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Board of Appeals approves modified permit for 575 Belvedere Street after parties reach agreement
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals granted a negotiated modification to a rooftop AC permit at 575 Belvedere Street (appeal 24-041) after the parties submitted a code-compliant agreement; the motion passed 5-0. The board will issue the revised decision and asked parties whether they wished to waive rehearing.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Aug. 1 approved a negotiated modification to a Department of Building Inspection permit for 575 Belvedere Street, resolving appeal 24-041 by vote of 5-0.
Board staff said the parties submitted an agreement in advance of the hearing that included conditions to make the permit code-compliant. The permit at issue (202406184755) would authorize adding one air-conditioning unit on a mid roof; staff noted the new unit was described as weighing approximately 300 pounds.
During the hearing, the board heard brief public comment from Georgia Shudisch, who urged the panel to consider objective standards for siting rooftop equipment given a prior enforcement matter involving roof decks and earlier direction that similar equipment be placed in yards. Commissioners then moved to grant the appeal and issue the permit as revised, with the written decision to list all conditions submitted in the agreement.
President Lopez and the other members voted in favor; the motion carried 5-0. Board staff said they would issue the written decision the next day if the permit holder and appellant agreed to waive rehearing rights.
The board took no separate action on enforcement or code changes; commissioners said the written decision will enumerate the agreed conditions and compliance findings. The parties indicated agreement in the hearing record to proceed with the conditioned permit and to consider waiving rehearing rights.
