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Board of Appeals delays Leffers property appeal until May 8 amid pending CEQA review
Summary
The Board of Appeals agreed to continue Matthew and Christine Leffers’s appeal of a Department of Building Inspection action until May 8, 2013, allowing additional briefing after the Board of Supervisors considers a CEQA appeal.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on March 6 agreed to continue an appeal by Matthew and Christine Leffers about a property at 611 Buena Vista West Avenue until May 8, 2013, after the appellants’ lawyer said a CEQA appeal is pending before the Board of Supervisors.
Susan Grama Hawley, the appellants’ attorney, told the board she had expected a stay while the Board of Supervisors determined the timeliness of a CEQA categorical-exemption appeal and asked the Board of Appeals to postpone its hearing until after the supervisors’ decision. Tracy Box Zoon, representing the permit holders, opposed delay, saying briefing deadlines had been missed and that rescheduling prejudices permit holders who had prepared to present evidence, including an architect flown in for tonight’s hearing.
Board members discussed potential dates tied to the supervisors’ calendar and agreed to an interim briefing schedule: the appellant’s brief will be due three Thursdays before the rescheduled hearing and the permit-holder’s response one Thursday before. President Ochoa moved to reschedule the matter to May 8 with the regular briefing schedule, and the motion passed on a 4–0 roll call.
The continuance allows the Board of Appeals to consider any CEQA timing determination by the Board of Supervisors before acting on the Leffers appeal. The board did not take further action on the underlying permit at tonight’s meeting.
