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Commission moves to subject 820 Laguna Honda future rear‑yard work to extra review after contentious hearing
Summary
After hours of testimony over an unpermitted multi‑story rear addition at 820 Laguna Honda Boulevard, the Planning Commission voted to take discretionary review and urged the zoning administrator to attach conditions; the ZA signaled intent to grant the variance but require that any future rear‑yard work return to the commission.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on April 4 weighed a prolonged and emotional discretionary review and variance request for 820 Laguna Honda Boulevard, an unpermitted multi‑story rear addition built around 1999. The hearing drew numerous neighbors, former officials and the property owner’s supporters and opponents.
Neighbors argued the addition encroaches into required rear yard space, reduces light and privacy, and was constructed without the necessary inspections or permits. "It is most certainly injurious to the closest neighbors...its proximity is so close to my bedroom windows and has on many occasions created noise disturbances," Tony Hall, the first Dr(Doctor) requester, told the commission.
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