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Board upholds Zoning Administrator: multistory rear decks are excluded from rear‑yard averaging
Summary
The Board of Appeals upheld the Zoning Administrator’s written determination that deck and stair appendages do not count as rear building walls for rear‑yard averaging under the Planning Code, rejecting an architect’s argument that a large multistory deck should be treated as building face.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals upheld a Zoning Administrator Letter of Determination finding that deck and stair structures are not counted as a rear building wall for rear‑yard averaging purposes.
Sydney Day, the appellant, and architect John Goldman argued that a sizable multi‑story deck and stair structure at an adjacent property on Hattie Street occupies more than half the lot width and rises two stories, and therefore should be treated as a…
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