June 7, 2006

City and County of San Francisco

Land Use and Economic Development Committee

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
1:00 PM
Regular Meeting

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Members: Sophie Maxwell, Gerardo Sandoval, Jake McGoldrick

Clerk: Mary Red (415) 554-4442

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		Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents: 1) Legislation 2) Budget Analyst report 3) Legislative Analyst report

		Each member of the public will be allotted the same maximum number of minutes to speak as set by the Chair at the beginning of each item, excluding City representatives, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting.

	AGENDA CHANGES

	REGULAR AGENDA

1.	060598	[Amending the Traffic Code to authorize establishing back-in only angled parking spaces]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Traffic Code by amending Section 55 to authorize the Municipal Transportation Agency, with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, to establish back-in only angled parking spaces.
		5/2/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests this item be referred to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		5/15/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Department of Parking and Traffic for environmental review.
		5/17/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Categorically exempt from Environmental Review.

2.	060599	[Allowing commercial vehicles that are actively loading or unloading during rush hour to block bike lanes on Illinois Street between 16th Street and Cargo Way]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Ordinance amending the Traffic Code by amending Section 38.N to exempt from the prohibition on blocking bike lanes from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., commercial vehicles that are actively loading or unloading on Illinois Street between 16th Street and Cargo Way.
		5/2/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests this item be referred to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
		5/15/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Department of Parking and Traffic for environmental review.
		5/17/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Categorically exempt from Environmental Review.

3.	060600	[Traffic Regulations]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Resolution enacting and rescinding traffic regulations on various streets. BICYCLE LANES - ESTABLISH (18 month trial) Illinois Street, both directions, between 16th Street and Cargo Way; Sixteenth Street, both directions, between 3rd Street and Illinois Street; and, Cargo Way, both directions, between Illinois Street and Jennings Street (4/25/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street.)
		5/2/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests this item be referred to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

4.	060601	[Parking Regulations]	Supervisor Maxwell
		Resolution enacting and rescinding parking regulations at various locations. PERPENDICULAR PARKING – RESCIND (18 month trial) Illinois Street, east side, between 19th and 22nd Streets BACK-IN ANGLED PARKING, 60 DEGRESS – ESTABLISH (18 month trial) Illinois Street, east side, between 18th Street and 132 feet south of Mariposa Street BACK-IN ANGLED PARKING, 45 DEGRESS – ESTABLISH (18 month trial) Illinois Street, east side, between 20th and 22nd Streets TOW-AWAY, NO PARKING ANYTIME – RESCIND Illinois Street, east side, between 25th and Marin Streets PERPENDICULAR PARKING – ESTABLISH 22nd Street, both sides, between Illinois Street and 480 feet easterly; Tennessee Street, east side, between 18th and 175 feet south of 22nd Street; and 24th Street, both sides, between 100 feet east and 450 feet east of Michigan Street. (4/25/06: Categorically exempt from Environmental Review Class 1(c)(9) changes in the traffic and parking regulations where such changes do not establish a higher speed limit or result in more than a negligible increase in the use of the street.)
		5/2/06, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. Sponsor requests this item be referred to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

5.	031034	[Planning Code - Northeast Waterfront Historic District Signs]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending the Planning Code by creating Section 608.15 to establish the Northeast Waterfront Special Sign District, creating Section 609.14 to address amortization of nonconforming signs in this District, amending Section 608 and Article 10, Appendix D, Section 7 to be consistent with this Ordinance, amending the Zoning Map Sectional Map SSD-1 to show the boundaries of this District, and making findings of consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
		6/3/03, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee, expires on 7/3/2003.
		6/10/03, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Transmitted to Planning Commission for public hearing and recommendation.
		8/6/03, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Notification of Project Receiving Environmental Review, dated August 4, 2003.
		10/16/03, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Commission Resolution No. 16673 adopted October 2, 2003, recommending approval of proposed ordinance with suggested modifications. Received Certificate of Exemption from environmental review dated September 4, 2003.
		12/15/03, CONTINUED. Heard in Committee. Speaker: Supervisor Peskin. Continued to 1/5/04.
		1/12/04, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Speakers: None.
		7/19/04, FILED. Filed pursuant to Rule 5.37.
		7/26/05, REACTIVATED PURSUANT TO RULE 5.23.
		7/26/05, ASSIGNED to Land Use Committee.
		2/7/06, TRANSFERRED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

6.	052021	[General Advertising Signs - Relocation Agreements, Sign Inventories]	Supervisor Peskin
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by adding Section 2.21 to establish a General Advertising Sign Relocation Procedure; amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 303 to add criteria for the Planning Commission's approval of a general advertising sign relocation site, amending Planning Code Section 604 to prohibit general advertising signs that have been removed from being replaced on the same site, adding Section 604.2 to require general advertising sign companies to maintain and submit to the City current inventories of their signs, and amending Sections 1005 and 1111.7 to prohibit the relocation of new general advertising signs to Historic Districts or Conservation Districts or on an historic property regulated by Articles 10 and 11 of the Planning Code; and adopting findings including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1 and the General Plan.
		12/13/05, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use Committee, expires on 1/12/2006.
		1/6/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comments.
		2/2/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Exempt from CEQA guidelines 15060(c)(2), Non-physical exemption.
		2/7/06, TRANSFERRED to Land Use and Economic Development Committee. 3/21/06, Extension of Planning Commission review period for an additional 30 days; see File 060366.
		5/10/06, RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning Department Executive Summary; and Planning Resolution 17224.

	ADJOURNMENT

	IMPORTANT INFORMATION
		NOTE: Persons unable to attend the meeting may submit to the City, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding the agenda items above. These comments will be made a part of the official public record and shall be brought to the attention of the Board of Supervisors. Any written comments should be sent to: Committee Clerk of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102 by 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the hearing. Comments which cannot be delivered to the committee clerk by that time may be taken directly to the hearing at the location above.

		NOTE: Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the general plan amendments or planning code and zoning map amendments described above, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

	LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE

	(Not to be considered at this meeting)
		Rule 5.40 provides that when an ordinance or resolution is introduced which would CREATE OR REVISE MAJOR CITY POLICY, the committee to which the legislation is assigned shall not consider the legislation until at least thirty days after the date of introduction. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the routine operations of the departments of the City or when a legal time limit controls the hearing timing. In general, the rule shall not apply to hearings to consider subject matter when no legislation has been presented, nor shall the rule apply to resolutions which simply URGE action to be taken.

7.	060640	[Zoning Map Amendment, vacant lot, Alemany Blvd. between Ocean and Onondaga Avenues]	Supervisors Sandoval, Peskin
		Ordinance amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Sheet 11 of the Zoning Map of the City and County of San Francisco to change the use designation of Lot 11C in Assessor's Block 6954 from RH-1 (One-Family) to NC-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial District); adopting findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1(b).
		5/9/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/8/2006.
		5/17/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Commission for review and comment. 8/8/06, File 061189 introduced, extension for Planning Commission to review, November 13, 2006. Adopted 8/15/06.

8.	060674	[Condominium conversion with senior, disabled, or catastrophically ill tenant purchase]	Supervisor Dufty
		Ordinance amending the Subdivision Code to add Section 1396.3 to allow condominium conversion for buildings of six (6) or fewer units with senior, disabled, or catastrophically ill tenant purchase of a unit, as provided herein, and making environmental findings.
		5/16/06, ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Economic Development Committee, expires on 6/15/2006.
		5/26/06, REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. Referred to Planning Department for environmental review findings.

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