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Board grants one-year extension for major rehab at 250 Kearney Street
Summary
The Abatement Appeals Board extended the compliance period for a 145-room residential hotel at 250 Kearney Street to one year, aligning remediation time with the scope of extensive permits the owner must complete. The department recommended upholding the abatement; the board voted unanimously to extend time to coincide with the permit.
The Abatement Appeals Board voted unanimously on Sept. 21 to extend the compliance period for 250 Kearney Street — a large residential hotel with more than 130 residential rooms — by a year to allow a major rehabilitation to proceed and address the building’s notices of violation.
Inspector John Hynchon and Chief Housing Inspector Rosemary Boske briefed the board on complaint 201063345 and the director’s March order of abatement. Boske described the building as one of the dirtiest the department had seen and said substantial progress is underway, including interventions for bed-bug infestation and ongoing rehabilitation of occupied rooms.
The department reported numerous permits have been filed; however, a permit with a large scope of work remained at filing status and had not yet been issued or signed off. That outstanding planning enforcement matter (a façade enforcement referral) prevented final sign-off, the department said.
Appellant representative Bob Nelke said a permit application had been issued the day before the hearing and that significant permit fees had been paid for work estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to comply with two notices of violation. "Permit application 2011070019385 was issued yesterday," Nelke told the board, noting plumbing and electrical permits are also on file.
Commissioner Walker moved to uphold the department’s recommendation and extend the deadline to the maximum time allowed under the issued permit — one year total. The motion was seconded and passed by unanimous roll call.
The board’s action preserves staff’s findings about unsafe conditions while giving the property owner a timetable that reflects the large scale of the rehabilitation work and the planning/permit processes that must be completed.
