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Historic Preservation Commission approves restoration and rear-yard variance for 38 Liberty Street, 7-0
Summary
The Historic Preservation Commission voted 7-0 to approve a certificate of appropriateness and grant a variance for 38 Liberty Street, allowing a façade restoration, a new single-car garage with an offset driveway and a rear addition increasing the house from about 2,200 to 3,900 square feet. Neighbors raised tree-root and curb-cut concerns; conditions were imposed before site permit approval.
The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission on April 20 approved a certificate of appropriateness and granted a requested variance for 38 Liberty Street, voting 7-0 to allow exterior restoration and a rear addition that would increase the single-family residence from about 2,200 to roughly 3,900 square feet and raise the building height to 34 feet.
Planning staff presented the proposal as a comprehensive restoration that would remove stucco to investigate and, where feasible, restore original wood siding and decorative trim, install a new single-car garage and offset driveway, and add a three-story rear horizontal addition. Staff recommended approval with conditions requiring a detailed landscape plan, a materials board to verify exterior finishes, documentation of any evidence revealed when stucco is…
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