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Board upholds curb‑cut permit at 551 Alvarado, denying neighbor’s appeal
Summary
The Board of Appeals denied a neighbor’s appeal challenging a driveway curb cut that the appellant says removes two on‑street parking spaces; the board found the issue arose during earlier planning review and changing the permit now would impose significant hardship on the permit holder.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Oct. 9 denied an appeal by a neighbor who objected to a curb‑cut and driveway permit for 551 Alvarado Street, finding the technical curb‑cut permit before the board was properly issued and that parking‑allocation concerns should have been raised during the earlier planning review.
Neighbor Catherine Woods told the board the straight curb cut proposed would remove two on‑street parking spaces in an already tight block and said a slight offset or angled driveway would preserve at least one compact space. "My…
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