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Board of Appeals upholds Public Works permit for Seventeenth Avenue small cell; appeal denied 5-0

San Francisco Board of Appeals · November 6, 2019
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Summary

The Board of Appeals on Nov. 6 denied an appeal by a Seventeenth Avenue resident and upheld a Public Works permit for a small-cell wireless installation, finding the agency followed Article 25 procedures and that public-health review rated exposures far below FCC limits. The vote was 5-0.

The San Francisco Board of Appeals denied an appeal by resident Maureen Merring and upheld a Public Works approval of a personal wireless facility at 1653 Seventeenth Avenue on Nov. 6, voting 5-0 to leave the permit in place.

Merring told the board the installation would “detract” from the residential block and said she was not adequately notified before the permit posting (appellant testimony). The permit holder, Joseph Kamisha of Extenet, told the board the applicant followed the posting and mailing requirements in Public Works Code…

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