Abatement Appeals Board upholds removal of two Noriega Street sheds, citing recorded easement

On Jan. 20, 2016, the San Francisco Abatement Appeals Board voted unanimously to uphold the Department of Building Inspection's order of abatement to remove two storage sheds placed in a recorded reciprocal easement behind buildings on Noriega Street.

DBI senior building inspector Joe Duffy told the board the department received complaint 201324411 on Sept. 18, 2013 and issued a notice of violation the next day alleging unpermitted storage sheds installed in an easement. Duffy said the department's permit records show a later permit application to legalize two garbage-storage sheds and that the easement language and the hatched area on the approved plans indicate the area is reserved for vehicular and pedestrian ingress and egress. "The notice of violation was properly investigated," Duffy said during his presentation.

The owner and appellant, identified in the record as Hillary Passman (appearing as the owner/appellant), told the board one of the two sheds is not hers…