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Board Upholds Zoning Administrator’s Denial of Parking Variance at 180 Corwin Street
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 3–2 to uphold the zoning administrator’s denial of a parking-variance request for a six‑unit building at 180 Corwin St., concluding the board lacked the four votes required to overrule the department. Appellant cited major financial hardship if forced to convert a unit to BMR.
President Randall Knox presided over a close vote Thursday after hearing developers’ testimony and detailed financial figures from appellant Roger Tellis, who said converting a unit to a below‑market‑rate (BMR) sale would be financially ruinous. “The BMR sales price would be $175,000,” Tellis told the board and described being “into the unit for about $326,000,” which he said would leave him roughly $151,000 underwater if forced to sell at the BMR price.
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