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Board Upholds Permit for Retaining-Wall Work After Neighbor Concerns Over Safety and Coordination

San Francisco Board of Appeals · January 17, 2018
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Summary

The board denied a neighbor appeal and allowed work to proceed at 2119/2120 Second St., concluding the permit to replace a failing retaining wall and install shoring was properly issued; the board asked DBI to perform a pre‑construction site visit and encouraged neighbor coordination.

Neighbors and a retained engineer told the Board of Appeals the retaining wall at 2119/2120 Second Street is failing and urged a two‑week continuance for joint site engineering and bracing plans. Pat Buskovich, representing downhill neighbors, asked for a pause so the parties' engineers could develop a coordinated means-and-methods approach for shoring existing walls. He said the…

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