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Planning Department briefs Board of Appeals on what can be appealed and how 'BBN' notifications work
Summary
Planning Department zoning administrator Corey Teague gave an informational session on appealable planning actions — building permits, variances, letters of determination, notices of violation — and described notice tools including section 3.11 30‑day notices and the voluntary block‑book notation (BBN). Commissioners requested a glossary of acronyms and follow‑up training.
Corey Teague, the Planning Department’s zoning administrator, gave an informational presentation to the San Francisco Board of Appeals on Oct. 12 covering which planning actions are appealable to the board and how notice and enforcement processes function.
Teague outlined categories that commonly come to the Board of Appeals — building permits, variances, letters of determination, notices of violation — and said some actions (for example, certain conditional use authorizations and CEQA determinations) are appealed to other bodies such as the Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors depending on code and charter provisions. He explained that building permits often have layers of review (DBI,…
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