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Planning Commission approves 675 Arkansas addition despite neighbors—oncerns over solar access
Summary
The Planning Commission denied neighbor discretionary review requests and approved a 31-foot vertical addition at 675 Arkansas Street; neighbors argued the addition will shade planned rooftop solar panels but commissioners noted there is no citywide solar-envelope policy and urged private negotiation.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted to deny neighbor discretionary-review (DR) requests and to approve a vertical addition at 675 Arkansas Street that raises the building from roughly 20 feet to around 31 feet, despite sustained neighborhood objections that the third-story addition will block planned rooftop solar panels and reduce daylighting.
Neighbors testified that they had applied for solar permits and incentives (citing combined incentives and tax rebates they estimated at roughly $18,000) and said story poles…
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