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San Francisco Board of Appeals upholds permit for 65 Normandy Terrace over neighbor objections
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals denied a neighbor appeal and upheld a renovation permit for 65 Normandy Terrace, finding planning and building staff had reviewed the complex roof-and-massing work and that the permit corrects enforcement issues; the vote was 5–0.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 5–0 to deny an appeal and uphold a revision permit for 65 Normandy Terrace after hearing hours of testimony from the appellant, the permit holders, and city staff.
Christopher Chang, a neighbor and the appellant, told the board the project circumvented Cow Hollow design guidelines and misrepresented roof heights and massing. "The sponsor changed the height to 309.5 feet in the current plan to justify the expansion," Chang said, citing multiple discrepancies in the permit documents and contending the work exceeded the approved scope.
Permit-holder counsel Scott Emlidge and the Whitakers, the property owners, said the…
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