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Board upholds site permit for 25 Seventeenth Ave amid long dispute over restored bay
Summary
After a lengthy de novo hearing with dozens of public commenters, the Board of Appeals denied appeals to require a full in‑kind restoration of a 3‑story bay at 25 Seventeenth Avenue and upheld the site permit (5–0); the key dispute centered on whether restored windows facing an adjacent proposed house would conflict with residential design guidelines.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on a 5–0 vote denied two neighborhood appeals challenging issuance of a site permit (201707071206) for work at 25 Seventeenth Avenue and related new construction at 27 Seventeenth Avenue. The appeals focused on the demolition of a 3‑story bay without a permit, the Planning Commission’s discretionary review condition to "revert the existing building to its previous existing condition by restoring the 3‑story bay," and whether that restoration must re‑establish all original windows and doors.
Appellants and many neighbors urged the board to require a full in‑kind restoration of the Bay, saying the developer demolished historic elements…
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