Abatement board grants rehearing and upholds abatement for 120 Shakespeare St., gives owner 90 days to comply

The San Francisco Abatement Appeals Board on Feb. 2015 granted a rehearing after an appellant presented a structural-engineer report and soil investigation concerning a retaining wall at 120 Shakespeare Street and later upheld the property's order of abatement while giving the owner 90 days to obtain permits and complete repairs.

The rehearing request arose after the appellant, identified in the record as Mr. Uy, submitted a structural-engineering assessment and a soil-investigation report that he said show the 4-foot retaining wall is "stable and safe." Mr. Uy told the board the small detached storage structure on the property was about 60 square feet and therefore below the city's building-permit threshold cited by the department. "We have the structural report, which says that it's safe and stable," he said during his presentation.

City staff and…