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Board approves conditional use at 1575 South Van Ness with neighborhood conditions
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on May 6 approved a conditional use permit for 1575 South Van Ness with added conditions on noise, truck idling, landscaping and community referrals; the vote was 9–1, with Supervisor Peskin opposed.
Supervisor Ammiano moved and the Board of Supervisors approved a conditional use permit for property at 1575 South Van Ness on May 6, adding conditions aimed at mitigating neighborhood impacts.
The motion to approve the conditional use (item 10 on the agenda), to table item 9 and to direct the clerk to prepare findings (item 11) passed by roll call, 9 ayes and 1 no. Supervisor Peskin cast the lone dissenting vote; one supervisor was absent for the vote.
Supervisor Ammiano told colleagues the amended motion incorporated planning staff recommendations and added conditions addressing pedestrian safety, traffic calming, street greening, idling trucks, and noise. “On top of these conditions, we understand, through the hearing, through hearing from the community and all of the evidence that has been submitted to the board, that the project sponsor has made additional accommodations to address neighborhood concerns,” Ammiano said, and described commitments to provide information to local job-referral programs.
Deputy City Attorney Cheryl Adams summarized the conditions included in the motion: compliance with local noise ordinances; a requirement that on-site delivery trucks and similar equipment not be left idling; provision of trees and shrubs around the site; and that the project sponsor provide information requested by planning staff in connection with an informational hearing the board requested. Planning staff also said the project sponsor had offered to share job-referral information with the Bridal Heights Neighborhood Center and the La Raza Central legal day labor program.
The board also directed that, after the project sponsor and neighborhood organizations meet over the coming months, planning hold an informational hearing to review implementation progress in roughly nine months. The motion specified that findings (item 11) would be prepared consistent with the board’s action.
The action reverses the Planning Commission’s disapproval of the conditional use and authorizes the project to proceed subject to the added conditions. The board’s vote followed a roll-call sequence on the floor; the clerk recorded 9 ayes and 1 no. The board record shows item 9 (a planning-commission-related motion) was tabled, item 10 (approval as amended) was approved, and item 11 (findings) was ordered prepared.
The board’s action is limited to the conditional use and the specific conditions recorded on the motion; it does not itself impose other regulatory changes or long-term entitlements beyond the conditional-use approval and the findings the clerk will prepare.
