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Board of Appeals continues appeal over three‑story house on substandard Gottingen lot, asks for two‑story redesign
Summary
After extensive neighbor testimony and department input, the San Francisco Board of Appeals continued an appeal of a zoning‑administrator variance for 1230 Gottingen Street to Aug. 18, directing the applicant to return with revised two‑story plans, a roof deck setback and privacy measures.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on July 7 continued an appeal of a variance that would allow a three‑story single‑family house to be built on a legal substandard lot at 1230 Gottingen Street, directing the applicant to return with revised two‑story plans and privacy and setback changes.
The case (2020005122) involves requested variances from planning code requirements including rear‑yard standards (Planning Code §134), usable open‑space requirements (§135) and permitted obstruction/glazing rules (§136). Planning staff told the board the parcel is an existing legal substandard lot dating to at least 1935, about 392 square feet with roughly 33 feet of frontage, and that the proposal would be 28 feet tall and provide about 93 square feet of usable open space where 300 square feet is required.
Appellants, represented by Ms. Gower, said the lot is…
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