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Commission disapproves top‑floor addition at 505 Grandview; ADU review continued pending tenant protections
Summary
After tenants and the Tenants Union raised concerns that the Fourth‑floor addition and ADU work would force long‑term residents to vacate, the commission voted to disapprove the vertical addition permit and continue the ADU application so the sponsor can provide clearer plans and tenant protections.
The Planning Commission on Nov. 2 took decisive action on a contested discretionary review at 505 Grandview Avenue after tenant objections and a Tenants Union (SFTU) Doctor argued that proposed ADUs and a fourth‑floor penthouse addition would force long‑term tenants to relocate for an indeterminate period.
Tenants testified that three long‑term, rent‑controlled households occupy the building, two units had been operated as short‑term rentals previously, and that proposed exterior changes (window openings and moved walls) combined with a top‑floor addition could increase the scope of required seismic retrofit…
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