Ordinance No. 0243-19

Ord. No. 0243-19

in effect

FILE NO. 190644 ORDINANCE NO. 243-19 [Planning Code- Landmark Designation- 2031 Bush Street (aka the Kinman Gakuen Building)] Ordinance amending the Planning Code to designate 2031 Bush Street (aka the Kinmon Gakuen Building), Assessor's Parcel Block No. 0676, Lot No. 027, as a Landmark under Article 10 of the Planning Code; affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302. ~~OTE: Unchanged Code text and uncodified text are in plain Arial font. Additions to Codes are in single-underline italics Times New Roman [ant. Deletions to Codes are in strikethrouglz italics Times NeH' Roman font. Board amendment additions are in double-underlined Aria! font. Board amendment deletions are in strikethrough /\rial font. Asterisks (* * * *) indicate the omission of unchanged Code subsections or parts of tables. Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco: Section 1. Findings. (a) CEQA and Land Use Findings. (1) The Planning Department has determined that the proposed Planning Code amendment is subject to a Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq., "CEQA") pursuant to Section 15308 of the Guidelines for Implementation of the statute for actions by regulatory agencies for protection of the environment (in this case, landmark designation). Said determination is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File No. 190644 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board of Supervisors affirms this determination. Supervisors Brown; Peskin BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 1 (2) Pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302, the Board of Supervisors finds that the proposed landmark designation of 2031 Bush Street (aka the Kinmon Gakuen Building), Assessor's Parcel Block No. 0676, Lot No. 027, will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare for the reasons set forth in Historic Preservation Commission Resolution No. 1043, recommending approval of the proposed designation, which is incorporated herein by reference. (3) The Board finds that the proposed landmark designation of the Kinmon Gakuen Building is consistent with the San Francisco General Plan and with Planning Code Section 101.1 (b) for the reasons set forth in Historic Preservation Commission Resolution No. 1043, recommending approval of the proposed designation, which is incorporated herein by reference. (b) General Findings. (1) Pursuant to Section 4.135 of the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco, the Historic Preservation Commission has authority "to recommend approval, disapproval, or modification of landmark designations and historic district designations under the Planning Code to the Board of Supervisors." (2) On August 17, 2016, the Historic Preservation Commission added the Kinmon Gakuen Building to the Landmark Designation Work Program. (3) The Designation report was prepared by Planning Department preservation staff. All preparers meet the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards, and the report was reviewed for accuracy and conformance with the purposes and standards of Article 1 0 of the Planning Code. (4) The Historic Preservation Commission, at its regular meeting of February 6, 2019, reviewed Department staff's analysis of the historical significance of the Kinmon Supervisors Brown; Peskin BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 2 Gakuen Building pursuant to Article 10 as part of the Landmark Designation Case Report dated February 6, 2019. (5) On February 6, 2019, the Historic Preservation Commission passed Resolution No. 1022, initiating designation of the Kinman Gakuen Building as a San Francisco Landmark pursuant to Section 1004.1 of the Planning Code. Such resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File No. 190644 and is incorporated herein by reference. (6) On April 3, 2019, after holding a public hearing on the proposed designation and having considered the specialized analyses prepared by Planning Department staff and the Landmark Designation Case Report, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended approval of the proposed landmark designation of the Kinman Gakuen Building, by Resolution No. 1043. Such resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board in File No. 190644. (7) The Board of Supervisors hereby finds that the Kinman Gakuen Building has a special character and special historical, architectural, and aesthetic interest and value, and that its designation as a Landmark will further the purposes of and conform to the standards set forth in Article 10 of the Planning Code. Section 2. Designation. Pursuant to Section 1004 of the Planning Code, 2031 Bush Street (aka the Kinman Gakuen Building), Assessor's Parcel Block No. 0676, Lot No. 027, is hereby designated as a San Francisco Landmark under Article 10 of the Planning Code. Ill Ill Ill Section 3. Required Data. Supervisors Brown; Peskin BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 3 (a) The description, location, and boundary of the Landmark site consists of the City parcel located at 2031 Bush Street (aka the Kinmon Gakuen Building), Assessor's Parcel Block No. 0676, Lot No. 027, in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood. (b) The characteristics of the Landmark that justify its designation are described and shown in the Landmark Designation Case Report and other supporting materials contained in Planning Department Case Docket No. 2017-012291DES. In brief, the Kinmon Gakuen Building is eligible for local designation as it is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history, and embodies distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction. Specifically, designation of the Kinmon Gakuen Building is proper given its association with the social, cultural, and educational enrichment of Japanese Americans in San Francisco during the twentieth century as the home of Japanese language and culture school, Kinmon Gakuen. The building is also associated with the evacuation, relocation, and incarceration of U.S. citizens and residents of Japanese descent during World War II. Following President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order No. 9066, Kinmon Gakuen was forced to cease operations and its building was taken over by the federal government for use as a processing center where citizens and non-citizens of Japanese ancestry were required to report before they were incarcerated and relocated to concentration camps across the United States. Kinmon Gakuen Building is also significant for its association with community organizing and activism among African Americans in San Francisco during the twentieth century, as home of the Booker T. Washington Community Center from 1942 to 1952. The center provided African Americans, especially youth, with a space for social, educational, and recreational opportunities. During Japanese incarceration, the African American community stewarded many of the properties that had been vacated by Japanese Americans in Japantown, including the Kinmon Gakuen Building, and supported Japanese Americans upon their return to the neighborhood after the Supervisors Brown; Peskin BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page4 war. Designation of the Kinman Gakuen Building is also proper as it is an excellent example of an educational building designed in the Mediterranean Revival architectural style in San Francisco. (c) The particular features that shall be preserved, or replaced in-kind as determined necessary, are those generally shown in photographs and described in the Landmark Designation Case Report, which can be found in Planning Department Docket No. 2017- 012291 DES, and which are incorporated in this designation by reference as though fully set forth. Specifically, the following features shall be preserved or replaced in kind: (1) All exterior elevations, form, massing, structure, rooflines, architectural ornament and materials of 2031 Bush Street (aka the Kinman Gakuen Building) identified as: (A) Irregular plan set back from the front property line; (B) Two-story with basement massing; (C) Flat roof with Mission terra cotta tile coping at the cornice; (D) Lightly textured stucco siding; (E) Gated entrance with Mission terra cotta tile coping leading to the building's side yard; (F) Double stair with risers and treads clad in terra cotta tile separated by a concrete wall with decorative pilasters and water table; (G) Raised entry porch with balustrades and a terra cotta tile clad floor; (H) Metal balcony on the front (north) elevation; (I) Regular fenestration pattern with multi-lite wood windows; (J) Segmental arched portal with decorative tile surround and inset main entrance; (K) Vertically-oriented red and white sign reading "Golden Gate lnstitute/Kinmon Gakuen" in Japanese, located east of the main entrance; Supervisors Brown; Peskin BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 5 (L) Paired six-lite paneled wood entry doors surmounted by segmentally arched four-lite transom; (M) Paired six-lite wooden casement windows with three-lite sidelights surmounted by a six-lite transom window flanking the entrance; (N) Paired six-lite wood paneled doors with three-lite sidelights surmounted by a six-lite transom at the second story above main entrance; (0) Two sets of windows on the second floor mirroring those on the third floor; and (P) On the east elevation, pathway in side yard leading to the auditorium. (2) The character-defining interior features of 2031 Bush Street (aka the Kinman Gakuen Building) are those depicted in the floor plans or photos of the Landmark Designation Case Report, including: (A) Second and Third Floors: (i) Circulation pattern characterized by double-loaded corridors on second and third floors; (ii) Wooden floors on second and third floors; (iii) Crown molding and wainscoting in corridors on second and third floors; (iv) Wood paneled classroom doors with multi-lite upper panel and transoms; (v) Window openings at the second floor of the interior; (vi) Dogleg, closed string wooden stairs between basement and second floor, and between second and third floors, with railing; and (vii) Light well with hipped roof and skylights. (B) Auditorium: Supervisors Brown; Peskin BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 6 (vii) Light well with hipped roof and skylights. (B) Auditorium: (i) Volume of assembly space; (ii) Stage; (iii) Wooden floors; (iv) Vertical plank wainscoting; (v) Engaged pilasters; (vi) Ceiling beams and brackets; and (vii) Crown molding. Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after enactment. Enactment occurs when the Mayor signs the ordinance, the Mayor returns the ordinance unsigned or does not sign the ordinance within ten days of receiving it, or the Board of Supervisors overrides the Mayor's veto of the ordinance. APPROVED AS TO FORM: DENNIS J. HE7RER(f,/City Attorney ' l' I i By: ; ' """/\ AN DRI2A\HU I~ESCTlJI DE Deputy Ci\t Att , rney < J n:\legana\as2019\1800206\01363682.docx '· Supervisors Brown; Peskin BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 7 City and County of San Francisco Taiis Ordinance City Hall I Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 File Number: 190644 Date Passed: October 22, 2019 Ordinance amending the Planning Code to designate 2031 Bush Street (aka the Kinmon Gakuen Building), Assessor's Parcel Block No. 0676, Lot No. 027, as a Landmark under Article 10 of the Planning Code; affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302. September 30, 2019 Land Use and Transportation Committee- RECOMMENDED October 08, 2019 Board of Supervisors- PASSED ON FIRST READING Ayes: 9- Brown, Fewer, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani and Yee Excused: 2 - Haney and Walton October 22, 2019 Board of Supervisors- FINALLY PASSED Ayes: 11 -Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton and Yee File No. 190644 London N. Breed Mayor City and County of San Francisco Pagel I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on 10/22/2019 by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. Angela Calvillo Clerk of the Board Date Approved Printed at 9:01am on 10/23119

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