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Board Upholds Retaining-Wall Permit After Neighbors Raise Drainage, Encroachment Concerns

San Francisco Board of Appeals · April 29, 2015
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Summary

A format over-the-counter permit to replace a retaining wall at 765 Mangels was upheld after neighbors raised longstanding water, drainage and alleged unpermitted construction concerns; the Board found DBIs review adequate and encouraged technical resolution among engineers and inspectors.

Neighbors appealed a DBI-issued permit to replace a retaining wall and address drainage at 765 Mangels Avenue, describing a long history of unpermitted excavation, slope drainage problems and property-line encroachment dating back to 2007. Neighbors presented survey results showing an encroachment and argued prior ad-hoc repairs had failed and that the proposed work risked destabilizing adjacent retained…

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