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BOARD OF APPEALS

CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

AGENDA FOR REGULAR MEETING - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2009

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) COMMMISSIONERS COMMENTS & QUESTIONS:

 

(3) ADOPTION OF MINUTES:

Discussion and possible adoption of the Dec. 10 and Dec. 17, 2008 minutes.


 

(4) ADDENDUM ITEMS:

(4a) JURISDICTION REQUEST:

Subject property at 3575 Geary Boulevard. Letter from Donald Lusty, agent for Bridge Housing, requestor, asking that the Board take jurisdiction over Order No. 177,774 of the Dept. of Public Works Bureau of Urban Forestry, which was issued on Sept. 12, 2008, and for which the appeal period lapsed on Sept. 29, 2008.

(4b) REHEARING REQUEST:

Taxi medallion No. 1135 and A-card No. 62705. Letter from Ligia Parmenter, attorney for Sayed Bashir Rahimi, appellant, requesting rehearing of Appeal No. 08-154, Rahimi vs. TC, decided Dec. 17, 2008. At that time, upon motion by Vice President Fung, the Board voted 5-0 to uphold the revocation of the subject medallion and subject A-card.

 

 

(5) APPEAL NO. 08-136

ERIK GROSSMAN, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS

BUREAU OF URBAN FORESTRY, Respondent

291 Page Street.

Appealing the denial on Aug. 22, 2008, of Tree Removal Permit.

ORDER NO. 177,641 (REVISED).

FOR REHEARING TODAY. Note: On Nov. 5, 2008, the Board voted 3-2 to overrule the denial with conditions, but the denial was upheld for lack of four votes pursuant to the City Charter. And on Dec. 10, 2008, the Board voted 5-0 to grant the appellant’s rehearing request, and to set the rehearing for Jan. 14, 2009.

 

(6) APPEAL NO. 07-132

MARSHALL UNGAR

& ELIZABETH LIAN, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

PLANNING DEPT. APPROVAL

2220 Castro Street.

Protesting the issuance on July 20, 2007, to David Chan, Permit to Alter a Building (vertical and horizontal addition).

APPLICATION NO. 2006/04/12/8740S.

FOR HEARING TODAY.

 

(7) APPEAL NO. 08-161

DMITRY BELOTSERKUSKY, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

1318 Masonic Avenue.

Appealing the imposition of penalty on Oct. 10, 2008, for plumbing work done without a permit.

APPLICATION NO. PP2008/10/10/948.

FOR HEARING TODAY.

 

(8) APPEAL NO. 08-166

NORMA SOLORZANO, Appellant(s)

vs.

DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent

33 Francis Street.

Appealing the imposition of penalty on Oct. 15, 2008, for construction work done without a permit.

APPLICATION NO. 2008/10/10/3965.

FOR HEARING TODAY.

ADJOURNMENT.

Note A: Each item on this agenda may include the following documents: 1) Preliminary Statement of Appeal and Appellant's Brief; 2) Permit Holder's, Respondent's or Other Parties' Brief; 3) Appellant's Reply; 4) Departmental decision, order, permit, determination, resolution, or notice of violation; and 5) Correspondence. These items are available for public inspection at the Board's office during normal office hours (Mon. - Fri., 8am - 12pm & 1pm - 5pm, 1650 Mission Street, Room 304).

Note B: If any materials related to an item on this agenda have been distributed to the Board members after distribution of the agenda packet, those materials are available for public inspection at the Board's office during normal office hours (Mon. - Fri., 8am - 12pm & 1pm - 5pm, 1650 Mission Street, Room 304).

Please call 415-575-6880 if you have any questions concerning this agenda.

Date posted: Jan. 9, 2009

 

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS

MICHAEL GARCIA

PRESIDENT

FRANK FUNG

VICE PRESIDENT

TANYA PETERSON

COMMISSIONER

KENDALL GOH

COMMISSIONER

RAFAEL MANDELMAN

COMMISSIONER

 

 

PROCEDURE AT HEARINGS

The order of presentation of an appeal shall be as follows: In the case of appeal of denials, revocations and suspensions the representatives of the department, board, commission or person from whose order the appeal is taken shall speak first and shall be allowed seven minutes for their presentation and three minutes for rebuttal.

The appellant whose permit has been denied, revoked or suspended shall be allowed seven minutes for oral argument and three minutes for rebuttal.

In the case of protest appeals, the protestor shall speak first and shall be allowed seven minutes to present oral argument and three minutes for rebuttal, and the permit holder shall be allowed seven minutes to present oral argument and three minutes for rebuttal. The Board may request a departmental response at its own discretion.

Other persons desiring to speak before the Board on an appeal may speak once for up to three minutes, unless the presiding officer further limits time uniformly.

SPECIAL NOTES

In the event that a matter is continued to a specific date by the presiding officer and announced to the parties in the hearing room, no additional mailed notice will be sent. Please call the Board office at 575-6880 for scheduling or other information during regular business hours, or visit our website at www.sfgov.org/boa

The complete Rules of the Board are available for review at the Board office, and on our website.

Material submitted by the public for Board review prior to a scheduled hearing before the Board, should be addressed to the Board President, and be received at the Board office, 1660 Mission Street, Room 3036, no later than 4:00 p.m. the Thursday (six days) prior to the scheduled public hearing. Persons unable to attend the scheduled public hearing may submit written comments regarding a calendared item to the Board office. Comments received before noon on the day of the hearing will be made a part of the official record and will be brought to the attention of the Board at the public hearing. For complete distribution to all Commissioners of the Board, necessary staff and case files, submit an original and ten copies.

 

Pursuant to Government Code § 65009, if you challenge, in court, the approval of a variance or development permit, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Appeals at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Calendared items are sometimes withdrawn or rescheduled the day of hearing, or are taken out of order to accommodate special needs. The Board urges all parties to be present in the hearing room from 5:00 p.m. so that everyone has an opportunity to participate in the relevant public hearing when it is called.

 

PROHIBITION OF SOUND-PRODUCING ELECTRONIC DEVICES

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

 

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION

American sign language interpreters and/or sound enhancement system will be available upon request by contacting Board staff at 575-6880 at least 48 hours prior to the hearing. Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call the accessibility hotline at 554-8925 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center station located at the intersection of Market, Hyde and Grove Streets. Accessible curbside parking has been designated at points along McAllister Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving City Hall are the 42 Downtown Loop, 9 San Bruno and 71 Haight/Noriega and the F line. Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the J, K, L, M, and N. For more information regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.

 

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review.

For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force: Frank Darby by mail to Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, City Hall, Room 244, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689; by phone at (415) 554-7724; by fax at (415) 554-7854; or by e-mail atsotf@sfgov.org. Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the internet at www.sfgov.org/sunshine/.

 

LOBBYING ACTIVITY

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code § 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please

contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; web site www.sfgov.org/ethics.

 

SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY

The Board welcomes suggestions from the public regarding improvement of the efficiency of its operations. Please direct your comments and suggestions to Board staff, at 415-575-6880 or fax 415-575-6885. A customer satisfaction survey form is available at the meetings, the Board office, and on the Board’s web site.

 

DVD'S OF MEETINGS

 

DVD's of meetings may be obtained from SFGTV, Channels 26 & 78. Please telephone 415-554-4188 for information.