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Board upholds permits for 2691 Twentieth Avenue after heated dispute over expired permits and tenant access
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals heard competing claims over expired building permits and tenant access at 2691 Twentieth Avenue and, after debate, failed to reach the four votes needed to overturn the permits; with no prevailing motion the permits remained upheld by operation of law.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 17 considered three consolidated appeals tied to 2691 Twentieth Avenue, where neighbors and tenants challenged a series of building and electrical permits and the owner sought to remove an unauthorized unit. Appellants’ counsel Salvatore Timpano argued the permits had expired multiple times under California building code provisions and were improperly reissued after the March 2016 planning-code changes, meaning the work should have been treated as new and routed through the Planning Department.
Permit-holder trustee Sarah Connors and counsel Daniel Bornstein said the permits were sought to comply with a Department of Building Inspection (DBI)…
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