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Board of Appeals overturns suspension of permit for 128 Elsie Street
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted to grant an appeal and overturn a zoning administrator's suspension of a building permit for 128 Elsie Street, after finding the ZA's decision failed to account for repeated building-permit extensions and changed departmental practices. Commissioners expressed concern about interdepartmental notice and template language.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Aug. 15 granted an appeal to lift a suspension of a building permit for 128 Elsie Street, ruling that the zoning administrator erred in treating a 2010 variance as void. Commissioner Anne Lazarus moved to grant the appeal, arguing the zoning administrator failed to consider repeated building-permit extensions and that departmental procedures and templates had contributed to confusion; the motion carried in a recorded vote.
The project's architect and former owner, Mike Schulte, recounted the long history of the proposal, including a variance granted April 8, 2010, and multiple permit extensions while financing and ownership changed. Counsel Tuya Catalano argued the appellants reasonably relied on…
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