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SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF APPEALS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2000
5:30 P.M., CITY HALL, ROOM 416
1 DR. CARLTON B. GOODLETT PLACE (FORMERLY 301 POLK STREET)
PRESENT: President Arnold Chin, Commissioner Allam El Qadah, and Commissioner John McInerney.
Judith Boyajian, Deputy City Attorney.
ABSENT: Vice President Sabrina Saunders; Commissioner Carole Cullum; Larry Badiner, Zoning Administrator; Laurence Kornfield, Chief Building Inspector, Department of Building Inspection; and Robert Feldman, Executive Secretary for the Board.
- 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.
SPEAKERS: None.
- COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
SPEAKER: President Arnold Chin apologized to the public for the absence of Vice President Saunders and Commissioner Cullum which created a lack of quorum, and thus requiring the rescheduling of all the cases on the Board’s calendar.
(3) APPEAL NO. 00-123
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ELIZABETH MITSKEVICH, Appellant
vs.
POLICE DEPARTMENT, Respondent
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[600 Townsend Street.
[Denial on July 17, 2000, of Pushcart [Peddler permit.
[FOR HEARING TODAY.
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ACTION: Upon motion by Commissioner El Qadah, the Board voted 3-0-2 (Vice President Saunders and Commissioner Cullum absent) to RESCHEDULE the matter to October 25, 2000.
SPEAKERS: None.
(4) APPEAL NO. 00-074
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EDUARDO TROZ, Appellant
vs.
DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent
PLANNING DEPARTMENT DISAPPROVAL
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[1363 Palou Avenue.
[Denial on May 1, 2000, of permit to Alter [a Building (two-story horizontal addi-[tion).
[APPLICATION NO. 9922806S.
[PUBLIC HEARING HELD AND [CLOSED JULY 26, 2000.
[FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION [TODAY.
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ACTION: Upon motion by Commissioner El Qadah, the Board voted 3-0-2 (Vice President Saunders and Commissioner Cullum absent) to RESCHEDULE the matter to September 20, 2000.
SPEAKERS: None.
(5) APPEAL NO. 00-098
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ANNETTE SCHUBERT, Appellant
vs.
DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent
PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL
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[17A Stoneman Street.
[Protesting issuance on June 12, 2000, [to Kendall Goh, permit to Alter a [Building (remove existing deck surface [and replace with new tiled deck and [railing; remove window and install [French door unit; install new window on [front wall of second floor).
[APPLICATION NO. 2000/06/12/2441.
[FOR HEARING TODAY.
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ACTION: This matter was WITHDRAWN by the appellant prior to hearing.
(6) APPEAL NO. 00-099
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PAUL WEBER & EVELYN MACIAS, Appellants
vs.
DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent
PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL
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[4390 - 26TH Street.
[Protesting issuance on June 13, 2000, [to Sun-Choy Wong, permit to Alter a [Building (one-story vertical addition and [minor alterations in existing building per [plans).
[APPLICATION NO. 2000/02/23/2537.
[FOR HEARING TODAY.
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ACTION: Upon motion by Commissioner El Qadah, the Board voted 3-0-2 (Vice President Saunders and Commissioner Cullum absent) to RESCHEDULE the matter to September 20, 2000.
SPEAKERS: None.
(7) APPEAL NO. 00-102
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PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF DIVISADERO ST., Appellant
vs.
DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent
PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL
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[537 Divisadero Street.
[Protesting issuance on June 21, 2000, [to Howard A. Cooper, permit to Alter a [Building (install new awning).
[APPLICATION NO. 2000/06/21/3277.
[FOR HEARING TODAY.
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ACTION: Upon motion by President Chin, the Board voted 3-0-2 (Vice President Saunders and Commissioner Cullum absent) to RESCHEDULE the matter to September 20, 2000.
SPEAKERS: None.
(8) APPEAL NO. 00-103
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TERRANCE ALLAN, Appellant
vs.
DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent
PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL
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[561 Baker Street.
[Protesting issuance on May 11, 2000, [and suspension June 30, to Robert [Sigmund, permit to Alter a Building [(remove top floor of occupancy to [include bedroom, kitchen, bathrooms; [remove private computer room in [basement; provide one hour fire-rated [door to boiler room; remove obstruction [from back rear stair).
[APPLICATION NO. 2000/04/11/6894.
[FOR HEARING TODAY.
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ACTION: Upon motion by Commissioner El Qadah, the Board voted 3-0-2 (Vice President Saunders and Commissioner Cullum absent) to RESCHEDULE the matter to October 4, 2000.
SPEAKERS: 1. Kevin Greenquist, agent for the permit holder, agreed to reschedule the appeal to October 4th. 2. Stephen Collier, agent for the appellant, also agreed to the rescheduling.
(9) APPEAL NO. V00-041
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ROBERT & BEATRICE WOOD, Appellants
vs.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent
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[2090 Jackson Street.
[Protesting granting on March 15, 2000, [to Ma Estates, Rear Yard Variance to [construct a four-car, semi-underground [garage and one-story building addition [in the required yard of a single family [dwelling.
[VARIANCE CASE NO. 98.908V.
[FOR HEARING TODAY.
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ACTION: Upon motion by President Chin, the Board voted 3-0-2 (Vice President Saunders and Commissioner Cullum absent) to RESCHEDULE the matter to October 25, 2000.
SPEAKERS: 1. Daniel Conrad, agent for the appellants, agreed to reschedule the appeal to
October 25th. 2. Frank Fung, agent for the variance holder, also agreed to the rescheduling.
(10) APPEAL NO. 00-113
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MICHAEL T. EGE, PAMELA I. UBERTI & ADAM SUMINSKI, Appellants
vs.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent
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[2215 Powell Street.
[Zoning Administrator determination [dated June 29, 2000, that the extension [of the Conditional Use Authorization [dated November 27, 1996 (Case No. [91.373C) for a full service restaurant [and bar has not been abandoned and is [still valid provided all renovations are [complete and a final Certificate of [Occupancy is obtained and the [establishment reopened within six [months of the ABC’s ruling, otherwise a [new CU application must be submitted.
[FOR HEARING TODAY.
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ACTION: Upon motion by Commissioner El Qadah, the Board voted 3-0-2 (Vice President Saunders and Commissioner Cullum absent) to RESCHEDULE the matter to September 20, 2000.
SPEAKERS: 1. Michael Ege, co-appellant, agreed to reschedule the appeal to September 20th.
2. Ariel Basse, project sponsor, also agreed to the rescheduling.
(11) APPEAL NO. 00-114
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RICHARD GARCIA, Appellant
vs.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent
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[2258 Beach Street.
[Zoning Administrator determination [dated June 29, 2000 that a second [kitchen can be installed in the one-[family house only as part of a second [unit and, with the current parking [configuration in the garage, only if an [off-street parking variance is sought and [granted by the Zoning Administrator.
[FOR HEARING TODAY.
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ACTION: Upon motion by President Chin, the Board voted 3-0-2 (Vice President Saunders and Commissioner Cullum absent) to RESCHEDULE the matter to September 20, 2000.
SPEAKERS: None.
(12) APPEAL NO. 00-124
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RICHARD GARCIA, Appellant
vs.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent
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[2258 Beach Street.
[Zoning Administrator determination [dated July 19, 2000 that the proposed [greenhouse on the existing rear deck [cannot be approved without additional [accurate drawings and a site plan, [notification under Planning Code [Section 311, submittal of a copy of the [approved permit application and [drawings for the existing lower deck, [and the five foot setback on each side [of the greenhouse must be open to the [sky requiring relocation of the existing [stair and landing.
[APPLICATION NO. 2000/04/25/8211.
[FOR HEARING TODAY.
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ACTION: Upon motion by President Chin, the Board voted 3-0-2 (Vice President Saunders and Commissioner Cullum absent) to RESCHEDULE the matter to September 20, 2000.
SPEAKERS: None.
(13) APPEAL NO. 00-093
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SAN FRANCISCANS FOR REASONABLE GROWTH, Appellant
vs.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent
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[250 Brannan Street.
[Zoning Administrator’s determination [dated June 7, 2000 that the use classi-[fication of DoubleClick, Inc., an Internet [company specializing in development of [software solutions for Internet publishers [and advertisers which intends to operate [in a Service/Secondary Office (SSO) [zoning district, is a Business Service [under Planning Code Section 890.11 [and is exempt from Section 321 [requirements, and is a permitted use in [the SSO district.
[FOR HEARING TODAY.
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ACTION: This matter was RESCHEDULED to September 20, 2000 prior to hearing.
There being no further business, President Chin adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m.
Arnold Y.K. Chin, President
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Robert H. Feldman, Executive Secretary
Transcripts of these hearings can be obtained from Easteller Bruihl, the Official Court Reporter, (415) 576-0700.
