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Tenant and neighbors challenge electrical permit for compressor at 750 Andover; board directs acoustical study and continues case
Summary
Neighbors and a tenant told the board that an electrical permit to hardwire a large air compressor at 750 Andover would breach local noise limits and may require additional building permits. The permit-holder said the unit is for a daytime hobby and plans insulation; the board continued the case to Dec. 15 and ordered acoustical testing and documents.
At its Oct. 6 hearing the San Francisco Board of Appeals took up an appeal of an electrical permit issued for a hardwired air compressor at 750 Andover Street, a dispute that raised noise, building-permit and residential-use questions.
Appellant counsel argued the compressor is a commercial-grade machine rated at roughly 84 decibels and, placed directly under a tenant’s bedroom window, would violate the police-code fixed-source noise limits for a residential district (45 dBA at night, 55 dBA daytime). The appellant asked the board to withhold final approval pending an acoustical analysis and resolution of whether a building permit was required for the foundation and anchoring work already performed…
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