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Board conditions permits after neighbor complaints about unpermitted excavation at 14620 Third Ave
Summary
After testimony that excavation had been done without notice and was later covered, the Board of Appeals granted appeals but reissued permits with conditions: DBI start‑work inspection with geotechnical reports, site monitoring on adjacent properties, and soil compaction verification before additional work.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Dec. 14 addressed a contested pair of alteration permits for work at 14620 Third Avenue after neighbors alleged unpermitted excavation next to their foundations.
Kieran Maher and counsel Scott Emblidge told the board the permit holder excavated adjacent to and beneath the Maher family's foundation in August without giving the statutorily required notice or permits, then backfilled and covered the earlier work before engineers or DBI could inspect it. Emblidge said the family’s engineers could not verify whether underpinning or other protection had been installed and asked that work stop until the prior work could be inspected. "All the Mahers want is to see what Mr.…
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