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Board requires independent geotechnical review after neighbors raise safety and privacy concerns at 617 Sanchez
Summary
After neighbors warned that a planned excavation and four‑story house at 617 Sanchez could endanger adjacent 1906 structures, the Board of Appeals denied two demolition‑permit appeals but granted the site‑permit appeal subject to a third‑party geotechnical peer review to be arranged through DBI. The board voted 5–0 on the actions.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 8 resolved three linked appeals for 617 Sanchez Street, denying two appeals of demolition permits and placing a new condition on the site permit for a proposed four‑story home.
Appellants, represented by attorney Sue Hester and structural consultant Albert Arrutia, told the board the lot is extremely steep — appellants offered estimates of a 30 percent slope — and said excavation for the proposed front‑lot construction could expose up to 13 feet of the neighboring foundation. They argued that only a single boring, taken toward the back of the lot, was inadequate to…
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