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Board of Appeals upholds denial of variances for 4300 Seventeenth Street, 5–0
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals denied an appeal seeking lot‑size and rear‑yard variances for 4300 Seventeenth Street, upholding the zoning administrator’s finding that the site lacks exceptional circumstances and that the conditional‑use authorization had been denied by the planning commission.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on a 5–0 vote on Tuesday upheld the zoning administrator’s denial of lot‑size and rear‑yard variances for 4300 Seventeenth Street, rejecting an appeal by the property owner to subdivide the corner lot and build a three‑story, two‑unit building with an accessory dwelling.
The project sponsor, identified in the hearing record as Scott Pluto (surname also appears as Pluta in the transcript), told the board the proposal would add two “missing‑middle” units and one deed‑restricted below‑market unit and argued that 20 years of variance precedents show similar splits have been granted. “To see the obvious, as a city, we need housing,” he said, urging the board to view the proposal in the context of the city’s housing shortage.
The zoning administrator, identified in the record as Cory Tee / Corey Teague, told the board the lot is a typical roughly…
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