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Neighbors tell Board of Appeals they lacked notice and worry about safety and scale of Nineteenth Avenue project
Summary
Residents at the meeting described insecure fencing, repeated plan revisions, lack of timely notice, parking impacts and potential loss of sunlight and an historic boundary wall related to a Nineteenth Avenue development that had been withdrawn from the agenda.
At the start of the March 29 meeting, several neighbors addressed the San Francisco Board of Appeals about a Nineteenth Avenue project that had been withdrawn from the evening's calendar.
A speaker who gave her first name as Lizzie displayed a photograph and said contractors left a construction gate secured only by a twisted wire, leaving gaps after storms that exposed neighbors' yards and homes. "It's just a wire that's been twisted," she said, and added that a century‑old boundary wall between Eighteenth and Nineteenth avenues may be at risk.
Richard Jeremy, who identified himself as Lizzie's son and as a resident at 2351 Eighteenth Avenue, listed three concerns: safety due to an unsecured site and a wave of burglaries, poor and late communication from city or project staff, and the project's scope. Jeremy said plans have been revised repeatedly over many years and said the project appears much larger than surrounding R2 properties, raising shadowing and scale concerns.
Neighbor Frank Liang said he shared safety concerns and asked about future parking impacts and the contractor's schedule so residents could plan for heavy equipment and truck movements.
Goldstein and staff advised residents that Item 6 (an appeal for 2338–2340 Nineteenth Avenue) had been withdrawn and encouraged residents to discuss concerns directly with planning and department representatives who were present after the meeting; staff apologized that withdrawal notices arrived late.
The board did not take action on the withdrawn item; staff recommended and offered follow‑up with planning representatives and department staff to address security, notice, and code questions.
