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REGULAR MEETING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF APPEALS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2001

5:30 P.M., CITY HALL, ROOM 416

1 DR. CARLTON B. GOODLETT PLACE (FORMERLY 301 POLK STREET)

(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 AND QUESTIONS.

(3)REQUESTS FOR JURISDICTION BEYOND FIFTEEN-DAY APPEAL PERIOD:

ITEM A: 952-954 Ashbury Street. Letter from Dorothy Dube and Mark Slomoff requesting that the Board take jurisdiction over Building Permit Application No. 2001/02/07/1598 issued to Ted Bartlett for interior alterations.

Date issued March 27, 2001

Last day to appeal April 11, 2001

Request for jurisdiction May 8, 2001

ITEM B: 642 Carolina Street. Letter from Michael R. Frey, requesting that the Board take jurisdiction over Building Permit Application No. 2000/05/22/0620S issued to Noe Vista LLC, to remodel an existing garage and enlarge it to a three-story over garage, single-family dwelling, with two car parking.

Date issued April 20, 2001

Last day to appeal May 7, 2001

Request for jurisdiction May 9, 2001

(4)APPEAL NO. 01-066

PATRICIA A. McCOLM, Appellant

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[575 Miramar Avenue.

[Protesting issuance on April 10, 2001, to [Marc Balistreri, permit to Alter a Building [(repair dry rot of exterior walls and replace [stucco)

[APPLICATION NO. 2001/04/10/6491.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(5)APPEAL NO. 01-002

BUNNY CHIN, ANNA WONG, SHARON WONG & VICTOR YOUNG, Appellants

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[68 Salmon Street.

[Protesting issuance on December 27, 2000, [to K.M. Lo, permit to Erect a Building (six [unit apartment building).

[APPLICATION NO. 9804165S.

[PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED MARCH 7, [2001.

[FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION TODAY.

Items (6A) and (6B) shall heard together

(6A)APPEAL NO. 01-021

POTRERO BOOSTERS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN. & DOGPATCH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN., Appellants

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[691 Tennessee Street.

[Protesting issuance on January 10, 2001, to [Robert Miller, permit to Erect a Building (25 [live/work units).

[APPLICATION NO. 9917435S.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(6B)APPEAL NO. 01-022

POTRERO BOOSTERS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN. & DOGPATCH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN., Appellants

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[691 Tennessee Street.

[Protesting issuance on January 10, 2001, to [Robert Miller, permit to Demolish a Building [(metal shed).

[APPLICATION NO. 9917436.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

Items (7A) and (7B) shall heard together

(7A)APPEAL NO. 01-037

DOGPATCH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN. & POTRERO BOOSTERS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN., Appellants

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[601 Mariposa Street.

[Protesting issuance on January 26, 2001, to [Neil Mussallem, permit to Demolish a [Building (vacant auto body repair shop).

[APPLICATION NO. 2000/08/25/8922.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(7B)APPEAL NO. 01-038

DOGPATCH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN. & POTRERO BOOSTERS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSN., Appellants

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[601 Mariposa Street.

[Protesting issuance on January 26, 2001, to [Tennessee Street Lofts, permit to Erect a [Building (18 live/work units).

[APPLICATION NO. 2000/09/15/7935S.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

Items (8A) and (8B) shall heard together

(8A)APPEAL NO. 01-039

RICK HOLMAN, Appellant

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[445 Bryant Street.

[Protesting issuance on January 29, 2001, to [Armax, Inc., permit to Demolish a Building [(office building).

[APPLICATION NO. 9912958.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(8B)APPEAL NO. 01-040

RICK HOLMAN, Appellant

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[445 Bryant Street.

[Protesting issuance on January 29, 2001, to [Armax, Inc., permit to Erect a Building (eight [live/work units).

[APPLICATION NO. 2000/09/15/7935S.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(9)APPEAL NO. 01-060

PARAIC O’DONOGHUE, Appellant

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[182 Brewster Street.

[Protesting issuance on March 19, 2001, to [Patrick J. Fellowes, permit to Erect a [Building (three-story single-family dwelling).

[APPLICATION NO. 2000/03/13/4167S.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(10)APPEAL NO. 01-063

VICTOR YEW, Appellant

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[1270 Green Street.

[Protesting issuance on March 19, 2001, to [Mike Kantor, permit to Alter a Building [(remodel kitchen and two bathrooms; third [story horizontal addition with stairs).

[APPLICATION NO. 2001/05/9293.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(11)APPEAL NO. 01-065

DAVID BAKER & JANE MARTIN, Appellants

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[2144 Folsom Street.

[Protesting issuance on March 28, 2001 to [Raymond Wong, permit to Alter a Building [(new property line concrete masonry unit [walls; new deck, steel sash windows, [parapet and railing; remove two interior non-[load bearing partitions)

[APPLICATION NO. 2001/02/27/3047.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(12)APPEAL NO. 01-067

MICHAEL HAMMAN, Appellant

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

[748 Innes Avenue.

[Protesting issuance on March 29, 2001, to [Banya 2000 LLC, permit to Erect a Building [(three-story building with garage, spa, [offices and two apartments)

[APPLICATION NO. 9924594S.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(13)APPEAL NO. 01-046

TRUDY M. BORN, Appellant

vs.

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent

[522 Shotwell Street.

[Zoning Administrator determination dated [February 9, 2001 denying request for [extension of the variance granted February [10, 1997 to legalize the two-unit residential [building without providing an additional [independently accessible off-street parking [space. The variance decision expired [February 10, 2000.

[VARIANCE CASE NO. 96.781V.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(14)APPEAL NO. 01-048

CLIPPER STREET ASSOCIATES, Appellant

vs.

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent

[672 and 676 Clipper Street.

[Zoning Administrator determination dated [February 21, 2001, requiring the owners to [sell or rent the units at 120% of median [income as suggested by the Mayor’s Office [of Housing and explaining that a conditional [use application may be filed to request the [Planning Commission to modify the [conditions of Planning Commission Motion [No. 14377 upon which the Zoning [Administrator’s action was based.

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(15) APPEAL NO. V01-059

MORGAN F. BENEDICTO, Appellant

vs.

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent

[699 Paris Street.

[Denial on March 20, 2001, of Minimum Lot [Size, Rear Yard, and Front Yard Variance [sought to subdivide a previously subdivided [3,150 s.f. corner parcel into two lots with the [new proposed vacant lot equaling [approximately 1,260 s.f., and construct a [new three story, single family dwelling on [the proposed subdivided vacant lot.

[VARIANCE CASE NO. 2000.870V

[FOR HEARING TODAY.

(16)APPEAL NO. 01-061

PIER 39 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Appellant

vs.

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent

[Pier 39.

[Zoning Administrator determination dated [March 20, 2001 addressed to John Sanger [representing Pier 39 Limited Partnership; [that a new conditional use authorization [would be required for certain recreational [activities that require admission fees, which [may not be appropriate uses for the public [Waterfront Park as they are attractions that [utilize public open space for private [monetary benefit.

[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: May 17, 2001