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Board grants variance to allow 12‑foot garage door at 2473–2477 Lombard Street
Summary
The Board of Appeals overturned the zoning administrator and granted a variance to allow a 12‑foot garage door at 2473–2477 Lombard Street, with the applicant directed to submit formal written findings for the board’s later adoption.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals overturned a zoning‑administrator denial and granted a variance allowing a 12‑foot garage door at 2473–2477 Lombard Street.
Planning staff recommended denial, citing the city’s policy to preserve active ground‑floor commercial uses on neighborhood commercial corridors and safety concerns about curb cuts on a busy Lombard Street segment. The applicant and architect argued a wider door would create three on‑site parking spaces, reduce a substandard on‑street bay that overlapped an adjacent driveway, and provide practical benefit to the owner and residents above.
After discussing pedestrian/vehicle conflict, streetscape continuity and nearby examples, the board voted to overturn the denial and grant the variance; the mover asked the applicant to prepare adoptable findings for final board adoption at a later date.
