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1 Atijera, Evamarie From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: a: 13o Rkp /SL-1No Sanchez, Scott Monday, July 01, :10 PM Zhu, Karen Atijera, Evamarie; DeMartini, Keith; Ko, Yvonne RE: letter of determination Thank you, Karen! Cheers, Scott F. Sanchez Zoning Administrator Planning Department I City and County of San Francisco 1650 Mission Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA Direct: Fax: scott.sanchezsfpov.orn Web: Planning Information Center (NC): or icsfov.orp Planning Information Map (PIN): httd://droertvmad.sfdlannino.org From: Zhu, Karen Sent: Monday, July 01, :07 PM To: Sanchez, Scott Cc: Atijera, Evamarie; DeMartini, Keith; Ko, Yvonne Subject: RE: letter of determination Hi Scott, Yvonne is on vacation this week. I will prepare the refund package and send it to Ms. Quayle. Thanks. Karen Zhu Finance Division Planning Departmentj City and County of San Francisco 1650 Mission Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA Direct: Fax: karen.zhusfpov.orcj Web: From: Sanchez, Scott Sent: Monday, July 01, :04 AM To: Ko, Yvonne; Zhu, Karen Cc: Atijera, Evamarie Subject: FW: letter of determination 1

2 Hi Yvonne and Karen, Can you please process a full refund for the Letter of Determination request at 1300 Rhode Island Street (ID #9200), which was submitted on October 15, 2010 (we have not yet provided a response). The fee was $577 and should be refunded in full as an intake error. Thank you! Cheers, Scott F. Sanchez Zoning Administrator Planning Department! City and County or San Francisco 1650 Mission Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA Direct: $ Fax: scott.sanchezsfoov.oro Web: Planning information Center (PlC): or picsfnov.orn Planning information Map (PIM): htt://drodevmad.sfplannino.org From: quayleawning [mailto:guayieawninggmaii.com] Sent: Saturday, June 29, :12 PM To: Sanchez, Scott Cc: Chiu, David; Julian Banales Subject: Re: letter of determination Ohh, yes, please! I would very much like to accept your kind offer of the full refund and also to happily pursue the permission to obtain reactivation of the commercial use. I will proceed immediately by filling out the application post haste and move forward with my request. Thank you for your reply, Marky Quayle Marky Lynn Quayle "dba Quayle & Company Custom Canvas Awnings Celebrating Our 32nd Anniversary Factory Address in Downtown Dogpatch: 2514 Third Street, San Francisco, Ca Text or Voice: for Free Estimates & Design Consultations ***************************************************************************************** for more pics see here: la musica. Triple M Productions New 2011 Release! htto://cdbaby.com/cd/markyquavlel On Jun 29, 2013, at 8:46 AM, "Sanchez, Scott" <scou.sanchez(sfgov.org > wrote: Dear Ms. Quayle Thank you for the and apologies for the untimely response. Yes, Planning Code 186 now allows for reactivation of an abandoned Limited Commercial Use through a conditional use authorization. As such, you can seek a conditional use (CU) authorization to reactivate the commercial use at 1300 Rhode Island Street. I would be more than happy to offer a full refund of the fee from your Letter of Determination request so that you can pursue the CU authorization (please see attached CU application). Please let me know how you would like to proceed.

3 Regards, Scott F. Sanchez Zoning Administrator San Francisco Planning Department 1650 Mission Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA Tel: Fax: scoft.sanchez(sfgov.org Webpage: Planning Information Center (PlC): Property Information Map (PIM): On Jun 28, 2013, at 8:53 PM, quayleawning <guayleawning(gmai1.com > wrote: dear mr. sanchez, i wrote you you last april as you had personally helped me with my quest to restore the once legal commercial zoning to my building on potrero hill at 1300 rhode island st. yet i did not receive the courtesy of a reply. may i please ask you to peruse the letter below and get back to me with advice? I paid hundreds of dollars for a review/letter of determination, you kindly advised me to wait on it as supervisor david chiu had introduced legislation which may be favorable to me. what ever became of that legislation? shall i now pursue the letter of determination? i await the courtesy of a reply. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Marky Quayle Marky Lynn Quayle " dba " Quayle & Company Custom Canvas Awnings Celebrating Our 32nd Anniversary Factory Address in Downtown Dogpatch: 2514 Third Street, San Francisco, Ca Text or Voice: for Free Estimates & Design Consultations ***************************************************************************************** for more pics see here: la musica. Triple M Productions New 2011 Release! htti://cdbaby.com/cd/markyquaylel Begin forwarded message: From: Marky Lynn Quayle <markypuayle@cimail.com > Subject: Fwd: Happy 4th of July Date: April 8, :04:15 PM PDT To: "scott. sanchez()_sfcov. or i" <scott. sanchezcsfqov. orq> Dear Scott

4 I hope you remember me as you were helping me by informing me to wait on receiving from you my Letter of Determination (for which I already paid a couple years ago) due to the fact that Supervisor Chiu introduced legislation which, if passed, would be a godsend to my 1887-built-for -a-hundred-years-legally commercial building it was de-zoned for commercial use by the planning commission back in the day when they didn t value the charm of mixed use buildings and neighborhoods - approximately 1979-ish. Since that time, thankfully, it is my understanding that Planning has been influenced by Architectural Historians who now, nearly to a man, say that in cities all over the world everybody s favorite neighborhoods to visit are the mixed use ones such as our own beloved North Beach. Anyway, did the legislation pass which was introduced to allow a building which had once been built for legal commercial use and had never been modified to residential or other to regain it s former permitted commercial status? Thank you for your kind reply, Marky:) Marky Lynn Quayle "- dba Quayle & Company Custom Canvas Awnings Factory Address in Downtown Dogpatch: 2514 Third Street, San Francisco, Ca Text or Voice for Free Estimates & Design Consultations: * Website httn://civavleawnina.com Celebrating Our 32nd Anniversary Quayle & Company Custom Canvas \Vorks ***************************************************************************************** re: la musica Triple M Productions :) New 2011 Release! h9p//car;jj.omffmrkvcuayki Begin forwarded message: From: Scott.Sanchez@sfgov.org Subject: Re: Happy 4th of July - Date: July 7, :18:55 PM PDT To: Marky Lynn Quayle <markypuayleqmaii.com > Hi Marky, Thank you for the . I definitely enjoyed the holiday (and weather) and hope that you did as well. It s good to hear that you are staying involved in this legislation as it moves forward. I do not believe that Supervisor Chiu s mayoral campaign will have an impact on the status of the legislation. The legislation has already been introduced and will likely be reviewed by the Planning Commission at the end of July or August, with Board of Supervisor review in September and October and a potential effective date in November or December. Assuming that the legislation follows this timeline, you would be able to submit a conditional use authorization application by the end of the year. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Regards, Scott F. Sanchez Zoning Administrator San Francisco Planning Department 1650 Mission Street, Suite 400

5 San Francisco, CA Tel: Fax: scoft.sanchezcsfgov.org Webpage: UPN Project: Marky Lynn Quayle <markyquaylegmai l.com> To scott.sanchez(sfgov.org 07/04/201105:48 cc PM Subject Happy 4th of July Dear Scott, I do hope you have had a pleasant 4th of July weekend and celebration w/your family and loved ones. Once you get back to your Office and catch up on your s, you might find this waiting for you. As soon as I heard from you that Board of Supervisors President, David Chiu had introduced legislation to restore Commercial Properties (such as mine) I wrote him a letter of thanks, and told him of my own place. It seemed that within a very short time after that I got an from his Offices announcing his Candidacy for Mayor of San Francisco!! Wow! My question to you is this: now that he is dedicating himself to his Mayoral Campaign, what will happen to this legislation he introduced to reinstitute Commercial Use and Zoning to buildings such as mine? Will it fall by the wayside and be forgotten or will someone else on the Board of Supervisors take up the challenge? I am wondering if there is anything I can do to expedite this process inasmuch as my Storefront sits there empty, unable to be used legally, and thereby also unable to produce much needed income. Thank you for the kindness of your reply. I would so much appreciate any update you might be able to give me.

6 Very truly yours, Marky Quayle ;) Celebrating Our 30th Anniversary Quayle & Company Custom Canvas Works Marky Lynn Quayle dba Quayle & Company Custom Canvas Awnings Factory Address: 2514 Third Street, San Francisco, Ca Telephone: Call for Free Estimates & Design Consultations **************************************************************************************** Jazz Vocalist Recording Artist la musica New 2011 Release! 1 Review in All About Jazz of 1st release: = Triple M Productions 2514 Third Street, San Francisco California <CU Application.pdf

7 ID II CE VI -&VALcS. C'.s"~ -" '7 '~..~~"i"':k;. ç11-7 CO October 14th, 2010 Marky Lynn Quayle 2380 Broadway, S.F rna rky@markyquayle. com I RECEIVED Administrative Review rv Attention: Acting Administrator, Scott Sanchez ocr W Request for Review and Letter of Determination CITY & Ct?UNTY OF S.F. PLANNING OEPP,RTMENT Dear Sirs, BL 4260/!-T C-Oi I am hoping to reinstitute the commercial zoning which was in force at 1300 Rhode Island Street from 1887 until 1979 at which time, the elderly couple (in their 70's & 80's) the Rasmussens, were told by the City that their zoning was being taken away from them. They were not educated in matters to do with such a sweeping change and how to protect themselves and their property from it. Mr. Rasmussen's own father built the first floor of 1300 Rhode Island Street as a Saloon in 1887, with a 'game' room and stables next door. Around the time of Prohibition, the Business was changed to a Corner Market to serve the neighborhood's grocery needs. When the Planning Dept decided to take away the charming mixed use of the Potrero Hill area where 1300 Rhode Island St is located, the elderly Rasmussen's didn't know how to fight it. The commercial zoning lapsed. In 1987 they sold their building to me after it had been in their family for one hundred years. Their Realtor represented it to me as a Commercial Building. I believed him. Only when I went to open up a Sidewalk Cafe with the famous Enrico Banducci as my partner was I told the building was no longer zoned commercial. I was shocked! It sure looked like a commercial building. I got over my disappointment and went on with my life. I rented the building to others

8 and moved home to live next door to my mother on the north side of town. A tenant of mine set the five adjacent garages on fire working on his car. During the permit process, I was cruelly fought by my neighbor, Jon Pon who did not want me to rebuild my garages. During the permit fight, which I won, the issue of the "3" unit building came up as the Storefront had never been 'rezoned' after its ninety plus years of legal commercial use was taken away from it's elderly owners. The Storefront was just in some kind of "no man's zone". Mr. Passmore wrote on the initial 1995 permit that it could only be used for Storage "until further review". Jim Miller wrote that the Storefront could be annexed into the upper apt by use of an existing interior staircase, be made part of that residential unit and be used as to house a business as long as a) the business was owned by the person(s) who lived upstairs and b) there was no sign put out. I had a few tenants along the way who intended to open up a Gallery to show Art and to have Private Parties inviting people to come see the art for sale. Another one who wanted to have a private yoga lesson studio. Another one who wanted to have "house parties" for jazz musicians, dutch treat where each person coming to the party paid into a pot to cover the musicians (there were other ideas too). Recently along came a lovely lady who along with living upstairs intends to open a Pet supply service, delivering for free, pet food and supplies to residents of Potrero HilL. She has obtained her Business License, is busy beautifying the interior of the Storefront, being congratulated by her friendly neighbors etc. But ohh, ohh: Along comes my adversarial neighbor Jon Pon tellng her she cannot open her Pet Supply delivery service. I clearly remember Jim Miller saying a business

9 could be housed there IF it belonged to the upstairs resident and IF no sign was put out. I went to Planning today in hopes of helping to protect her from this neighbor. To my great disappointment I was told that Jim Miller (who was familiar with my case) had retired two months ago. Mr. Passmore also is retired. Therefore i am writing this request for a Letter of Determination. I am hoping to ask you to reconsider the taking away of the commercial use permit of the Storefront at 1300 Rhode Island way back in 1978 and to consider re-instating that very zoning which it had from 1887 until then. I recently saw a show on PBS extolling the virtues of mixed-use commercial/residential districts. The architectural historian who was hosting the documentary stated in so many words that in "everybody's favorite cities" throughout the world, "everybody's favorite neighborhoods" are always the Mixed Use neighborhoods. He went on to describe how vibrant the mixed use neighborhoods are, how they add so much 'local color' which tourists love (take our beloved North Beach for example). I would hope that since the Rasmussen's were elderly and uninformed back in the day when they were deprived of their commercial zoning which had legally been in their family for ninety plus years, and that the area where the beautiful 1300 Rhode Island Street building is, would be greatly served by having a local business there, and that our economy is mostly made up of small business people, and that a place such as thhis where the Shopkeeper lives above the Store is an American tradition dating back to our beginnings as a free enterprise country, that you will please reconsider this re-zoning, which, in my opinion, was done in error.

10 The elderly couple had no way of combating such a ruling not being lawyers themselves nor schooled in the multitudinous zoning regulations and business rules of that day. The ruling to take away the century old commercial zoning did not enhance the neighborhood but rather deprived it further of local color, services needed and charm. Please consider re-instating the Commercial Zoning that was in force from 1887 until 1978 as the couple who owned the business at that time had no way of protecting themselves from such a deprivative ruling. Accompanying this letter you will find my check for $577. Thank you for your kind and sincere attention to our matter. Very truly yours, I Vl~ (t J') i- Marky Quayle,,..i! (c)j -ltt/(lill e 2380 Broadway ( r ) / -,- San Francisco _-._/ on behalf of Ida Klein, resident of th Street who wants to open her beloved Pet Supply Delivery Service and Retail selling Store (San Francisco Pet Saloon) there. My telephone: markyquayle@yahoo.com

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