Church Street Apartments : draft environmental impact report

136 Pages·1999·7.9 MB·English

by  San Francisco (Calif.). Dept. of City Planning

CHURCH STREET APARTMENTS
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
CITYAND COUNTY OF^AN FRANCISCO^LANNING DEPARTMENT
PLANNING DEPARTMENT FILE NO. 99.097E
I DRAFT EIR PUBLICATION DATE: JULY 17, 1999
DRAFT EIR PUBLIC HEARING DATE: AUGUST 19, 1999
DRAFT EIR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: JULY 17, 1999 TO AUGUST 31, 1999
WRITTEN COMMENTS SHOULD BE SENTTO:
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1660 MISSION STREET
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July 17, 1999
To Whom May Concern:
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RE: Notice ofCompletion and Availability ofDraft Environmental Impact Report for the
Proposed Project: Church Street Apartments [Case No. 99.097E - Assessor's Block
874, Lot 14]
This notice is to inform you of the completion and availability ofthe Draft Environmental Impact
Report (DEIR) concerning the proposed project described below. The DEIR contains information
about the possible environmental effects ofthe proposed project, including a potentially significant
impact related to building demolition. Preparation ofa DEIR does not indicate a decision by the
City to carry out or not to carry out the proposed project.
Project Description: The proposed project is the demolition of the Daphne Funeral Home
building at One Church Street and construction of a new affordable housing development with
93 units, a child care center for up to 36 children, a community room, a computer learning
center, and a small retail use on the block bounded by Webster, Hermann, and Church Streets,
and Duboce Avenue. The proposed project would include about 92,000 square feet (sq. ft.) of
residential use, about 2,700 sq. ft. for the child care center, about 2,400 sq. ft. for the
computer learning center, community room and manager's office, and about 250 sq. ft. of
ground-floor retail space. The proposed project would include two levels of structured parking,
totaling about 94 spaces. The proposed project would require Conditional Use authorization for
a Planned Unit Development. The project site is within the NC-3 zoning district, Moderate-
Scale Neighborhood Commercial.
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Draft EIR Available: Copies ofthe DEIR are available at the Planning Information Counter, First
Floor, 1660 Mission Street, San Francisco. Referenced material is also available for review upon
request.
Public Hearing: A Public Hearing on the DEIR has been scheduled for August 19, 1999 at the
City Planning Commission's regular meeting.
Review Period: Public comments will be accepted from July 17, 1999, to August 31, 1999 at 5:00
p.m. or at the time the Public Hearing closes ifafter 5:00 p.m.
Contact Person: Rick Cooper Phone: [phone]

SANFRANCISCOPUBLICLIBRARY
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DATE: July 17, 1999
TO: Distribution List for the Church Street Apartments Project Draft EIR
FROM: Hillary Gitelman, Environmental Review Officer
SUBJECT: Request for the Final Enviroimiental Impact Report for the Church Street
Apartments Project (Planning Department File No. 99.097E)
This is the Draft of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Church Street Apartments
project. A public hearing will be held on the adequacy and accuracy of this document.
After the public hearing, our office will prepare and publish a document titled "Summary of
Comments and Responses" that will contain a summary of all relevant comments on this
Draft EIR and our responses to those comments. It may also specify changes to this Draft
EIR. Those who testify at the hearing on the Draft EIR will automatically receive a copy of
the Comments and Responses document, along with notice of the date reserved for
certification; others may receive such copies and notice on request or by visiting our office.
This Draft EIR together with the Summary of Comments and Responses document will be
considered by the City Planning Commission in an advertised public meeting and certified as
a Final EIR if deemed adequate.
After certification, we will modify the Draft EIR as specified by the Comments and
Responses document and print both documents in a single publication called the Final EIR.
The Final EIR will add no new information to the combination of the two documents except
to reproduce the certification resolution. It will simply provide the information in one, rather
than two, documents. Therefore, if you receive a copy of the Comments and Responses
document in addition to this copy of the Draft EIR, you will technically have a copy of the
Final EIR.
We are aware that many people who receive the Draft EIR and Summary of Comments and
Responses have no interest in receiving virtually the same information after the EIR has been
certified. To avoid expending money and paper needlessly, we would like to send copies of
the Final EIR to private individuals only if they request them. If you would like a copy of
the Final EIR, therefore, please fill out and mail the postcard provided inside the back cover
to the Major Environmental Analysis Office of the Planning Department within two weeks
after certification of the EIR. Any private party not requesting a Final EIR by that time will
not be mailed a copy. Public agencies on the distribution list will automatically receive a
copy of the Final EIR.
Thank you for your interest in this project.
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CHURCH STREET APARTMENTS
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING DEPARTMENT
PLANNING DEPARTMENT FILE NO. 99.097E
DRAFT EIR PUBLICATION DATE: JULY 17, 1999
DRAFT EIR PUBLIC HEARING DATE: AUGUST 19, 1999
DRAFT EIR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: JULY 17, 1999 TO AUGUST 31, 1999
WRITTENCOMMENTS SHOULD BESENTTO:
THEENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWOFFICER
SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING DEPARTMENT
1660 MISSION STREET
SAN FRANCISCO. CA94103
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Table of Contents
Church Street Apartments Project
Draft Environmental Impact Report
July 17, 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY
I. 1
PROJECT DESCRIPTION 12
II.
A. Project Sponsor's Objectives 12
B. Project Location 14
C. Project Characteristics 17
D. Project Schedule and Cost 21
E. Approvals Required and General Plan Policies 21
ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING AND IMPACTS 26
III.
A. Historic Architectural Resources 26
B. Transportation 40
IV. MITIGATION MEASURES PROPOSED TO MINIMIZE
POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT 51
V OTHER CEQA CONSIDERATIONS 54
A. Significant Environmental Effects That Cannot Be Avoided
if the Proposed Project Is Implemented 54
VI. ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT 55
A. Alternative A: No Project 56
B. Alternative B: Re-Use and Reduced Development 57
C. Alternative C: Preservation and Reduced Development 61
D. Alternative D: Preservation and Taller Development 63
VII. DRAFT EIR DISTRIBUTION LIST 67
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VIII. REPORT PREPARERS 79
APPENDICES
A. Notice of Preparation and Initial Study A.la
B. 1976 DCP Survey Ratings Within the Area of Potential Effect B.l
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Table ofContents
LIST OF FIGURES
1. Project Location • • . • 15
2. Aerial of Project Site 16
3. Site Plan and Level 1 Floor Plan 18
4. Level 2 and Level 3 Floor Plans 19
5. Level 4 and Level 5 Floor Plans 20
6. Church Street Elevation and Duboce Avenue Elevation 22
7. Site Views 28
8. Site Views 29
9. Area of Potential Effect 34
10. Existing Transit in the Project Vicinity 41
n. Site Plan for Alternatives B, C, and D 59
LIST OF TABLES
1. Project Peak-Hour Travel Mode 45
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2. Peak Hour Intersection Level of Service 46
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