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Board of Appeals upholds firewall permit at 792 Hayes Street, urges DBI to review prior complaint
Summary
On April 30, 2025, the San Francisco Board of Appeals denied an appeal by Lan Le challenging a Department of Building Inspection permit for a one-hour fire-rated wall at 792 Hayes Street, voting 4-0 to uphold the permit and asking DBI to research a long‑running complaint about a previously removed section of wall.
On April 30, 2025, the San Francisco Board of Appeals denied an appeal by Lan Le of a Department of Building Inspection (DBI) permit for a one‑hour fire‑rated firewall at 792 Hayes Street, voting 4‑0 to uphold the permit.
The appeal centered on whether the permit at issue—limited to installing a one‑hour firewall on one side of an exterior stair—should be permitted where the parties dispute a separate, earlier removal of a portion of that firewall and whether that removal was ever permitted or properly documented. The board and city departments told the panel the permit before them covers only the firewall installation and was reviewed as code‑compliant.
Joseph Hospital, senior building inspector and plan reviewer with DBI, told the board that “this permit that was issued and the…
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