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Board of Appeals denies CityView appeal, allows CCDC seismic retrofit permit to proceed
Summary
The Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to deny an appeal from CityView Restaurant challenging Chinatown Community Development Center’s seismic retrofit permit (issued 10/29/2021), after testimony from counsel, the permit holder, DBI and the project engineer about code changes and engineering rationale.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to deny CityView Restaurant’s appeal of a seismic retrofit permit obtained by the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC), allowing the retrofit work to proceed. Vice President Rick Swig moved to deny the appeal; Commissioners Lopez, Lazarus, President Honda and Commissioner Chang voted Aye.
CityView’s attorney, identified in the hearing as Mr. Wiegle, said the restaurant was not challenging the original 2005 permit but objected to a recent revision that replaces a previously discussed steel moment-frame approach with a concrete moment-frame. He argued that the…
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