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Board trims DBI penalty for illegal unit, reduces multiplier to four times
Summary
The Board of Appeals reduced a Department of Building Inspection penalty applied to a homeowner who built an unpermitted lower‑floor unit, cutting a 9x penalty to four times the regular fee amid testimony about financial hardship and remediation steps.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 20 reduced a Department of Building Inspection penalty imposed on a homeowner who constructed an unpermitted lower‑floor unit. DBI had imposed a nine‑times penalty for work done without a permit; after hearing from DBI inspector Lawrence Kornfield and the homeowner, the board voted 4–1 to lower the multiplier to four times the regular fee.
Kornfield told…
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