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Board conditions 704 Wisconsin roof-deck permit, restricts lighting to egress levels
Summary
After neighbors challenged a roof-deck permit that replaces a wire railing with tempered glass and adds a small hot tub, the Board of Appeals required a permit revision that limits deck lighting to the minimum code requirement for egress to minimize neighborhood impacts; the board approved the conditioned permit.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals resolved a dispute over a roof-deck permit at 704 Wisconsin Street on March 27, 2019, voting to approve the permit only after conditioning the deck’s lighting to the minimum code requirements necessary for egress.
Neighbors John Stout and his co-appellant argued the change from an open wire railing to a tempered-glass railing plus the installation of a small hot tub would intrude on privacy, increase nighttime lighting and noise, and change neighborhood character. “This permit clearly extends an adverse…
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