The below item(s) will be heard by the Planning Commission under hearing procedures conforming to Government Code §54953(e). The agenda will be published a minimum of 72 hours before the Planning Commission meeting and will provide a more detailed description of hearing procedures.
Public Hearing Items
Use Permit and Variances/Mohammad Kasirossafar/APN 062-215-080 (305 Haight St.):
Request for a use permit to determine the floor area limit (FAL) on a lot that is less than 5,000 square feet in area, and to construct a new two-story, single-family residence on a vacant substandard lot with regard to minimum lot width, depth, and area in the R-1-U (Single Family Urban Residential) zoning district. The proposal also includes variance requests to reduce the interior side setback to three feet where five feet is required, reduce the corner side setback to six feet where 12 feet is required, reduce the rear setback to 13 feet where 20 feet is required, reduce the number of required off-street parking spaces to one compliant space where two compliant spaces are required, increase the maximum building coverage from 722 square feet to 729.4 square feet, and increase the height of the daylight plane to 23 feet, 11 inches where 19 feet, six inches is required.
Use Permit, Architectural Control, Major Subdivision, BMR Agreement, Environmental Review/68 Willow Owners, LLC/68 Willow Rd.:
Request for a use permit, architectural control permit, and environmental review to demolish an existing office building and construct eight new three-story residential townhome buildings with a total of 50 townhome dwelling units and associated site improvements, on a standard lot in the C-1 (Administrative and Professional District, Restrictive) zoning district. The proposal includes a major subdivision to subdivide the lot into 50 condominium parcels and one common area parcel. Eight units would be available at Below Market Rate (BMR) for households earning up to 120 percent area median income (moderate income) if the project is a for-sale project or 80% area median income (low income) if the project is a rental project. The application is being submitted subject to the State Density Bonus Law, Government Code Section 65915 and relevant amendments, which permits exceptions to the City's Zoning Ordinance requirements. The applicant is requesting waivers from development standards to decrease the minimum front and side setbacks, increase the maximum floor area ratio (FAR), modify the building profile requirement, modify building projection requirements, increase the allowed percentage of stucco siding, decrease the minimum parking stall dimensions, increase maximum height, modify balcony setback requirements, and modify building modulation and height modulation requirements. In addition to requested waivers, the applicant is requesting one concession to increase the maximum parking ratio for residential uses in the C-1 district.
Public Hearing and Study Session
Use Permit, Architectural Control, Vesting Tentative Parcel Map and Lot Line Adjustment, Below Market Rate Housing Agreement, Heritage Tree Removal Permits, and Environmental Review/O'Brien Drive Portfolio LLC/995-1005 O’Brien Dr. and 1320 Willow Rd.:
Request for architectural control, use permit, vesting tentative map and lot line adjustment, Below Market Rate (BMR) housing agreement, and environmental review to demolish three existing, one-story commercial buildings on three parcels and construct one new five-story building for research and development (R&D) and office uses, one new four-story building for R&D and office uses, and one new seven-story parking structure on two parcels located in the Life Science, Bonus (LS-B) zoning district. The proposed project would be constructed in two phases, with the five-story R&D/office building and a portion of the parking structure to be developed in the first phase and the four-story R&D/office building and the remainder of the parking structure in the second phase. The proposed total gross floor area of the project would be approximately 228,398 square feet of R&D/office space with a floor area ratio (FAR) of 1.24. The proposal includes a request for an increase in height and FAR under the bonus level development allowance in exchange for community amenities. The applicant is proposing payment of a community amenities in-lieu fee. The project includes a hazardous materials use permit request to allow two diesel generators to operate the facilities in the event of a power outage or emergency. The project includes a request to modify the design standards related to major building modulations to allow for the modulation to extend to the second floor (approximately 34 feet) instead of the base height (45 feet). The proposed project also includes a request to remove 10 heritage trees.