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Board of Appeals denies jurisdiction request in Clipper Street ADU dispute
Summary
The Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to deny a jurisdiction request from a tenant who said a Veritas ADU permit at 610 Clipper Street threatened his deeded parking and storage; Planning and DBI said the permit was properly issued and recent notice rules did not apply retroactively.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on July 31 denied a request to take jurisdiction over a Department of Building Inspection site permit for 610 Clipper Street, concluding the city had not intentionally or inadvertently caused the requester to miss the appeal deadline.
Dave Cunningham, the appellant, told the board the approved plans showed garage parking and an open carport storage area converted to ADUs and said he was not notified before the permit was issued in November 2018. He asked the board to grant jurisdiction so plans could be redrawn to preserve his parking and storage. ‘‘I need to see new plans that show my parking and storage intact,’’ Cunningham said.
Representatives for Veritas Investments told the board their intent was not to remove tenants’ parking involuntarily and that ADU site permits could be issued without construction drawings. Planning Department staff explained the ADU permitting process has been evolving and that the department instituted a courtesy tenant-notice step after this permit was issued; those new notice rules could not be applied retroactively to permits already granted. Planning staff noted current code no longer requires parking for the subject property.
Commissioners said they were sensitive to transitional problems in the ADU program but agreed the jurisdiction standard requires evidence the city caused lateness; the board voted 5-0 to deny the request. The denial means the DBI permit stands as issued; staff and the parties can still pursue revisions or negotiation outside the board process. The board recorded the vote as: Lazarus — Aye; Santa Cana — Aye; Honda — Aye; Tanner — Aye; Swig — Aye.
Next steps: the parties may pursue tenant protections through the Rent Board or seek permit revisions with Planning/DBI.
