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Board overturns one NextG antenna permit over planning error, upholds another amid compliance concerns
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals revoked a Department of Public Works permit for a NextG antenna at 15620 Seventh Avenue after finding DPW relied on an incomplete dataset that failed to flag the street as a protected “good view” segment, but later upheld a separate Ashbury Street permit after hearing planning and safety testimony.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on March 16 overturned a DPW permit that allowed NextG Networks to install a wireless antenna at 15620 Seventh Avenue, finding the department relied on incomplete mapping during its review and that the site should have been routed to the Planning Department for additional review.
Jeff Cooper, who lives adjacent to the installation, told the board the San Francisco General Plan identifies Seventh Avenue as a “good view” street and that Planning review was required. “If NextG had done a minimum amount of outreach, we would have had the opportunity to research these issues before the antenna was built,” Cooper said. DPW permit manager John Kwong acknowledged the department’s dataset did not identify the segment as a good-view street at the time of review and said DPW would update its data to prevent similar…
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