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Commission curtails Broderick addition, denies side-yard encroachment after large neighborhood protest

San Francisco Planning Commission · September 12, 2013
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Summary

After hours of testimony from Marina residents who said a proposed expansion at 3700 Broderick would erase characteristic side-yard open space and block property-line windows, the Planning Commission granted a restrained approval: it allowed limited rear-yard extensions (first and second floors) and a fourth-floor roof/top change but denied further encroachment into the side/rear open spaces. The discretionary review was upheld and the related variance was granted conditionally; the motion passed 6-1 (Commissioner Wu opposed).

The commission heard an extended discretionary-review hearing on a proposed multi-floor expansion at 3700 Broderick Street. Department staff described the project's side and rear additions and recommended approval after Residential Design Team review. Dozens of adjacent neighbors and long-time Marina residents filed discretionary-review letters and urged denial, arguing the block's garden-like side yards are a distinctive…

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