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Board allows deck but denies spiral stair at 566 Kansas St.; removes recorded restriction

San Francisco Board of Appeals · December 13, 2023
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Summary

After neighbor privacy concerns and a long enforcement history, the Board of Appeals modified a zoning decision to allow a roof-area deck to be legalized while upholding the denial of a rear spiral stair; the board removed the earlier notice-of-special-restrictions recorded against the property.

The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Dec. 13 allowed the owners of 566 Kansas St. to legalize use of a rear roof area as a deck while upholding the planning denial for a spiral stair that would encroach into the required rear yard.

Tom Tunney, attorney for Amanda Salmon and Misha Palasek, asked the board to overturn prior Board of Appeals restrictions placed in the 1987 and 1993 decisions and to reverse a zoning administrator denial of a rear-yard…

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