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Police offer reapplication and fee waiver in auto-wrecker dispute; board continues appeal to Aug. 11
Summary
After procedural confusion in an auto-wrecker permit appeal, SFPD's Sergeant William Coggan offered to accept prior inspections, waive SFPD application fees and allow APCO to reapply; APCO rejected reapplication absent fee waivers and was offered a hallway discussion. The board agreed to continue the appeal to August 11 to let the parties memorialize any settlement.
The Board of Appeals on June 30 heard an appeal from APCO Corporation over a denied auto-wrecker/police permit and a complex file history. Sergeant William Coggan of the SFPD—s permit section offered a path to resolution: APCO could reapply for the auto-wrecker permit, the police department would waive its application fees and accept prior inspections to create a "clean and understandable file," and the tax-collector fee would remain payable.
APCO owner Anne Feldon said she would pay the tax-collector fee but rejected reapplication that would require repeated inspections, saying fire and public-health departments had reviewed the site and found no reason to reinspect. "My answer is absolutely no," Feldon said when asked whether she would accept the reapplication approach.
After an offer to allow private discussion between counsel and the officer and follow-up exchanges, Sergeant Coggan later reported an agreement in principle: APCO would apply for a new permit within days, provide an expected start date, the police department would accept old inspections and waive application fees, and a police permit hearing would be scheduled to memorialize the agreement; the board continued the appeal to August 11 to allow those steps.
Next steps: APCO to file a new application and the police department to schedule a hearing (reported date July 14 for a police memorializing hearing); the Board of Appeals continued the matter to August 11 to let agencies and parties finish the process.
Outcome: hearing continued to August 11; board recorded the procedural settlement offer on the public record.
