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Board denies appeal on structural revision at 1077 Fell Street; DBI finds permits meet code requirements
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Sept. 3 denied an appeal of a DBI alteration permit for 1077 Fell Street, finding DBI reviewers and inspectors followed applicable code standards and recommending continued complaint-driven oversight.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Sept. 3 denied an appeal of a Department of Building Inspection (DBI) alteration permit for 1077 Fell Street, concluding DBI’s review met the applicable code requirements and the permit should be reinstated.
The appellant, homeowner and neighbor Soumya Shastry, told the board she has lived above the renovation site since 2023 and presented a peer-review engineer who argued the project’s plans and calculations omit key shear-wall, diaphragm ties and drag-strut details and therefore could create lateral irregularities and life-safety risks. Structural engineer Detlev Doring said the cumulative work “does trigger a structural alteration” and that calculations and details for load transfer, diaphragm ties and…
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