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Board continues Drumm Street rooftop-permit dispute after safety, notice concerns
Summary
The Board of Appeals on Jan. 29 continued the appeal over a third-floor rooftop addition at 49 Drumm Street after neighbors raised structural-safety, electrical and permit-notice concerns; DBI will perform a site visit and parties must file new briefs before an April hearing.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Jan. 29 voted to continue an appeal over a rooftop addition at 49 Drumm Street to April 8, directing the Department of Building Inspection to perform a site visit and asking parties to file updated briefs. The vote was unanimous (4–0).
Appellant counsel Ryan Patrick told the board the permit issued to the property owner for a “new third level horizontal addition for expansion of mechanical space” was being used as an office. "This clearly isn't a mechanical room," Patrick said, and asked the board to revoke the permit or continue so engineers could inspect the work.
Permit-holder counsel Jody Knight and owner Eric Ketchum said DBI and planning had reviewed the plans and that the permit was intended to legalize mechanical/storage space and to cure a 2017…
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