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Neighbors and developer at odds over 1130 Cole Street additions; board orders one‑week continuance for settlement effort
Summary
Owners and neighbors clashed over an excavated grade, a high retaining wall and a rebuilt rear 'bump‑out' at 1130 Cole Street; neighbors sought lowering and finish of fence/retaining wall and discretionary planning review of the bump‑out. The board directed both sides to submit short written lists of proposed remedies and continued the matter one week to May 19 for possible settlement.
Neighbors of 1130 Cole Street told the San Francisco Board of Appeals that recent construction by the site’s developer substantially altered neighborhood conditions, citing a tall retaining wall and fence, an exposed and unfinished firewall, changes to grade that created gaps and exposed framing, and a rebuilt rear bump‑out that they say reduces light to a rented unit.
Jeff and Nancy Noakes and Samina Ali described ongoing problems: damaged planting beds, a tall fence and retaining wall visible from their yards, and a rebuilt rear appendage whose steeper roofline and altered slope they said left a tenant’s bedroom in a “tunnel” of reduced light.…
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