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Board continues Ashton Avenue sidewalk-encroachment appeal to get DPW, planning and survey clarifications

San Francisco Board of Appeals · May 15, 2024
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The Board continued an appeal (1 Ashton Ave) over whether a 9-foot subsurface utility easement or a 15-foot public sidewalk governs encroachments; the Board requested DPW and planning provide additional materials, the hearing-officer rationale and the department's development-vs-maintenance checklist and continued the item to June 26, 2024.

The San Francisco Board of Appeals continued appeal 20-367 (1 Ashton Ave) to June 26, 2024, after hearing a dispute over whether a private subsurface utility easement or the city's recorded right-of-way governs a fence, pergola and other improvements that DPW has characterized as encroachments.

The appellant submitted a licensed-surveyor boundary showing a 9-foot subsurface utility easement and argued that historic documents and monument evidence show no 15-foot public…

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