Board of Appeals denies jurisdiction request over 300 De Haro permit after neighbors say notice was not visible

The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 21 denied a jurisdiction request from neighbor Sanjay Gupta seeking to reopen the appeal window for a site permit for 300 De Haro Street, saying the board was not persuaded that city actions unintentionally prevented a timely appeal.

Gupta, who identified himself as a nearby resident and a former president of the Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association, told the board he first learned of activity at the site when he received a demolition-permit notice in the mail on April 15, after the April 14 appeal deadline had passed. Gupta said he found the site permit had been issued on March 28 and that he could not see the required posting from the public right of way because, he said, the notice had been placed ‘‘60 feet from the public right of way’’ and “obscured by vehicles,” asserting that “it is not a notice if it can't be noticed.”

Permit holder DM Development and its counsel argued the permit sequence and posting complied with law…