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Board upholds permit tied to restoration of three‑story bay after heated neighborhood testimony; planning staff to withdraw a superseded demolition filing
Summary
After extensive public comment and testimony that developers removed a three‑story bay without restoring it, the Board of Appeals denied the appeal and upheld an administrative permit that planning and DBI said documents restoration consistent with a prior planning commission decision; staff acknowledged a 2019 demolition permit had been approved in error and arranged to withdraw it. Vote 4–0.
The Board of Appeals on March 3 rejected an appeal urging the board to suspend permits and force restoration of a three‑story bay allegedly demolished in 2016, after heated public testimony from dozens of neighbors demanding restoration and transparency.
Neighborhood appellants, led by Jerry Drattler, said the project sponsors had repeatedly tried to legalize a demolition, had not rebuilt the bay and had filed inconsistent or misleading permit packets. “The administrative permit the developer submitted falsely claims the project…
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