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Board conditionally approves window permit for 2015 Stockton Street, strikes street-facing vinyl windows
Summary
The Board overruled Planning’s disapproval of a 38-window replacement at 2015 Stockton Street but conditioned the permit: remove window replacements that are visible from the public right-of-way (the curved bay street facade) and allow non-street-facing replacements to proceed.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on March 6 overruled a Planning Department denial and issued a modified permit for window work at 2015 Stockton Street, but struck the replacement of street-facing vinyl windows that the Planning Department found incompatible with the building’s 1915 curved-bay facade.
Eric Si, representing his elderly parents, said his parents were misled by a contractor into replacing 38 windows and sought the board’s relief from Planning's disapproval. Scott Sanchez of the Planning Department testified that 18 of the front-facing windows are incompatible because they do not preserve the character-defining curved bay pattern and that vinyl material is not appropriate for a potential historic resource. DBI confirmed the department issued a notice of violation and that a nine-times penalty had been assessed, but staff said the penalty amount could be reduced on appeal or by working with DBI when coming in for a corrected permit.
The board allowed replacement of windows not visible from the public right-of-way and directed the Planning Department and DBI to work with the applicant on a reasonable timetable for compliance and to consider enforcement of other unpermitted replacements in the neighborhood. Vice President Lazarus’s motion to overrule Planning and issue the permit with the modified scope passed on a 4–0 roll call.
The board left penalty questions and timelines to DBI and Planning to address administratively.
