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Board hears appeal over whether second floor at 425 Brandon Street is legal office use under SLI zoning
Summary
Property owner Stephen Gans argued for decades-long office use at 425 Brandon Street and cited permit history and prior tenants including SF Weekly and the District Attorney; Planning Department staff told the board it could not locate permits authorizing general office use and categorized earlier tenancies as business service. The board voted to continue the item to allow the absent commissioner to participate.
Stephen Gans, representing First California Investments, told the San Francisco Board of Appeals on July 6 that the second floor at 425 Brandon Street has functioned as office space for decades and that historical permits and tenancy demonstrate it was a legal office use prior to rezoning. "We have always understood that it was the central permits bureau role to at least point out if there was a potential issue with the uses listed on the permit and then route us to planning," Gans said, arguing that the property's permit record and a 1987 transit impact development fee (TIDF) list show the space was treated as office use.
The conflict centers on whether the second floor is a legal general office use after the area's 1990 rezoning to the SLI (South of Market light industrial) district, which…
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