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Board upholds variances to legalize dozens of live-work and dwelling units

San Francisco Board of Appeals · November 4, 2015
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Summary

The Board of Appeals upheld zoning variances that will legalize additional dwellings at several Essex properties (Brannon Street and Pennsylvania Avenue), after debate over illegal unit creation, enforcement and rent-control implications.

The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted on Nov. 4 to deny appeals and uphold zoning variances that will legalize additional dwelling units and preserve live-work unit status at multi-building Essex projects on Brannon Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

Alan Murphy, counsel for the project sponsor, summarized unit counts and said the variances would legalize existing units that were created after the original approvals. Planning Department Zoning Administrator Scott Sanchez described…

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