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Board denies appeal on 706 Vermont addition; planning and DBI say guardrail setback addresses neighbor privacy
Summary
The Board of Appeals denied an appeal by Angela Kim challenging a third‑floor addition and green roof at 706 Vermont Street (permit 202002184616), concluding staff properly reviewed the project and noting the planning commission required guardrails to be pulled back 5 feet to discourage occupancy at the property line.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on July 27 denied Angela Kim’s appeal of a permit for a vertical addition and associated green roof/roof deck at 706 Vermont Street, voting 3‑0 to uphold the permit. The appellant had argued that the permit record and physical permit language were inconsistent and that elements of a green roof—guardrails and stair access—could create an occupiable roof deck that would harm her light, air and privacy.
Angela Kim, who lives south of the project, told the board she did not object to a green roof but objected to elements that make the green roof occupiable and to what she said was a mistake on the physical permit that referenced a…
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