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Board of Appeals grants modified permit for 27 Seventeenth Ave, conditions final sign‑off on restored bay at 25 Seventeenth Ave
Summary
After years of dispute over an illegally removed three‑story bay, the San Francisco Board of Appeals granted appeals related to 27 Seventeenth Avenue on the condition that revised plans dated 05/26/2021 be adopted and that no final sign‑off (CFC) for 27 be issued until the bay restoration at 25 Seventeenth Ave receives its Certificate of Final Completion.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on a 4–0 vote on June 9, 2021 granted appeals tied to development at 27 Seventeenth Avenue, adopting revised plans and attaching a condition to ensure reconstruction of a three‑story bay the neighborhood says was demolished without permit.
The decision followed lengthy public testimony from neighbors and appellants who said the project sponsor demolished a historic bay and then failed to restore it as required by Planning Commission direction. Appellant Jerry Drautler urged the board to revoke the unapproved site permit, saying the project ‘‘was not approved’’ in several planning steps and that the bay has not been rebuilt despite a 2019 commission directive.
Project counsel John Kevlin told the board the sponsor had negotiated settlements with affected neighbors and proposed multiple design changes intended to reduce privacy and light impacts,…
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