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Neighbors accuse developer of post-approval changes at 943 Church Street; developer and staff dispute claims
Summary
Residents told the Planning Commission that developers altered plans at 943 Church Street after hearings — adding a roof deck, enlarging a side 'bump up' and increasing an overhang — and called the changes deceptive. The project owners say inspections found no violations; staff said some alleged changes may require neighborhood notice under Section 3.11.
Neighbors from Church Street presented petitions, photos and sworn testimony to the San Francisco Planning Commission on June 7 alleging that the developer of 943 Church Street altered plans after hearings in ways that materially increased massing and shadow impacts.
Alec Bash, a neighbor and retired planner, told the commission that the site permit reviewed by the Board of Appeals did not include a roof deck and that later plan pages showing a deck and a larger rear overhang were not reviewed by planning staff. "This seems a very unjust and unfair outcome,"…
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