Planning Commission approves two houses on Folsom Street, declines discretionary review

The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously 7–0 on Oct. 13 to approve the construction of two single‑family houses at 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street in Bernal Heights and declined to take discretionary review of the project.

Planning Department staff had recommended that the commission not take discretionary review and approve the two code‑compliant houses after the department rescinded an earlier categorical CEQA exemption and issued a revised exemption dated July 8, 2016. Department planner Rich Sucre told the commission the two new homes would sit on vacant 20‑by‑70‑foot lots in the RH‑1 Bernal Heights Special Use District, each about 2,200 gross square feet, with two off‑street parking spaces. He said the project sponsor had worked with the Department of Public Works and the Street Design Advisory Team…