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Board applies new SMF ordinance, denies multiple AT&T permits after community opposition and DBW review
Summary
The Board of Appeals upheld Department of Public Works denials of several AT&T surface‑mounted facility (SMF) and excavation permits on Aug. 27, 2014, finding the new SMF ordinance applies to permits not final by the ordinance effective date even as AT&T argued the city missed a 60‑day statutory processing window.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Aug. 27 denied a string of permits for surface‑mounted telecommunications cabinets and related excavation work — including proposals at 203 Quintara Street, 110 Burroughs Street and several other addresses — applying the recently enacted Surface Managed Facilities (SMF) ordinance to permits that were not final when the ordinance took effect.
Department of Public Works (DPW) staff told the board the SMF ordinance requires broader community outreach and that any permit not final on the ordinance’s effective date should be subject to the new…
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