>> thank yo and i really appreciate your time as well. >> and that's episode. you've been watching san sfgov tv i'm chris manners. thanks so much for watching. >> here. >> commissioner alexand commissioner shaddix. >> here. >> commissioner >> here >> commissioner williams. >> >> commissioners meng and nuemann are excused.e have our land the abatement

acknowledgment] and next members of the comment call in number is 415-655-0001 the code 26623248361. >> and our all parties giving testimony today s raise your right hand. >> do you swear e truth to the best of your knowledge? >> thank you, you may be seated. >> and also wanted to just read affirmation the way the proceedings will take the

department of present its appellate, next public minutes to peek and last rebuttal t 3 minutes for department and the appellate. the b. minutes. approval of minutes discussion and possibleminute for a special meeting on 17th 2024. is well a approve the minutes? >> >> second. >> so there is a motion and is there public comment on the minutes? seeing none our commissioner in >> opposed? >> the minutes approved. >> good morning i have one before we start. the 6927 and 1920 quint street with drawn the appeals and them today. thank you.omment near

item. >> next c. continued appeal order ofent. case ton avenue. and the action requested by appellate the april 12, 2023 order of absts. appellate requests the board to rescind andnoise. notice of violation and order of that the removal of blight was complete nov. and would staff move forward? >> good morning to everyone building inspection commission i'm [inaudible] senior to represent the department of building

inspection aab appeal case on today agen following the appealase number 6925 the address is 201 ashton this subject one story building in 5b a single house inin september 2017,dbi conduct a [inaudible] at the premesis complaint and reviewd that fence were erected of the premesis at the corner lot of fences were visible from the 6 feet. at the back of the within the public right-of-way.ized fences multiple across the city agency from planning public work, dbi. owner has taken no action violation and ence within the time

line after over over 5 years dbi rendzer a decision to issue order of abatement march of 2023. 7 years ago the public owner building permit.d attempt to legalize the not been approved by to the owner nan responsing to comply. and fail to for encroachment permi the owner follow an appeal with the board in last year. order of r currently the property owner is permit drawing and incorporate their condition and requirement out public works june 13 of 24. with modification detailed in the order. staff recommendation uphold. including imposing the site document of violation site inspection in september property owner replace the fencempliance

height at the front of the premesis in the right-of-way without an approval the building permit. ci work approval. today, 7 years after theas not obtained the permit and to legalize the unauthorized fence reverse back to the last legal condition. hence, the order was issued appropriately back in april of2023. thank you. >> appellate may come >> before i president shaftys could i hand out a hard

copy of the slide deck to the board? i don't a motion? no. that's yea. >> thank you. for the should be extracopies. >> okay. >> in 2017 repaired a blighted following code. blight removal is man datd by housing and building code. safety by public works code. the].cted the pillars in alignment withplanning code. in 2017 there was a music

co been doing construction and playing loud music f p.m. i would like to "volume hear it in my impeachment all not detail unsafe property by state a dbi a search privatety without probable cause. proper consent and due process violating our rights. issued violation an investigation revealed cornir lot without the benefit of a perimismequires at the time notice of violation is direct take paragraphs of the property make copies of them available. san francisco b the building determines by inspection this properties are officials give written notice to the owner that properties are shall specify the conscience. dbi violation notice rights. dbi notify the owner of their due process right notice.

san francisco code legislates a violation notice give the owner 15 days to request a the prefer for requesting a california constitutions require a persons of life li due process of law. disr violating our rights. >> on october 11, 2017 filed the application. the city mandated a variance height of the fence without the legal requirement that thesafer. our variance was approve in the process in the 2021ful 24 of 21dpw alleged our private right-of-way easement needs legislation and mandated encroachment permit. on decembe submitted a minor sidewalk encroachmentebruary 30 of 22, dpw mandated fence height despite a legalizing the hiechlt move the 3 foot clearance

around the street light. a general excavation permit to the luther remove the gas fire table despite legalizing the gas fire table violation. >> on december 23 [inaudible] despite absence of ensure the per myth could not be finalized this a filed. in responsibles to the appeal dbi now since they filed the 2017encroach the public right of way under of travel which is a mistake relies. law says that public andghts of ways are different. public ways are termed highways or public situated every citizen has a right. private way is the am a person or description a right developedm the general public. map ratifies the right of an as

easement. the 1922 bilaws private right-of-way easement for streeaccess. title for our property legalize the ease am for access and the historic map ray ease am throughout the neighborhood is for puc individual and together the evidence proves the easement is private property. dbi claims our private easement is a cityned unpaid sidewalk violate sidewalk require sidewalk surfaces to be firm and tile exposed concrete or other dbi claim of city ownedsidewalk is a mistake of fact and law >> this hearing is aboutdbi violations and abatement from dbi conducts unlawful searches of pri 8 of 24 search fornonexistent property crime never evidence of unsafeoperty. continued searchs of private property without ca unsafe

property without proper consent protections violate our of the board is limited to sustaining or abatement and dbi searchs andiolate law outside of the board's jurisdicti request this board to remand the case court society judge can require dbi to rescind the unlawful notices errors and searching private violation noise void of comment on this anyremotely? no. there is no public staff rebuttal?aó

stot dbi [inaudible] the owner is required to obtain permit for fence in or property. in fact the owner failed to permit before the repair. we. we are working on it. just a moment. we have that in the staff report the look at the exhibit b. that's the existing fe a typical of

that extend from the permit approval which is like with the maximum height in front of the property. however, if the common b on the bottom ph photo capture in 2017 e repaired fence without obtaining dbi per fence is beyond the 3 feet and solid ch is beyond the requirement that extend permit. the appellate erecting this fence violation. okay. and currently they not getting approval from encroaching the public right-of-way is the owner to comply with violation. so. that's it. >> d does the appellate have rebuttal? okay. >> thank you. and the board deliberation. get started i want to make sure we are the discretion and

jurisdiction of the is. we are looking specifically at permit for this work? that's what the notice ofqm there this is unpermitted building? i'm asking who can >> that's correct. fence without a permit required and ther of today. you are determining whether the abatement was properly. >> thank you. commissioner alexander-tut. to upon follow ask what we are not hearing today. i negative if you confirm i will understand. there is the app up know issue of no notification this is we not a challenge of jurisdiction we are hearing correct? yes. that's >> so and then the the easement is not before us correct? that is thank you and the question

ab the street light is not before us today. >> correct >> we are permit for the fence. was it issues you mentioned may come up at the approval process but those questions are not >> that's correct. >> thank you. questions. commissioner that you one does not need a p a fence up to certain heights i lookeit told me specifically that requirement. a building permit not required a fence 3 feet or less in front of a says the planning's sheet on the website? >> yes. got a variance and now up to 4 feet inht. >> right if you read the violation legalize it as is to 3 feet. needed a permit >> and a variance up to allow it up to 4 feet? permit staff? >> planning department working on

it. however we need tonov issued 7 years ago is and the abatement issue last year is accurate they did not get thet to upgrade the violation. >> i see what you are only time you would not need a permit undern the front of property. under 3t >> that's correct. should have a p the notice you are saying the notice saying that w violated is correct? and now we near a we are seeking a vains to approve it at the height it shaking her head. >> i will finish thought. may be y oue fence this replaced the existing fence over 3 feet. so -- the d need a permit you don't have one notice of violation. -- in short summary? like the photo show on the exhibit b that provided

city plan and public work and because as of now they have fencing of the by puc and part of the right-of-way >> we are oldsmobile we are talking about and better or worse i don't know if it is more or less helpful or isolating the issue what is in our purview. >> to focus on the the fence need a no. yes it did need a permit at this time and no tedid not ha permit. >> yes. that's the case. >> i gift appellate a chance -- we didmit when dbi asked us to. and w the permit dbi said we need theallow 4 foot height we went throughout variance proces. and the planning department did approve the 4 ff the fence in 2019 and that was office in 2021. why do they continuing is in the a variance approved. -- so what this.

good question approved a variance hearing on june 13th this year. >> so 2019. once we variance for the 4 foot heist fence it went to planning for approval.nd went top dpw for approval and then held the fence permit requiring other things the recent fence repairpleted dbi is preventing it from being completed they say other things part of a big are case. because of that dpw is that is why we could >> yea. >> i would dbi is not upholding the permit it is moment. and dbi already approve today waiting for okay. >> got it. >> ht -- sorry. how does this determination in juneight from dpw here. how does that affect we are now? the later from

public appeald that to the board of appellate prevailed there. >> i will letr. >> i wanted say thank you for your your report. i know you must have been spent a lot of thank you very much. >> so tried to get the fence perimism we had the old saying we needed an applied for that then dpw denied it because of the other things they said are which are untrue. and we appealed theinor sidewalk encroach am permit to the board of appeals. an prevail in that case. dpw isseen though prevailed dpw is st do those things before than i wi release the fence repair per nay is in process file a mandate based on that thank you. >> commissioner williams. earlier you said thatdbi the obstacle

permit issued they did someon decisions? what decision the facts behind that statement. there were errors thatcausing the permit not to be issued. >> that is not convey. there was no blight orn the original request for fence repair permit was issued. and we stipce repair permit. and this permit held by dpw and not letting us complete it is saying that they want you to do a bunch of other it is held by dpw we would h would have allowed other than the for the materials. and i think issue we have jurisdiction. this is we are a building inspection commission. we can't sends an order to court and say hear this we sdroept this is there other errors inl errors?

by the dep are yet permit has issued? the permit has not been issued dpw is holding on to it. dpw relea finish the permit. and the order of abatement was permit is held it is notorder of abatement we are asking to be over turned the order there is a holds on the permit and we can't is holding the commissioner chicken and egg. sorry. i like to point the permit was 2017. it is taking not saying that is the appellate's or bit. >> right. >> i wl information. throughout permitting dpw discover additional violation in property. and the fire table and the e below the publicright-of-way. before approval. this dbi alone is

easily issue. they fence like this or they can reverse it back to the last legal continue like the requirement no then and there 3 feet high or not like panel. appellate choose to go their decision that delay the compliance.rder of abatement in march of left year should be uphold. i don't remember what i going to ask. commissioner i hear more about the over counter permit we approved >> i'm saying pa approval process for this application planning has to look and dpw look at it. city planning begin dbi given approval pending dpw's sign off >> that's when i was commissioner.

for the appellate i had a couple p a can rms. you know your request for rew leaf resends the violation issue new holdings and other things. you know if you are looking a modification of the order i can look at the whether there is law or fact by the department. and also consider modifications if you know can show there is -- i'm wondering is there hardship that prevented reducing the fen or removing the area around the street senors to get permit? some ofacts are missing here. the extent we can consider that may be a modification i guess would be the only of it. >> certainlyor the permit right afterinvestigation. when we applied, they requested allow

the 4 foot height haftically 4 foot fence was 4 variance approved by planning and was registere that has been completed. and when e permit planning signed off on the permi is based on a claim that our ease am is a city owned unpaved sidewalk. because dpw is claimin private property easement where the fire table they are is city owned sidewalk that's why they the fence repair permit. they are telling us w remove everything off of private property before they will allow th completed. we are challenging that. that is challenged with dpw's claims. commissioner sommeru remember your question? talking built

fence, t? not gas lines? just the fence. i answer your question may be i'm hearing they did not don't think they it is writtening they think they are a a reason that are not i'm -- okay. if someone notice of violation. and you have an time to address it. i mean the process was started permits were received but reasons outside of department's control -- what will s that forces an order of abaten the notice of violation is written well compliance deadline. if not t, or not working the inspector determines it is forward will schedule for a directive hearing that is what issued the order of abatement. >> but if it isg forward there is effort tos address i then and there is a lines are hard

to track is being address in the good ilth retion of the hearing officer. could be case where they filed a ago and no action. it is the discretion of the to dom he can issue under of abatemen staff. issue add vise am which says have you out. at the end an order will be is no further context given to what the decision was which was the order of abatement. >> i don't want to hearing officer's mind there was a fence build permit. >> right. and thatre are reasons i think there is like nuance to it. i mean. just i the statement from the decision from the board of appeals they did overrule or for the appellate. so -- think she is moving we would not be opposed giving more times out with department of public works it is

the hurdle stay on the order of abatement? or i'm soron't have terms correct. >> i will >> hold it in abatement for a certain time. it is on holds there is good reason things are moving forward ande time i acknowledge 7 years, long time. i mean appeals hearing was only -- i believe not sure. it is >> right.>> right. i don't know who is in control of that. the that if that is -- not file that for this we whatever cases don't get heard for an time? >> i'm sorry what were you asking b. saying this is the this is board of appeal's the appellate with public works they had to get the decision from public appealed temperature that was heard by the board of

>> they board found in favor of the department of public work's or time frame of that is you needed public decision to appeal first when they got that decision appeal today got it on the calendar first a i would be in favor of holding in amount time potential low. notice of seems like it was present low issued. department standoth street see a fence no permit. over 3 feet. right. that does require a permit. said okay. filed for permit and a number of up. i'm trying to be consistent how we have done t and what is our actual purview and appropriate? all of you gray area and make its a challenge to make sure weconsistent. >> right >> so the board you your jurisdiction is limited in many focusing on whether the order of

a whether there is a legal error or factual and so -- i want to reminds the board that. it is whether or not what hadpw sounds like there may be a superior court that may take time. but on whether the order of a issued. whether a legal error or factual error in that order. there is flexibility? i'm not or factual error on the part of the appellate they did everything did everything they were supposed to be doi what do we do then? righ reverse it if you think that there is a it or as you modify itue it for a certain time. was some there is some public risks to in bay.ave that i don't public safety its a fence i don't there is a public safety issue.

>> that'se can correct me. may i ask may be -- the others in line to talk. would you like to was going to ask, if weonsider allowing more time would that be -- this hearing was last month.ill move forward now. although may be -- still encountering other issues? we are not in charge of dpw. i know your jurisdiction is this it is a complicated case. of notice of violation and filing it and up the city codes that say that there has unsafe property to file a notice of violation. that up in my written brief and the and so there never was blight or notice of violation. building without a permit is a t >> it was a repair of a fence and the antiblig say you need to get a permit for remove blight. we got permit and moved forward

with outside of the jurisdiction of the board. but to abatement when we have done everything we are asked a lot of the delay is outside of ourcontrol, we feel is nice to overrule the order of have done everything we were asked. you. can you answer my previous to consider instead of over turning and worked out would that do you feel like such that they will be resolv based. >> i don't know how long with the we have a current going on with an additional writ about thee. so that is am not happen nothing paraf mandate is not we have another months thaurn in i don't know how long that will take going to not benalized for doing everything that we asked that's what our request not penalize us for following the requests of our city. commissi alexander-tut.

so i'm ground this in building code. so we there is replacement fence code? for fencing that says, a permit that is tpector came out issuing the nov and filed. dbi signed off on the we said meets our codes. building code itself what is resolved is the other department's portion of the permit it looks like the portion concerns resolveda am i wrong? >> i think -- d. building building permits with the appropriate approvals from the other de are the issuing d. but w don't issue it unless every concerned department has signed off oit. so the building code issues. correct. issues on the plans were submitted for the approved by our plan checker. does not believe we

permit. >> i'm trying ton control where are >> i add in the next step after a permit isssued you schedule inspection to make sure it is build accor codes. >> correct. they are the plans meet with the -- second correct. >> and -- is it correct that dpw combined the violation of the fence with related items? i'm not familiar with case. >> yea. scope. if anyone knows this to think the review is based on code. but i believe the appellate they can resolve this issue stands alone from if they restore the fence back to 3 lower. so -- they don't have to wait for approval. may be the encroach am permit croach

to public right-of-way. however they haveorner and the gas pipe situation. that t them longtory consider. i,000 perspective. i will just a little bit conflicted in making if the city hasnd somebody is going through it conflict in the punishing for it and holding them time line they createed write someone through prevailed in. and so -- i'm also -- curious about sol give more time. time seems like a long from now makes me also hesitant.

commissioner williams? >> i -- commissioner sommer, alexander-tut i -- this case there were -- case the department did not have an errorx in fact. also i with the notify notion the appe done nothing wrong the blgsd of the fence without the permit not like a criminal morally depride you didn't comply with it. inclined to use our authority to the extent department has not present threat to public health and safety at permit issue that we have authority to modification. but if the appellate does not give us a proposal fuld be i don't know how we can do it. time -- perhaps the appellate if you want to make a consider. that would be appreciatet that's my

position far. and may be i got on this. so. request is overrule the order of forward. removeing time line because signed off on it. would be og with the fees for the order of thank you. i appreciate that i it is heard well is no er that is the stick point. i mean that's clearly that's why i said there is flexibility and- to overrule it wholesale is w it is a hard are ask from case to case. that type of thing.

i mean that said i think it is -- discussions of what and like open to may be that the way to go? what are your i agree sommer. that -- essential low just 3nt. because therecomplications. to me i wanted -- feel like would be me applying the la this commission. if we i voted just over turn abatement without demonstration of an error by or fact. modification? yea. but if tell be between this and betweenup holding order or out i voteit.

that's where i am on commissioner shaddix. thank you. presentation. it was well done. i appreciate t. grinding my teeth like come on. of with commissioner williams tha without the permit. i'm wi the way on this. you know but i don't as a commissioner here just completely i'm happy to meet you so just with my fellow commissioners i'm morey to -- add more i do appreciate your presentation and feel the moving this forward you are doing so i keep my fingers crossed done and beautiful job and coming out with the chain saw and foot off the to which fence is going through my minds that does a good idea. that's where commissioner sommer. >> yes. io note say -- the

notice of violation for building without a are hard for me. things in the same category if you built an your house as a new fence. idence of. you know. so --where in my minds there is you know we try view everything black and white and apply the same to reality there are differences in the way in -- some of the different case just a thought there. so then are w what in holding at bay for 6 what does this mean? or no go ahead. if you d a 180 day they would have at least to make the corrections an order of abatement. right. >> yes to get the permit and complete work.

before the order is recorded the abatement. >> june? commissioner alexander-tut go andgo. >> with the order of bay if days to get the per mir or complete the work would that 180 day in alternative reduce the feet? >> all right. verification question. okay. commissioner sommer? >> 180re still in the legal system and stuff not move forward the one foot off the fence does this mean you enforced female again we are back i have to think. i mean -- in my this to be something to help get the collusion rather

than a kicking the can. may be there is. >> my recollection is like a -- same as voting today except 90 days in the all resolved by 90 days it isision one way or the other and never come back here. >> right. >> i think so. >> yea. >> sounds. >> and then the alternative to table this and in 90 days or sick months or - future. those other 2 nondecision today decisions in f us. >> right. . i don't want to i was read the boards appeal's decision. what they did is public works denial of the permit and asked them to it again with the conscience laid fourth on the no more than upon 4 foot high public work system asking. to 4 feet >> last page of the -- yea the

fence feet tall. >> as stated they have o hangups. >> that are not building. does not look approve as is there are requirements. will -- need to be met before >> is this part of the appeal hearing the >> board of appeals denied the permit forhment permit and the board of appeals overruled that denial and review it. with the conditions thatdpw submitted to the board ofast page of staff report. >> i read that but requirements the. >> yea. >> they still disagree with? i believe so. >> so. this is out of our i'm trying. we had said we are waiting to se would approve the our approval go through. they sai do certain

so i asked before where does that put the in now. the process is appellate and the d. public works they have to come to meets public works code before than off on building permit then can be issued. >> do w >> they near >> okay. i'm say figure we say hold days i'm fine with it may orhelpful. i would love for it to be and everything to are be are 180 days. we are not inthat. and i'm we wish to be hopeful and mak our decision of how to deal with it now. i don't think that is unreasonable. hold if for180 days. sounds like t making a motion? like what was discussed the challenge is that aft a decision made that is not in our hands

necessarily. whether or not. the order of abatement go infect. tell be as though we said yes we that will happen in 180 days. fees. >> and litigation process will >> correct. i don't know. i'm not in charge of that. sounds like potentially not. -- it would be nice if it were peveryone. >> dpwpprove the permit is. right. that. >> right. >> i would like to ma thoeld for 180 days. see if the partiee of our control can sort this motion it uphold including assessment of costs and bay for 18correct. >> a second. >> i will who? >> motion? by symptom and second by commissioner a roll callte on the motion?

evidence. >> yes. >> comalexander-tut. >> yes. >> commissioner shaddix.ommissioner sommer. >> yes. >> commissioneraye. >> that motion unanimously. >> next public comment. is there general public comment on the abatement appeal's board >> seeing 91. adjourn? >> moved. >> second. >> and there is a adjourned it is 10:44 meeting will reconvene next 5-10 minutes as

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i rt baking around 5:00. and then you just loaves.and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking.at, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- places and i look and see places put up oh this is ng and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me.been here a long time. [applause] >> a lot of people might our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry.our lineageuse one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place went to as a child a fourth generation

san franciscan. it's a place we can still go today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of wlike back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joi people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building.drive down and see what it is. they know the francisco hoffa, which is a german-styl we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of you know, very thick and i want it with some sauer tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front san francisco's a changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint.

tommy's joint has been it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don'tlose a grip of what san francisco's c tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. ♪ >> the service thatage offers to the legacy businesses is to help n process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in of supervisors does recognize a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain city of san francisco. but i say really more imbrings them public recognition that this is a

francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango rfrand thethe family had a whole new clientele. the after that. >> i think that the flavors wmake reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it.go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much compet so for us who have beenyears and still be popular and to be recognized by city has been really a huge

honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if and e was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. s in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that y.mean so much to so many people. >> it provides a perspective.think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're mis for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are the context for how we >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see famiast i know i do. >> in e a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't >> i remember one lady saying, you know, s ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow!

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district transformed public spaces into depict the stories and experiences of filipino americans. part of the work we do is support filipino artists to work unity to really create and develop art. this is murals and designs that the rich history, the culture and the d triumps of the filipino community. >> the presence of cultural center which offer workshops, language classes and ent to the community efforts to preserve and promote the features the is a indigenous community textiles and tapestry for hundreds of years so proud to feech were mand very antique ones and showcase fashion from the comminviting everybody to come experience that with us. ly caters to the filipino learn about and embrace this culture. >> we want to cultural district where you have the young generation learn e and where you have also the sert of the

cultural and share their their traditions, and continue to grow young neighborhood. >> the intersection of technology and culture in thides a unique back drop for a the past while looking to the fuinfle.nce ingrained in soma serves as remindser of power of cultural diversity and importance of our ever >> good morning today is 20 tor. regular meeting oftion commission.

i would like to reminds to mute yourself if you are the first item is roll call. presidentpresent. >> vice president shaddix. >> present.chavez. jop present >> commissioner sommer. >> here. >> here. >> we have a nuemann are excused. and next we have our lands acknowledgment. [recommend ramaytush