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Board keeps vinyl‑siding appeal at 695 Third Avenue open, sets April 15 settlement date
Summary
A motion to overturn the siding permit at 695 Third Avenue failed to achieve the three votes required to overturn departmental action; commissioners voted to continue the matter to April 15 to allow settlement talks and additional materials (vote 3-0).
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on March 25 considered an appeal over a building permit to install aluminum (vinyl) siding at 695 Third Avenue. The hearing featured testimony from the appellant’s representative Tony Hsu and counsel for the property owner, James Millar.
The permit-holder’s attorney said the siding covers existing redwood and adds roughly one‑eighth of an inch overlap and argued there was no evidence of property-line intrusion. "There's no showing whatsoever by the appellant in this case of any sort of intrusion or encroachment on the property line," James Millar said. Appellants presented photographs and alleged siding enclosed an existing separation between buildings. DBI inspector Joe Duffy testified the department had not received a survey and had suspended the permit after appeal; he said the department would not act to force access onto a neighbor’s property and that property-line disputes are typically civil matters.
A motion to overturn or otherwise change the permit drew a 2-1 vote on one motion, but the board noted that 3 votes are required to overturn or modify a departmental action; as a result the permit would stand by default unless further action was taken. Commissioners then moved to continue the case for settlement discussions; that motion passed unanimously and the case was continued to April 15 with a view toward negotiation and potential settlement filings.
