shop and weocate for small mom and pop shops. my own local pet job is my life's work. we have seen the effect that chain stores have had and sf has lost original members. we know your name and pet's name and we are blessed to see them grow from puppies to the moment they are adopted and we make recommendations on food, health, behavior and issue referrals to others who are local. when they pass we are there for them with hugs, tears, and love. there is a precedence for denies cu permits to chain stores

already. in 2009 they denied a permit to pet food express attempting to enter marina district and did so again in 2 2011. thank you for your time today. >> my name i richard hilldeath. i am owned by two cats. [laughter] i am hear to like everyone before me just now request that you deny this conditional use permit. i have hea to date 1257 people e signed online position against this store and more than 1600 have signed the physical one

delivered to you and 56 merchants. a total of more than 3200 people have expressed their opposition in this form and i have hear a visual aid that shows the area and all the red dots are the res dens or addresses of the people who have signed these petitions. the blue stars represent the pet stores, pet grooms places and all the businesses likely to be affected by this new store. i want to say that people of good will can disagree. i know several people on the opposite of this and it's awkward to face them in this way. i do believe the individuals who are the head of healthy spa are probably very good people. they are in business and

business is harsh and i want to support my local businesses before adding someone from out of down to the mix. thank you for your time commissioners. >> david emmanuel a resident of glen park and the vice chair of the friends of upper noe dog owner's group and we maintain the dog run and help with improvements on the reck center. we work with the businesses in the area and they always donate to our causes and provide product. we got involved in this issue and we have seen some behavior by the chain that wants to move in that is concerning. number one is they purchased

sponsorships with the me merchas notion and the noe value association is a member of that. that is highly unusual to be doing a bronze or silver sponsorship and we heard from one of the board members of the commercial group saying they had to give that money back and they did that under incredible pressure. the second thing is we do know that the noe valley merchant's association did not allow it's members to participate in the decision of whether endorse or do not endorse healthy p spa and we think it's unfortunate. many of the petition signers that are endorsing healthy spot were also given incentive and a free pet food or a coupon for free pet food if they signed the petition and the last thing i want to point out is that we

work with pet rescues and they were told they were contacted by healthy spot and offered financial assistance if they would come hear and support them today. thank you for your time. >> my name is ken freedman and i am a 45 year resident. i want to state that i do not like or shop chains. i live in san francisco and value uniqueness. i feed my dog healthy food that i can already purchase. more important is that a business is honest and trustworthy. i am deeply offended and concerned by the actions of this la pet chain which has been

deceitful. one saturday when i arrived at the farmer's market i was approached by a pet chain owner if i would like to sign a petition to keep pet's healthy in what sounded like he was from a humane society. when i read the petition i was seeing that he was deceiving me and it was about opening a store. i said you should be ashamed of yourself for lying. he shrugged it off and said we do want what want and i was upset and wrote out it in the noe valley blog, we have all wondered if what this man was

doing was illegal. i passionately ask the planning commission to please not allow these unscrupulous people to open a chain store that is not needed nor can they be trusted. thank you. >> amy broughtman and i am a ten year resident. i will read something on behave of ellen french, she is co-owner of the animal company. a legacy business in the area. when she first heard about the chain store coming into the area she canvassed her fellow neighbors about this. she decided to investigate the map and learned that 20 of the 36 signatures were false. she has documentation that she

has given to the planners that states this. healthy spa has minut misrepres. do we really want people like this opening a store and poaching our residents and sending profits back to los angeles. >> jen maxwell i have lived in san francisco for 26 years and noe valley for 14. the general plan is retail uses be preserved and enhanced and. (reading from text or handout). our local neighbors serving retailers will not be preserved or enhanced they will be harmed.

i would like to focus on point one, where there is no need chain stores are harmful. consumers are best served when there are numerous competitors in a market. in local where there is no need for a specific chain that becomes a category killer. these corporations will enter a market using loss leaders to attract customers. [reading] while a chain can afford to operate a new outlet at a lot indefinitely it's only a matter of time. since chain stores in well served community only serves customers spending they can only be successful at the expense of our local businesses.

i would recommend to deny the permit. >> sage cotton co-owner of vip. i am hear to tell you they will destroy local business. healthy spa is a computation killer and would rather dominate small local business through a predatory practice known as dumping, so that other stores cannot sell or perform as needed to maintain their business. this drives out computation so that the chain store can dictate business. one store told us after four months of their opening they

stopped selling foods altogeth altogether. i have spoken personally to several of these businesses and some of these businesses felt compelled to write us a letter which you have in your opposition packets which have been sent to you. one of these owners wrote rather than build their own clientele they have used predatory practices to steal clients away from us. they offered cu coupons and mons of day care services. this practices are designed to steal customers. [reading]

>> my name is robert orvat. i want to touch on the 14 storefronts of healthy spot and ten of which were opened in the last two and half years. , two years actually so that is one store every 2.5 months. that's great for business and the healthy spot owners offer that leaves us wondering what's in store for us? these predatory businesses and chain businesses put a false expectation for landlords on

rent and drive out businesses. an illustration today when pet food express was allowed to move into california street the closure of the two local pet stores, catnip and bones and the animal connection is the darkest illustration of what is in store we feel if you allow this conditional use permit. i request that you deny it. >> good evening, christopher phos. i work with the dog owners group and i am the noe valley representative to the ingel side police and advisory board. i love my neighborhood. as a good neighbor, which i like to believe that i am, i like our

local pet owners are responsive to the neighbors. their participation goes beyond the selling of goods and services and extends to shared community and family experiences. they are a social destination unto themselves. they are what makes our neighborhood such a walkable neighborhood. i go out for a 20 minute walk and i don't go back for two hours. i talk to the shop owners and we are personal friends and we all know each other and that builds community. our shops continue to thrive because of a customers base that offers a customer base that deals with neighbors. are we to sell that to the highest bidder?

that is what we would do if we approve this cu. [bell ringing] we deserve support because our communities need these characters as familiar neighbors. we need that personality and friendliness that says this is my home not just a collection of houses and stores that could be anywhere in america and we need young adults to know that san francisco will have opportunities for merchants. what are they supposed to dream of if they can't build a shop of their own. why get that business degree. why stay in noe valley at all? >> hi my name is allen carpenter. i have lived in noe valley the day of the quake. that's the day i moved in. i have had dogs for 20 plus

years so i have been using the services for a while and i moved in on 24th street when the animal company was at its former location and i have used vip grooming services. i have no dog in the race and i am a customers and i'm not related to them. i didn't go to school with them. completely unvarnished just because they are in the neighborhood and i love these people and would hate to see their businesses injured or their businesses to close shop because it would be a true loss of friendship and community for me. i think a lot of other comments i think covered on the formula retail chain. please deny the use permit. thank you.

>> i was born in visitation valley and maybe there is some people that have heard of it, but i do shop in noe valley and i echo the sentiments of everyone that has come before me. i want to speak as a voter and unfortunately as a lawyer. animal company they don't have the fund to mount a pr campaign. i am a small business person, a three person law firm. what i have had heard this afternoon, folks in the community that have provided you with objective evidence that there is no need and concrete evidence that there is no desire. as a voter, i appreciate the fact that the city of san francisco has passed a master

plan and imposed standards and puts a limit on chain stores. this isn't a personality contest. i'm sure these are lovely men and i'm sure they have a nice business but it's a big business and it is a chain. we have to look at the evidence and the evidence before you does not meet the requirements of the city of san francisco. for that reason i urge you to deny this petition. >> good afternoon. i was a resident of noe valley for 20 years before moving a couple blocks away to haze valley which has similar restrictions on chain stores. i don't have a lot of new facts or things to bring up hear but i

have noticed this afternoon is that a couple if not more of the people that are proponents of this chain store are so happy with it they would go anywhere to go to this chain stores so why the store when there is as mucsaturation of existing pet providers. why don't they find these other neighborhoods and these people that are coming across down or wherever to this particular store they can find them easily enough in south market, bay view or wherever. i have been a customers of the store since 1990 under previous owner and in both case the

owners have been really great members of the neighborhood as well as great merchants and provide a great service to the neighbor. thank you very much. >> my name is va ness is a lamb bright, 30 year resident and i am a cat ownerer. my property value is based in large part on the uniqueness of the 24th street shopping area and as healthy spot pointed out 25% of the venn tors are chain stores and the last thing we need is another chain store to degrate the charm of the street. i usual you to vote no.

>> my name is kimberly. thank you for your time today. i would like to thank you again for your conversation in listening to the reasons why i think healthy spa should open in noe valley. i have known mark for over five years an he is one of the most honest people i know with a lot of integrity in everything that he does. he has not only shown in his personal life but also in the decisions he has made in business. as an example they did take a brand of food off from their she shelves once they found out that a big company that is known for pet recalls, they took the food off the shelf immediately they didn't wait for a recall. i think that speaks volumes to

supporting the mission that they have for healthy spot which is to bring organic pet food products and services to their furry customers. i would like to say as a resident of san francisco, i went to school at san francisco san francisco state in 2002, and i stayed because i love the city. i love the options that it gives me and the diversity and invasion aninnovation. i can go to a million different coffee restaurants and everything is hear. so many options and so many ice cream shops. i think that opening healthy spot in noe valley will had value to the city and not detract. i think there is room to coexist and give its residents all the diversity and variety of places to patronize that we know and

love. thank you. >> my name is mary anne wall last. wallace. i am a bay area resident. i am a new dog owner, my dog is two years old. healthy spa has always had something like that i like and feel confident about every product. the people are so knowledgeable and even though there is not going to be a day care hear in noe valley, their day care is incredible. the dogs are not standing on concrete all day. they are able to look outside and it's an open window and they take the dogs for a walk. it's the only place that may dog would like to be groomed and the owners are two passionate guys.

they have grown their passion slowly. it is not a chain store. i hig highly encourage any opposition to pop in any healthy spot store and you would really like what you see. i would appreciate if there was one hear in noe valley. >> my name is stephanie lee and borneborn and raised hear in san francisco. if any of you are pet owners you understand the importance of taking care of them. i am the owner of a 12-year-old dog. as he gotten owner he has increasing health issues. s -- i find myself less frequently

visiting noe valley. i still enjoy speaning my sundaying with my dog grabbing brunch and browsing the stops. what makes san francisco special are the vibrant neighborhoods and empty storefronts are against that vision. >> bill hoover. i have two small retail stores on 24th street. gallery of jewels. at the risk of losing customers, i have a different perspective business-wise. anyway, i have been small business owner for close to 50 years and prior to the my 28 years on 24th street i had a couple of professional

pharmacies in denver, colorado and i think everyone in hear knows about mom and pop drugstores. well, i learned how to be strategic and creative to compete with the big boys. i put my farm sees in medical buildings so i was like the hot dog stand at the football staled stadium. it's important to be creative. anyway, we all as independent business people, we have to learn how to swim with the sharks. my position is that i think rather than being protectionist and closing off outside competitive business it's not a

good idea. it's better to be all inclusive to promote the possibility of increasing the market with additional service we will always stand to grow. thank you. >> are there anymore speakers on this item? please come up. >> hi. i am the owner of noe value pet company, a pet supply store in noe valley for going on 20 years. we are locally owned independent and though we are not directly

on 24th street we are just a few blocks away. i need to comment on what was just said before. we h been swimming against the sharks. we have been swimming against the sharks. we have got internet suppliers all over us. daily we have to fight against that, so we know about being creative. dogs come into our store and they can sniff around and they experience it. it's about the experience not about the internet, and we need to be in noe. i must go on record to say that healthy spot will be selling the exact same products. they say they won't and they will. same treats, same toys, same food. we are not scared of competition because we are going against it, but we want fair competition.

it's got to be fair. we don't want to be undercut by bigger money and we want to just have it fair, so i hope that you will deny this and keep the money and the loyalty in san francisco not folks from l. a. >> good evening, my name is wilson ming and i was born and raised in san francisco. my parents have had small businesses throughout the city and i myself am a small business owner and i first became aware of healthy spot when i was in l. a. and we had an office dog. initially we brought him to a groomer and he got nipped and had a bad infection. we found healthy spa and have

been super happy with their service. being they my parents where are small business owners, i understand how hard it is but to say they are the same as mcdonalds or a whole foods is unfair and i think is inaccurate. i think it would be a great addition to our wonderful city and i ho hope you guys approve that. >> susan, owner of cotton bay bs and i oppose chain in noe valley. >> i am on this block at least once or twice a day, this is my neighborhood.

this is ground zero for why we have formally retail regulation. two doors down from the radioshack shot there was a hot heads was where my kids got their haircut every month or couple months for all their childhood and the neighborhood came out when super cuts wanted to come in next door and the planning commission was very frustrated because a big crowd was there in support of hot heads, but there was no formally retail lesion at the time, so the planning commission didn't feel they had the power to stop it. telling the city we wanted to

give the planning commission a tool to work with to protect local businesses. i have a variable dog and every one of these pet food suppliers no mars because i have no allegiance. we buy from all of them. if healthy spot was there, we would probably be buying from healthy spot. it's not about who is a local raretailer is where they are. this spot is appropriate for the right formula retail, just not dog food. they need more traffic at this part of 24th street and another pet retailer is not going to do that. a phone store, a hardware store, any other kind of retailer whether local or formula that isn't already represented on the street should be there. please deny this conditional use and keep this space open for a

traffic generator for this block. >> my name is megan mccarthy. i am a 10 year customers of healthy spot. i want to speak of my personal experience. i was fortunate enough to meet mark and andrew in 2008 when they opened their first store in asanta monica after adopting a rescue dog. since then my dog and i had support. that support has never changed. i have witnessed the blood, sweat, and tears they have put into their stores.

the environment they nurture is one of a family environment and how they treat and customers, animal, employees and community. i have been with them since the beginning whenhey only had one store and their integrity an commitment in small town community has never wavered. i can say as a customers over a decade the accusations that healthy pa uses a predatory policy and uses discounts and cue tons to steal customers are false. i want to kindly request your approve for their conditional use permit. if you want to speak please line

up. >> janet fowler. i hope you will deny the conditional use not because the people are bad, i am sure they are fine. 24th streets not thriving right now and we do have places leaving and you know, i know you have heard it that leases will change and this will be a watershed, but not just for noe valley we are changing in general and we have to try to preserve what we have always tried to preserve hear and so i just hope you will deny this conditional use for this large store that has a lot more money backing than our local businesses. thank you. >> any other public comment on

this item? >> i came hear for another matter today. collin glass. grieve. i used to live in noe valley. i came hear from ireland, so i am an outsider and i lived hear for ten years before i moved to marin. i live in a town that is dying because people come into the spots and price them on amazon.

>> okay. according to the institute for local communities and cities,

chain stores have a weekend local economy is and eroded trust in the community. that is not the give-and-take in that family atmosphere. this also have limited local investment and spending. and one of the outcomes of that is that the chain stores eliminate smaller stores and investment in smaller companies. for example, i started a little store at 24th street and i will, there is a wells fargo near there, i will maybe higher around there. i will ask people to help me with a business contract, but the wonderful gentlemen here representing healthy spot don't need that. they have their corporate attorneys. they don't need the valley bank

and they don't need the clerk to help us. they have a wonderful corporate shelf makers. it will look the same and it will look beautiful. i think these gentlemen are well educated. they went to berkeley. i guess they have mbas, i don't know. they are probably elf -- ethical and wonderfully educated people. is in it what you learned in business school to differentiate your business to be successful? perhaps go into a community that doesn't necessarily have the abundance of pet stores that we have, perhaps is cry off -- crying out that they need business. if they can surprise -- supply all this grooming and doggy daycare and other things like that, perhaps we need a neighborhood that is more spacious, and then they can differentiate themselves by employing people in the neighborhood and training them to be employees. they could have entrepreneurs themselves. what a great way to

differentiate themselves. >> thank you. >> fourteen stores -- >> your time is up. appreciate think. please deny it. >> thank you very much. >> not -- any other public comment? with that, public comment is close. commissioners? >> i have participated in the discussions about all the projects of the past regarding pets and pet stores for the last 12 years. i am a strong supporter of small business. everybody who has seen me and is sitting here knows that. and 99.9% of the cases i do take the side of small business. i believe that with the opinion of the small business commission is very important to me.

it is not that they are applauded for their opinions every thursday when we talk about businesses, but in this particular case i do appreciate they are deliberating on the subject matter and sending us the recommendations. i believe that there are services where similar businesses can't exist and in this particular case it is not that we are trying to restrict users but use. if we can see this and pet stores can exist and so do a number of dogs and people that are there, i believe that that in itself is testimony that the market is saturating and there is an imbalance with what the neighborhood wants. there is a large number of people speaking against it. it shows that the news -- the

use is employed in the business and the business is healthy and surviving. but it doesn't seem to be any deficiencies in meeting the demand or even offering, i will try to be careful with what i say, parts of the business that are special service like. i am not a dog owner, i cannot quite say its. i want to say full services for that. there is a wider range of extra services that i think are already met in the neighborhood aside from the basics. i personally, at this moment don't seem to be able to support an additional life in this particular corridor. >> thank you. >> thank you. i met with the project sponsors, and heard them out and wanted to hear the reason why they wanted to come to this neighborhood. i had no problems with them

whatsoever. i knew that we were going to s see, on thursday, if this place was wanted or not. it would be -- it is easier for us sometimes, whether it is overwhelmingly four or against, it is easier for us to make decisions when it is overwhelming. tonight i think i've been overwhelmed by the opposition and i want to commend all the neighbors for their solidarity in coming out here tonight and telling us, a really, they think. i don't think this business is necessary or desirable at this location. >> commissioner richards. >> i think you can tell right now there are five of us and there are two who won't support it. what i want to weigh in on here is this reminds me of the blue

bottle from the retail we had on steiner where we had an overwhelming pouring of the neighborhood. this is not the right place for this type of business and i think that is what we are hearing tonight. i think, yo like a i met project sponsors over a glass of wine, i think they are great people. i think the world -- the world of work you do on dog rescue, i think the choice of having healthy products for dogs like around the corner from where i live on jeffrey's... an incredibly good business idea. you would be a huge welcome edition -- addition to the city. what you're hearing here is you seem to be a destination place. there might be more appropriate destination -- destination locations for you to go into. we heard more communities on the up grow through the city, the bayview, excelsior, we also

have, as i read recently in a report on union street, it seems like this would be, this is exactly the kind of thing that would fit there that you wouldn't get opposition from from the union street merchants or neighbors or chestnut street or fillmore street. i think what i'm saying is, welcome to san francisco. we hope you will give us another try in another location and i would love to hear you come back with a different location and i would love to try and get behind it and support it with my fellow commissioners and get a unanimous approval. i'm not anti- formulate retail. to the contrary i see lots of different companies, i don't even call them back when i support these businesses. he knows i don't call them back. i didn't support blue bottle. my fellow commissioners here in

the community had weighed in that we would love to have you, just not here. >> okay. so, i am, i have a couple things to say about this one. i hear loud and clear the neighborhood saying that this is not desirable for folks in the neighborhood and i take that seriously. i also heard -- i did however also hear the merchants say that they support this business. and other folks as well. and, you know, the formulate retail thing is sticky in 2018, because the world of retail has so dramatically changed. and the last ten years. i think that things that worked

in a commercial corridor, even ten years ago, are not working so much anymore. i think that one thing you just said, commissioner richards, is right on. i think the thing about, you know, the anchor tenant, the destination tenant, that retail establishment that draws people from other places that were not otherwise coming, it is increasingly important in the age of amazon. and, you know, i think that, you know, thinking and being strategic and thoughtful of where we place those destination retailers is really important. this particular block has another, you know, pet store so, you know, this particular location may not be appropriate, but i would really urge the neighbors to think about the

strategy for your corridor or. retail is changing and we are seeing it on this commission. that, you know, i heard several speakers talk about preserving, reserving what is wonderful. i'm afraid that a lot of that preservation is really not possible in the age of amazon. it will require new strategies to attract people so the businesses that are there can still continue to thrive and survive. i heard you loud and clear. also i would urge you to think about your strategy going forward to. i live on the other side of town off of ocean avenue. we have no pet stores at all. no dog grooming, know nothing. and tons of dogs. so you may want to look our way. there's, you know, formulate retail pet stores out in the sun set, off of cloak that everyone

goes to by default because there is nothing else. so, you know, i think that you don't have the boats today, but i hope that you try again in another location in san francisco. does anybody want to make a motion? >> motion to deny. >> somebody has to make a motion, though. >> you'd put two emotions in the packet, rate? >> i did include it. if the commission would like to move forward with that, based on the small business commission's letter, at their testimony on testimony we heard today, and the commission comments, they recommend the commission augment the findings in that report.

i can list them as follows. either finding 780, seven c. on page 6, 7 ga on page 9, 7 gg and finding number 9, which is the one a 1.1 b. finding. language to be added would be to include that the project would hamper the diverse retail base with in the valley and it's distinct neighborhood comprised of a mix of businesses. many of which tend to be nontraditional or unique. and the project is unduly skewing the mix of business in the retail. that is the same clear branding for consumers, counters that the general direction of certain land use controls and general plan policies which value unique character to maintain the originality of the area.

from the retail use increase, the level of hominid uad's chives on a low level of interest maintained by balis use of services. and that the uniqueness is based on a combination of unique visual character and a sense of community bolstered by small merchants and resident relationships. >> thank you. ok, commissioners? >> i would like to make a motion of intent to approve based on the findings stated in the record. there is actually a disapproval of emotion in your pockets. you do not have to make a motion of intent. you can do it today. >> i would like to make a motion to disprove under the findings. >> second. >> yes? >> i am from the planning department staff. i just want to add what came up

in the conversation is a comment about the destination that everything is a destination retail component. we suggest that you consider adding that into the motion. >> sure. >> i didn't make the motion. >> i'm sorry. it is supplementing the findings. >> i would like to add that to the findings. >> very good commissioners. >> yes? >> with emphasis, i believe that the points three and four read into the record by mr horan are particularly pertinent to what we are disproving at the moment. they were a public -- particular elements describing the uniqueness and the mix of use in the valley. i do not have the exact verbiage but those three points, three and four were particularly applicable. >> very good. there is a motion that has been seconded to disapprove this

matter. amending the motions of the draft, disapproval motion as read into the record on staff -- by staff. commissioners? the motion passes unanimously 5-zero. [applause] >> five minutes? we would have to elect the chair. laugh mac >> here we go. >> that was a short break. >> good evening and welcome back to the san francisco planning

commission regular meeting. for thursday june 21st, 2018. commissioners, we left off on the regular calendar for fifth -- items 15 a and b. at 143 corbett avenue. there is a request for a conditional use authorization. the zoning administrator requests has a request for variance. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm from the planning department staff. i am going to conditional use and a variance request at 143 corbett avenue. the project proposes to legalize interior alterations and additions at the rear building wall, rear building wall bay window and to construct a roof deck. and a horizontal edition of a spiral staircase at the rear deck. all of this is required in the

rear yard beyond the required 45%. it will propose to legalize and further excavate work done to create a second unit at the two lower levels of the subject property. the project located on the south side of corbett avenue appears to have a two story building at the street face but there are two stories existing below gra grade. the four story building at the rear. this project seeks conditional use authorization under the corona heights large residents as ud as a proposed legalized and expanded that the building past the 45 required sand yard. that also requires a rear yard to variance or rear yard encroachment. the product seeks to legalize a work being completed to the subject property. the two phases of construction

tacked watch what phases of the unpermitted illegal and out of scope construction that i would like to explain to you. the first is there as an expansion to a bay window with a top roof deck that had been approved for plans. in my package i provided you and archive rear wall photo exhibit showing the, kind of slow expansion of this part of the building. what was originally a square bay became an angled bay with an angle that was expanded outward within it angled bay or deck on top as well as a triangular wing of volume. based on the photo evidence that i found, this construction appeared to happen between 2010 and 2011. starting with the current owner of the building, there began a project of excavation and interior alteration, including to create a second unit at these two subterranean levels i have

mentioned. and a serious f-15 over-the-counter permits that were filed between august 2014 and december of 2017. some of the work that did occur was not covered in the scope of permit and in total, d.b.i. has issued eight violations for this work, and currently stopped all work and has requested that the project -- that this permit served to legalize all the work that has happened so far. that work is within the buildable area and has not resulted in the expansion of the building. that has not been subject to this eu or the variance. i would like to state i also did a site visit and almost all of the interior original foundation walls, studs and there is -- original floor plates are, for the most part, intact and have not been altered. there is been public outreach from the community throughout

the life of this case. there has been much contact with the adjacent neighbors to the west. and since the publication of a case report i've received four letters, also in opposition from the project from adjacent neighbors to the east and south. we also received a letter in opposition from the corbett heights neighborhood association. with that being said, the department finds a project is on balance consistent with the objective and policies of the plan and we recommend approval as proposed. thank you. >> thank you. project sponsor? >> welcome. hello. thank you for your time today, commissioners. my name is mark cruise. i came on as project architect in june of 2017. i've been working on behalf of this family to bring the project

into compliance under the advisement of the senior inspector, and senior planners. we seek to establish a single due process for managing one final d.b.i. and s.f. planning application as of august 2017. basically to consolidate all of the previous applications that were submitted by the previous contractor. basically at the goal of the project was always to establish compliance between two family residence. we've done everything we can to coordinate with the san francisco planning department to maintain code compliance in our submittal package. it's my understanding, and as jeff warren itemized all the tenants in this project, that the san francisco planning department is in favour of adding a unit at this location. is basically an existing three story plus basement single-family residence with a sordid history of different rental configurations.

so hurry up the zoning density designation for the property, this application pursues to create that legal unit on the existing lower two levels of the house. there was an interior stair connecting the upper unit to the lower unit, as it were, and the owner voluntarily removed that in service of creating this unit in 2015. he's always been dedicated to the separation of the two. so legalizing the existing home with a separate address required work to be done to repair the existing foundation which the previous contractor executed under several, separate permits. this in conjunction with needs to create an 8-foot ceiling height, it also required a retaining wall at the great, in conjunction