIA. C.E. Mitchell, noted that he has been in contact with the owners in the area, some of which are in the audience, and they are all against the project. He added that an easement would be needed to use the sidewalks and they will not be granted by Mr. Baker. Debbie Petrini, 100 East Grand A venue, noted that her comments have been submitted to staff. She mentioned that the use is not the highest for the area. She mentioned that a hotel does not fit in an industrial area with no sidewalks, traffic and easement issues. She added that access, health and public safety are their main concern and liabilities. S:\Minutes\090700 RPC.doc Page 3 of 6 Public Hearing closed. Peter Patel, applicant, noted that he spoke to several tenants in the neighborhood and they told him that they would not oppose the project. He asked that the Commission give him a legal reason why the City was recommending denial and asked what would be a good use to put into the area. Assistant City Attorney Johnson noted that the Commission needs to make certain findings to approve the item, and one being that the use will not be adverse to the public health, safety and welfare. She added that staff has addressed in the staff report that the uses that presently exist in the area pose a significant threat to the health and welfare of the customers and employees of the hotel. Chairperson Sim noted that there were certain misunderstandings during the process, but with regard to the use it is not appropriate for the site. Commissioner Romero asked if the zoning allows the use in the area. Chief Planner Sparks noted that it does allow the use with a Use Permit. He added that the new businesses are non- conforming under the new General Plan. Commissioner Romero noted that the word "approved" needed to be changed to "denied" in the first paragraph of the Findings of Denial. Motion Teglia ! Second Honan to deny the item with a correction to the Findings of Denial stated by Commissioner Romero. Approved by roll call vote. Ayes: Commissioner Baldocchi, Commissioner Honan, Commissioner Romero, Commissioner Teglia, Vice Chairperson Meloni, and Chairperson Sim None Commissioner D'Angelo None Noes: Absent: Abstain: Recess taken 8:30 p.m. Recalled to order at 8:40 p.m. 6. Bay West Cove Specific Plan Amendment Slough Estates and Hines, Owners! Applicants SP-97-027/MODl and EIR-97-027/MODl Public comments on Bay West Cove Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report. Principal Planner Kalkin presented the staff report. Mike Aronson, CCS, gave a presentation on the traffic study. Wendy Hoyt presented the TDM program. Public Hearing opened. Vice Chairperson Meloni asked if SamTrans was pending service to the Bay West Cove area. Ms. Hoyt noted that they have a number of express buses along the 101 corridor and there will be a shuttle program to the train station. Mr. Aronson noted that SamTrans runs along Airport Boulevard, which is a 15 minute walk from the project, but does not run east of 101. He added that currently 7 or 8% of the employees in the Gateway are using the shuttle service, which is quite high. S:\Minutes\090700 RPC.doc Page 4 of 6 Principal Planner Kalkin noted that the Commission is welcome to comment on the environmental document and that the public is also invited to do so. She added that written comments will be accepted up to Friday, September 15, 2000. Public Hearing closed. Vice Chairperson Meloni asked if the TDM program does not work what will the City do. Ms. Hoyt noted that the goal is to have a 35% mode shift. She added that there is an annual monitOling component done by a survey of the employees to determine how people are getting to work. She noted that if they fall short of the 35%, they have to do additional measure to get back up to the 35%. She noted that the transit subsidy can be increased to $25.00 per month to a greater amount, etc. Commissioner Teglia noted that at the study session with Council there was a big issue with the clean up of the toxic waste. He noted that the water area has not been cleaned up and the Commission and Council had asked for an update on that issue. Chief Planner Sparks noted that U.S. Steel has put forth a clean up plan that is being reviewed by the appropriate agencies. Staff will provide an update on this progress. ADMINISTRA TIVE BUSINESS 7. Items from Staff · Chief Planner Sparks noted that at the Study Session of September 14th the Commission will have new information on Terrabay and Gellert Duc Housing will have a presentation on their application for the Commission to review. 8. Items from Commission · Commissioner Teglia asked if the study session could be taped because he and Commissioner D'Angelo would be absent on September 14th. Commissioner Baldocchi noted that having the video tape available will allow those Commissioners who will not be present an opportunity to review the information given at the study session. Chairperson Sim noted that he may be absent on September 21 st for the Terrabay public hearing. Commissioner Teglia noted that there will be several Commissioners absent to decide one of the most important projects for the City. After discussing the Commission's schedule for the next month, it was decided that the Tenabay public hearing would not be scheduled for September 21 st due to various Commissioners being absent. The Commission decided to tentatively schedule the public hearing for October 5, 2000. · Commissioner Romero announced that the EI Camino High School band will be playing for the kick off of Genentech Goes to Town on Monday September 11th. · Commissioner Romero noted that he read in an editorial that a property owner of a portion in Sign Hill filed suit against the City for not allowing them to build a project consisting of 154 townhomes on half of the 26 acre site. He added that they apparently prevailed in court. He noted that he had not seen a proposal, as a Commissioner, go before the Commission and it went straight to litigation. Assistant City Attorney Johnson noted that she would prepare a report and send it to the Commission. Chief Planner Sparks noted that there may be factual issues with the editorial that could be based on one side of the court proceedings, which may not be shared by the other side. S:\Minutes\090700 RPC.doc Page 5 of 6 · Commissioner Teglia noted that Chestnut A venue was approved for a widening improvement but it had been delayed. He noted that there is a major traffic impact on that street, especially the turn from Chestnut onto Baden, and asked that this be researched. Chief Planner Sparks noted that it would be researched by the Engineering Division. 9. Items from the Public - None 10. Adjournment Motion Meloni / Second Honan to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 9:18 p.m. homas C. Sparks Secretary to the Plannin Commission City of South San Francisco NEXT MEETING: Study Session September 14, 2000, Municipal Services Building, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, CA. NOTE: Staff Reports can now be accessed on the web site. www.ci.ssf.ca.us (Economic & Community DcvelopmentIPlanning webpages). S:\Minutes\090700 RPC.doc Page 6 of 6