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Abatement Appeals Board rejects rehearings, upholds abatement orders after contested testimony

Abatement Appeals Board; Building Inspection Commission · October 24, 2012
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Summary

The Abatement Appeals Board denied a request for a continuance on a Twelfth Avenue rehearing and unanimously rejected a rehearing request for 130–132 Beulah Street, leaving abatement orders in place; two other appeals were withdrawn after owners obtained permits.

The Abatement Appeals Board on Oct. 24 considered multiple appeals and rehearing requests and left earlier abatement orders in place after testimony from owners, staff and neighbors. Two appeals — involving 2750 Market Street and 808 South Van Ness Avenue — were withdrawn after owners pulled permits, and the board accepted those withdrawals. A rehearing request tied to 1743 Twelfth Avenue produced heated debate over whether to grant a continuance to allow counsel to represent the appellant; commissioners denied the continuance by roll call, 5–1. The board then proceeded to consider other rehearing requests.

At the hearing on 130–132 Beulah Street, Senior Housing Inspector Andrew Kars told the board…

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