Abatement Appeals Board: One appeal granted, one continued, one abeyance and three abatement orders upheld

The San Francisco Abatement Appeals Board held a regular meeting on Nov. 20, 2024, and issued votes on multiple property appeals.

The board voted unanimously to grant an appeal by the owner of 805 Vermont Street, reversing the director's order of abatement and the associated assessment of costs. Commissioners said the department should consider additional administrative relief in light of an extended state moratorium program and the circumstances described by the appellant and her representative. President Chavez and Vice President Newman joined a unanimous roll-call vote to reverse that order.

On a separate appeal involving 1 Acre Avenue (owner and appellant Abid Tommy), the board voted unanimously to continue the hearing to the board's next meeting after staff confirmed a certified-mail delivery attempt had been returned by the U.S. Postal Service. The continuation was prompted by the appellant's claim he had not received adequate notice and his request for time to assemble documentary evidence.

For a complaint about a deteriorated foundation at a multiunit building on First Street, the board placed the order of abeyance and the assessment of costs in abeyance for 60 days to allow a final inspection and permit closure after the appellant provided an engineering letter and said corrective work had been completed.

Finally, three related notices of violation tied to a failed retaining wall (cases involving 28 Hill Point Avenue and two Parnassus Avenue addresses) resulted in three separate motions to uphold the orders of abatement and assessments of cost. Each motion carried in unanimous roll-call votes. The board cited unresolved corrections and the department's standard practice of issuing NOVs to multiple adjacent owners when a retaining wall fails along or near a property boundary.

The board adjourned at 1:55 p.m. after taking general public comment.