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Commission trims fourth-floor bulk at contested 209 Grattan project; zoning administrator inclined to grant variance
Summary
Neighbors filed a discretionary review (Doctor) opposing a four-story home at 209 Grattan; commissioners voted to remove a protruding fourth-floor closet to reduce massing and the zoning administrator signaled intent to grant the variance with conditions.
A contentious hearing over a proposed four‑story single‑family residence at 209 Grattan culminated in a split commission decision to reduce the proposed fourth‑floor bulk and an indication from the zoning administrator that a variance would likely be granted with conditions.
Department staff (Glenn Cabrera) presented the application for discretionary review and related variances, describing the lot as a shallow, substandard parcel in the Haight-Ashbury "Coal Valley" neighborhood and noting the Department's preliminary conclusion that the project did not rise to the level of extraordinary circumstances that would require denial of…
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