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Board orders permit modifications to preserve neighbors’ light: 436 Eureka expansion approved with conditions

San Francisco Board of Appeals · April 13, 2022
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Summary

After neighbors and tenants warned that a rear expansion would block daylight to several bedrooms, the Board granted an appeal and required the permit holder to adopt revised plans that increase a side setback, remove parapets and otherwise mitigate impacts to the light well; vote passed 4–0.

Neighbors and tenants of 432–436 Eureka Street told the Board that the approved rear expansion at 436 Eureka would block afternoon sunlight to bedroom windows in a shared light well and leave residents with dark, unhealthy living spaces. Appellant Susie Chen, who lives next door, argued the project omitted required 3.11 neighborhood notification and did not disclose two bedroom windows on the plans, which she said…

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