Abatement Appeals Board denies rehearing after competing surveys in Divisadero retaining-wall dispute

The Abatement Appeals Board on Sept. 23 denied a request to rehear abatement orders for retaining walls along properties near Divisadero Place and Washington Street, voting unanimously to sustain the original notices.

Appellant counsel Melinda Sarjapour, representing owners of seven condominium units, told the board she sought rehearing to present ‘‘new evidence’’ including a recently produced survey, historic Sanborn and assessor maps and legal authority she said bears on liability for repair. Sarjapour said the new materials show portions of the retaining wall lie on the Divisadero Place parcel at 2308 Divisadero Place.

Stan Gray, a licensed land surveyor with Meridian Surveying, testified his firm marked the wall and measured a point at the base that showed the wall’s face at that location extended about 0.13 feet —…