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Board of Appeals continues Empress of China appeal to allow community outreach and talks
Summary
The board continued the appeal over whether the Empress of China's Fifth Floor banquet use was abandoned to Jan. 27 so the project sponsor and community can pursue outreach and report back; commissioners debated legal consequences if the appeal were granted.
The Board of Appeals voted on Dec. 16 to continue an appeal about 838 Grant Ave (the Empress of China) to Jan. 27 to give the project sponsor and community one more opportunity to meet and report back on outreach and possible agreements over the Fifth Floor banquet use.
The appeal, filed by Malcolm Young, challenges a zoning administrator letter of determination that the Fifth and Sixth Floors function together as one restaurant/banquet use. Appellant counsel argued the Fifth Floor has been abandoned and that documents submitted to the record do not show sufficient concrete work or use to prevent abandonment under Planning Code §183A. The…
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