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Board of Appeals upholds Planning denial for Green Street spray booth over zoning and health concerns
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on March 18, 2015, upheld the Planning Department’s denial of a permit to legalize a spray‑painting booth at 1776 Green Street, finding the change would intensify a nonconforming use in a residential district and raising neighborhood health and safety concerns; the vote was 3–1.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the Planning Department’s decision to deny a permit that would have legalized a spray‑painting booth at 1776 Green Street, concluding the change would amount to an impermissible intensification of a legal nonconforming use in a residential district.
Planning Department senior staff Scott Sanchez told the board the zoning history and code were clear: the property currently operates as a legal nonconforming minor auto‑repair garage, but “legalizing the spray booth … would be intensifying the nonconforming use,” a change the RH‑2 residential zoning does not permit. The board voted 3–1 to…
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