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Board deadlocks on 171 Lee Avenue jurisdiction request after dispute over notice and property line
Summary
The Board of Appeals was split 2–2 on whether to take jurisdiction over original 2009 permits for work at 171 Lee Avenue after neighbors said they received insufficient notice and DBI reported survey discrepancies; without a majority the jurisdiction request was denied by operation of law.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals deadlocked on May 11 over a jurisdiction request tied to permits for work at 171 Lee Avenue, leaving the matter to Department of Building Inspection review rather than Board adjudication. The split vote followed competing claims about notice, surveys and whether the permits were issued on incorrect plan information.
Appellant counsel John Chow said neighbors did not receive adequate notice because a job card had been posted on a second-floor window and was not visible to those who used the ground-level entrance. "We respectfully…
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