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Board of Appeals revokes DPW permit for NextG wireless box at 15620 Seventh Avenue
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals granted an appeal from nearby homeowners and revoked a Department of Public Works permit for a NextG/Crown Castle wireless installation at 15620 Seventh Avenue, citing incompatibility with the residential view street and visual blight; the board directed written findings to be adopted later.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 4–1 on May 16, 2012 to grant an appeal by homeowner Jeff Cooper and revoke a Department of Public Works permit that allowed NextG Networks (now part of Crown Castle) to install a wireless equipment box at 15620 Seventh Avenue.
Cooper told the board the permit failed the city’s public-health noise standard and the Article 25 compatibility and necessity tests, arguing the enclosure is large enough to hold two ION M units and that manufacturer sound data included in NextG’s filing showed potential exceedances of the city’s 45 dBA threshold. He presented photographs and measurements showing the pole and appended equipment approximately 12 feet 6 inches from the nearest residential facade and said prior attempts to get the company and DPW to fix noncompliant sites had been unsuccessful.
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