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Board leaves in place controversial North Beach variance after wide neighbor opposition
Summary
After hours of testimony from more than two dozen neighbors and experts, the Board of Appeals left in place a variance allowing additions at 312 Green Street; the board's motion to overturn the zoning administrator failed and the variance stands by default due to a vacancy on the board.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Feb. 11 left intact a variance allowing a multi‑story rear-yard encroachment at 312 Green Street, a North Beach property that neighbors said would "double the height" of a 100‑year‑old home and harm views and an adjacent rooftop solar array.
Appellants’ counsel Ryan Patterson described the project as "a proposal to expand a small 1907 home into a 4‑story McMansion" and said the variance was unnecessary and injurious to neighbors. Architect Matt Buskovich…
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