# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 4, 2014 - Meeting date: 2014-11-04 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 16 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/224/2014-11-04-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=353179&GUID=4824F69B-8B0B-4FA9-A235-B3194CAC42F3) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 140932: Accept and Expend Grant - California Department of Parks and Recreation's Habitat Conservation Fund - Youth Stewardship Program - $200,000 - Pages: 4-5 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 140932 [Accept and Expend Grant - California Department of Parks and Recreation's Habitat Conservation Fund - Youth Stewardship Program - $200,000] Sponsor: Chiu Resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend a grant of $200,000 from the California Department of Parks and Recreation’s Habitat Conservation Fund to support the Youth Stewardship Program. Resolution No. 410-14 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 141004: Accept and Expend Grant - Juvenile Justice Accountability Block Grant - $75,889 - Pages: 5 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 141004 [Accept and Expend Grant - Juvenile Justice Accountability Block Grant - $75,889] Sponsor: Campos Resolution retroactively authorizing the Public Defender’s Office to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $75,889 from the Board of State and Community Corrections for the purposes of implementing local juvenile justice accountability measures through the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant, for the term of July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. Resolution No. 411-14 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 141041: Fisherman's Wharf, and Fisherman's Wharf Portside Community Benefit Districts - Annual Reports to the City - FYs 2009-2013 - Pages: 5 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 141041 [Fisherman's Wharf, and Fisherman's Wharf Portside Community Benefit Districts - Annual Reports to the City - FYs 2009-2013] Sponsor: Chiu Resolution receiving and approving annual reports for the Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District and Fisherman's Wharf Portside Community Benefit District for FYs 2009-2013, submitted as required by the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Section 36650 (California Streets and Highways Code, Sections 36600, et seq.), and the Districts' management contracts with the City. Resolution No. 412-14 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 120881: Planning Code, Zoning Map - Uses, Conformity of Uses, Parking Requirements for Uses, and Special Use Districts - Pages: 5-6 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: e Broadway and North Beach Neighborhood Commercial Districts (NCDs), and the Washington-Broadway Special Use District (SUD); make maximum residential parking permitted in Downtown Commercial and RC Districts consistent with Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) Districts; make maximum non-residential parking in RC Districts, Chinatown Mixed Use Districts, and Broadway and North Beach NCDs consistent with NCT Districts; make surface parking lots a non-conforming use in Downtown Commercial Districts; modify conformity requirements in various use districts; modify streetscape requirements, public open space requirements, floor-area ratio calculations, and transportation management requirements for various uses in certain districts; permit certain exceptions from exposure and open space requirements for historic buildings; remove references to deleted sections of the Code; amend Zoning Map Sheet SU01 to consolidate the two Washington-Broadway SUDs and revise the boundaries; and making environmental findings, Section 302, findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 140844: Planning Code - Formula Retail and Large-Scale Retail Controls - Pages: 6 - Vote 1: amendment - Action: rocery stores, to require an economic impact study and establish new fees for said study; require 30 days’ public notice for conditional use hearings on proposed Formula Retail uses; amend Neighborhood Commercial Districts that required Conditional Use for Financial and Limited Financial Services to principally permit Financial and Limited Financial Services except in the Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District, Upper Market Neighborhood Commercial Transit District, and 24th Street - Noe Valley Neighborhood Commercial District; delete the Conditional Use requirement for Walk-Up Facilities that are not set back 3 feet; and correct various Code provisions to ensure accuracy of cross-references; and adopting findings, including environmental findings, Planning Code, Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. Supervisor Wiener, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED on Page 80, Line 18, by adding ‘complete’ before ‘application’, deleting ‘for a proposed Formula Retail use’, and changing ‘City’ to ‘Planning Department’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 140970: Administrative Code - Calculating Interest on Residential Rental Security Deposits - Pages: 6 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 140970 [Administrative Code - Calculating Interest on Residential Rental Security Deposits] Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to provide a new method for calculating the interest on residential rental security deposits beginning March 1, 2015. (Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ### File 140980: Summary Street Vacation - Portion of Raccoon Drive - Pages: 6-7 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 140980 [Summary Street Vacation - Portion of Raccoon Drive] Sponsor: Wiener Ordinance ordering the summary street vacation of a portion of Raccoon Drive, between Twin Peaks Boulevard and Saint Germain Avenue; approving a quitclaim of the City’s interest in the vacation area; approving a public access easement over a portion of the vacation area; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; adopting findings that the actions contemplated in this legislation are consistent with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and authorizing official acts in connection with this Ordinance. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee ## Extracted text ### [Page 5](https://sfbos.info/documents/224/2014-11-04-minutes#page-5) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/4/2014 141004 [Accept and Expend Grant - Juvenile Justice Accountability Block Grant - $75,889] Sponsor: Campos Resolution retroactively authorizing the Public Defender’s Office to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $75,889 from the Board of State and Community Corrections for the purposes of implementing local juvenile justice accountability measures through the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant, for the term of July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. Resolution No. 411-14 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Recommendation of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 141041 [Fisherman's Wharf, and Fisherman's Wharf Portside Community Benefit Districts - Annual Reports to the City - FYs 2009-2013] Sponsor: Chiu Resolution receiving and approving annual reports for the Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District and Fisherman's Wharf Portside Community Benefit District for FYs 2009-2013, submitted as required by the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Section 36650 (California Streets and Highways Code, Sections 36600, et seq.), and the Districts' management contracts with the City. Resolution No. 412-14 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee Recommendations of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee 120881 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - Uses, Conformity of Uses, Parking Requirements for Uses, and Special Use Districts] Sponsor: Chiu Ordinance amending the Planning Code, by repealing Section 158 and amending various other Code Sections, to modify controls for uses and accessory uses in Commercial and Residential Commercial (RC) Districts; eliminate minimum parking requirements for the Chinatown Mixed Use Districts, RC Districts, the Broadway and North Beach Neighborhood Commercial Districts (NCDs), and the Washington-Broadway Special Use District (SUD); make maximum residential parking permitted in Downtown Commercial and RC Districts consistent with Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) Districts; make maximum non-residential parking in RC Districts, Chinatown Mixed Use Districts, and Broadway and North Beach NCDs consistent with NCT Districts; make surface parking lots a non-conforming use in Downtown Commercial Districts; modify conformity requirements in various use districts; modify streetscape requirements, public open space requirements, floor-area ratio calculations, and transportation management requirements for various uses in certain districts; permit certain exceptions from exposure and open space requirements for historic buildings; remove references to deleted sections of the Code; amend Zoning Map Sheet SU01 to consolidate the two Washington-Broadway SUDs and revise the boundaries; and making environmental findings, Section 302, findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 782 Printed at 9:31 am on 12/10/14 ### [Page 6](https://sfbos.info/documents/224/2014-11-04-minutes#page-6) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/4/2014 140844 [Planning Code - Formula Retail and Large-Scale Retail Controls] Sponsor: Mar Ordinance amending the Planning Code to amend the definition of Formula Retail to include businesses that have 11 or more outlets worldwide; expand the applicability of Formula Retail controls to other types of uses; require Conditional Use authorization for Formula Retail establishments in the C-3-G district with facades facing Market Street, between 6th Street and the intersection of Market Street, 12th Street and Franklin Street; provide a method for calculating the concentration of formula retail establishments in a certain area; require Planning Department staff to recommend disapproval of new formula retail in the Upper Market Neighborhood Commercial District based on concentration of existing Formula Retail; delete the requirement for Conditional Use authorization when a Formula Retail establishment changes operator but remains the same size and use category; define intensification and abandonment for Formula Retail uses; require Formula Retail uses to comply with performance guidelines; amend the Conditional Use criteria for Large-Scale Retail Uses, and for Formula Retail uses of 20,000 gross square feet or greater except for General and Specialty Grocery stores, to require an economic impact study and establish new fees for said study; require 30 days’ public notice for conditional use hearings on proposed Formula Retail uses; amend Neighborhood Commercial Districts that required Conditional Use for Financial and Limited Financial Services to principally permit Financial and Limited Financial Services except in the Castro Street Neighborhood Commercial District, Upper Market Neighborhood Commercial Transit District, and 24th Street - Noe Valley Neighborhood Commercial District; delete the Conditional Use requirement for Walk-Up Facilities that are not set back 3 feet; and correct various Code provisions to ensure accuracy of cross-references; and adopting findings, including environmental findings, Planning Code, Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. Supervisor Wiener, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED on Page 80, Line 18, by adding ‘complete’ before ‘application’, deleting ‘for a proposed Formula Retail use’, and changing ‘City’ to ‘Planning Department’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee 140970 [Administrative Code - Calculating Interest on Residential Rental Security Deposits] Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to provide a new method for calculating the interest on residential rental security deposits beginning March 1, 2015. (Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee 140980 [Summary Street Vacation - Portion of Raccoon Drive] Sponsor: Wiener Ordinance ordering the summary street vacation of a portion of Raccoon Drive, between Twin Peaks Boulevard and Saint Germain Avenue; approving a quitclaim of the City’s interest in the vacation area; approving a public access easement over a portion of the vacation area; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; adopting findings that the actions contemplated in this legislation are consistent with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and authorizing official acts in connection with this Ordinance. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 783 Printed at 9:31 am on 12/10/14