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BOARD OF APPEALS

CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

REGULAR MEETING - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2002

5:00 P.M., CITY HALL, ROOM 416, ONE DR. CARLTON B. GOODLETT PLACE

(1)PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, members of the public may address the Board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Board will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting with one exception. When the agenda item has already been reviewed in a public hearing at which members of the public were allowed to testify and the Board has closed the public hearing, your opportunity to address the Board must be exercised during the Public Comment portion of the calendar. Each member of the public may address the Board for up to three minutes. If it is demonstrated that comments by the public will exceed 15 minutes, the President may continue Public Comment to another time during the meeting.

(2)COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS & QUESTIONS:

(3)ANNUAL ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS.

(4)ADDENDUM ITEMS:

ITEM A: 1030-1032 Balboa Street. Letter from Victoria Peterson, requesting that the Board take jurisdiction over Building Permit Application No. 2001/10/09/0242 (demolish and permanently remove illegal unit and convert to storage). Permit Holder: Allen Fong. PUBLIC HEARING HELD NOVEMBER 7, 2001. FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION TODAY.

Date Permit Issued: October 9, 2001

Last Day to Appeal: October 24, 2001

Date Jurisdiction Request Received: October 26, 2001

ITEM B: Adoption of a Notice of Special Restrictions (NSR) for the property at 2836 Washington Street, Appeal 01-138, 2836 Washington Street LLC vs. DBI, PCD, heard December 5, 2001. Upon motion by President Chin, the Board voted 4-0-1 (Commissioner Cullum absent) to overrule the denial by the Planning Commission, and grant the subject permit on condition that the doors to the rear decks be removed and replaced with windows, and with an NSR to be recorded prohibiting the use of the two roof areas as decks, with said NSR to be adopted on December 12, 2001.

(5) APPEAL NO. 01-197

EMILY JOY BENKERT, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION,

Respondent

PLANNING DEPT. APPROVAL

[56 Sheridan Street.

[Protesting issuance on October 16, 2001, to [Richard Hart, Site Permit to Erect a Building [(five-story, four-unit building, 50 feet in height, [with 2,459sf of ground floor area).

[APPLICATION NO. 2001/05/15/9233S.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(6) APPEAL NO. 01-168

QUINCY YU, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS, Respondent

[2138 - 16th Avenue.

[Appealing denial on May 19, 2001, of permit [to remove and replace one tree.

[ORDER NO. 172,915.

[JURISDICTION GRANTED SEPT. 12, 2001.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(7) APPEAL NO. 01-182

RUDY KOPPL, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION,

Respondent

PLANNING DEPT. DISAPPROVAL

[2398 Pacific Avenue.

[Appealing denial on September 27, 2001, of [Permit to Alter a Building (permit to legalize [41st unit, CFC issued 8613543 issued August [19, 1988 for 40 units).

[APPLICATION NO. 2001/10/24/1637.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(8) APPEAL NO. 01-185

KIRA MAKAGON & LEON TAYLOR,

Appellant(s)

vs.

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent

[2188 Sutter Street.

[Appealing a Notice of Alleged Violation dated [October 4, 2001, that Building Permit [Application No. 2000/11/06/4985 which was [approved without Planning Dept. review did not [represent the work that actually took place, i.e., [a merger of original unit #1 and unit #3 into a [single unit located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of [the subject property, in violation of Planning [Commission Resolutions 16078 and 16053 [which require a Discretionary Review (DR) [hearing for building permits involving dwelling [unit mergers.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(9) APPEAL NO. 01-188

JERRY McDONALD, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION,

Respondent

PLANNING DEPT. APPROVAL

[176 Clipper Street.

[Protesting issuance on October 11, 2001, to [Laurie Bell, Site Permit to Alter a Building

[(3 story rear addition including art studio on [first floor; kitchen, family room, bath on second; [master bedroom/bath/closet on third; [mezzanine study over master bedroom; new [deck and stairs to grade; demolish existing rear [portion of house for addition; roof deck over [existing roof).

[APPLICATION NO. 2000/11/21/6290S.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(10) APPEAL NO. 01-189

PAULA DAVIS DeBELLA

& STAN DeBELLA, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION,

Respondent

PLANNING DEPT. APPROVAL

[1209 Vicente Street.

[Protesting issuance on October 11, 2001, to [Amasia Television (then new owner Dennis [Liu), Permit to Demolish a Building (one-story [retail building, 15 feet in height with 2500sf of [ground floor area).

[APPLICATION NO. 2001/03/31/5734.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(11) APPEAL NO. 01-192

MARK A. POSTH, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION,

Respondent

PLANNING DEPT. APPROVAL

[49-51 Carl Street.

[Protesting issuance on October 15, 2001, to [James Judge, Site Permit to Alter a Building [(rear addition; create habitable space from [existing storage space and basement; new [decks).

[APPLICATION NO. 2001/03/01/3248S.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(12) APPEAL NO. V01-170

ROSE PARDINI, Appellant(s)

vs.

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent

[745 Brazil Avenue.

[Appealing denial of Rear Yard Variance (third [floor addition of an existing legal non-[complying dwelling structure located in the [required rear yard)

[VARIANCE CASE NO. 2001.0615V

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

ITEMS (13A) & (13B) SHALL BE HEARD TOGETHER:

(13A) APPEAL NO. 01-164

DEMAS YAN, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION,

Respondent

[547 - 23rd Avenue.

[Appealing a determination by the Director of [the Dept. of Building Inspection, dated [September 19, 2001, that the work performed [on the subject property at 547 - 23rd Avenue [on May 16, 2001 constituted an unlawful [demolition within the meaning of Section [103.3 of the Building Code, and that the site [permit (horizontal addition) is hereby revoked.

[APPLICATION NO. 9814760S

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(13B) APPEAL NO. 01-165

DEMAS YAN, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION,

Respondent

[547 - 23rd Avenue.

[Appealing a determination by the Director of [the Dept. of Building Inspection, dated [September 19, 2001, that the work performed [on the subject property at 547 - 23rd Avenue [on May 16, 2001 constituted an unlawful [demolition within the meaning of Section [103.3 of the Building Code, and that the [permit (revisions to BPA 9814760S, garage [addition in front of existing house, shoring of [garage) is hereby revoked.

[APPLICATION NO. 2000/09/06/9833.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

ADJOURNMENT.

Note: Each item on this agenda may include the following documents:

1. Appellant’s statement and rebuttal brief.

2. Permit holder’s response and rebuttal brief.

3. Department decision, permit, determination or resolution.

4. Public correspondence.

These items are available for review at the Board’s office, 1660 Mission Street, Room 3036, front counter.

Date posted: January 10, 2001