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Board denies neighbors’ jurisdiction request over unusual rooftop solar array
Summary
Neighbors asked the Board to take jurisdiction over permits for an unusual, near-vertical rooftop solar installation at 56 Presidio Avenue, citing visual and safety concerns. The Board found no timely-appeal basis nor city fault in the permit process and denied the jurisdiction requests 5–0.
Members of a Presidio Avenue neighborhood asked the San Francisco Board of Appeals to take jurisdiction over an electrical and a building permit for rooftop solar at 56 Presidio Avenue, saying the panels were installed “standing almost upright” and were visible above the parapet wall.
Brian Soriano, representing the requesters, told the Board the panels were configured in a way he described as unusual and perhaps spiteful, that at least one neighbor had photographed the…
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