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Board trims proposed Guy Place park 'beacon' from 20 to 10 feet, conditions permit
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals granted an appeal of a Public Works minor‑sidewalk encroachment permit for Guy Place Mini Park on Aug. 9, 2017, and conditioned approval on reducing a proposed 20‑foot metal vine column to 10 feet, citing neighborhood scale concerns. The board voted 5–0.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Aug. 9, 2017, granted an appeal of a Public Works minor‑sidewalk encroachment permit for the Guy Place Mini Park and conditioned the permit on reducing the height of a proposed 3‑by‑3‑by‑20‑foot metal column to 10 feet.
The change came after residents and appellants said the 20‑foot column would be out of scale on the narrow, 14‑foot‑wide Guy Place, could protrude above second‑floor windows for nearby condominiums and posed seismic concerns at the edge of a liquefaction zone. Appellant Matthew Steen asked the board to deny the permit or, alternatively, to require the…
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