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Board of Appeals deadlocks on Guerrero Street variance; zoning administrator’s denial stands
Summary
At its Feb. 22 meeting the San Francisco Board of Appeals heard an appeal seeking an exposure variance for 523 Guerrero St. Commissioners split twice on motions to overturn the zoning administrator; both motions failed 2-2, and the ZA’s denial remained in effect by operation of law.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Feb. 22, 2017 deadlocked twice on whether to overturn the zoning administrator’s denial of an exposure variance for a proposed dwelling unit at 523 Guerrero Street, leaving the denial in place by operation of law.
Rhonda Fushimi, the project architect, spoke for property owner Alexander Fleming and described plans to convert unused ground-floor storage and a garage-adjacent area into a new unit as part of a voluntary seismic upgrade. Fushimi said planning staff had advised an alternative path and that two permit routes were possible; “I was told to go down to planning,” she said, describing meetings with planning staff and later adjusting the…
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