we'll hear if the permit holder. >> good evening commissioner president lazarus. >> would you pull the mike closer. >> i'm short. >> not our fault. >> good evening commissioner president lazarus and commissioners i'm rossi on behalf of the richard and his partner the ground floor unwarranted unit that was previously built without permit and not code compliant the owners elizabeth and richard are new purchasers of the property and didn't rent the unit to micro and not represented it as a legal unit to her i'm advocating for the approval of this demolition permit which is approved an february 20th, 2015, for the following reasons first elizabeth and richard have the right to demolitions an unsafe and urban warden unit in their belief with the pursuant to the thought a code not only they're right it is upper reasonable to deny them the ability to make safe and legal their own building that possible unfortunate circumstances later on would be voided now and the permit should be approved if it is not the unit will continue to be in violation of city and state codes this is not state require

lazarus?>> aye. >> wilson, >> aye. >> swig. >> the resolution is approved and those decisions are vacated. thank you. >> thank you. next item is item five appeal number 15-0445 off the grid services versus the department of public works. the address is 90 broadway. country grill of a mobile food facility for the permit of sale of rotisserie ribs. we will start with the appellant. you have seven minutes to present your case. i >> i can use the transparency as well. i printed out for you. >> we'll see if on the screen. >> no problem. c my name is matt cohen. i run and operate off the grid. we program, coordinate mobile food trucks all over the bay area. country grill in their submittal to you, submitted a document that stated the range of what we do. it has some important information in there. we work withm(( mi we work with 250 different small businesses a week. we employ over a hundred people in san francisco. part of our business model is what is placing trucks and programming trucks in publi

. >> on that motion commissioner president lazarus commissioner honda commissioner wilson and commissioner swig is absent that carries 4 to zero thank you, commissioners we'll move on to the next item another jurisdiction request item 5 subject property is an leavenworth street the letter from mark attorney for two folks requesters asking the board take jurisdiction over the matter which was issued on march 11 by the department of building inspection the appeal end and the jurisdiction was filed on april 13, 2014 the permit holder is darwin to document the occupancy of the 4 story building with unit bans a site inspection for discrepancies obtain permits and additional addresses we'll hear if the requester - - did you call for - okay. >> we're off >> interesting. >> how was our week. >> can i take a nap. >> okay thanks patience we're having attributable with the timer while we wait for media services to come and help us we'll use my phenomenon if the representative for the requesters about step forward is there anyone representing the requesters mr. filling baxter another technical difficu

. >> lazarus. >> no. >> commissioner wilson. >> yes. >> commissioner swig. >> aye. >> thank you. the vote is 3-2. the motion passes however, the city charter requires four out of five votes to impose any change to a departmental action. >> the motion failed. >> the motion failed. does not pass. >> sorry four votes are needed to impose any change of the department action. absent another motion the permit would be upheld as is no new changes. >> i will move to grant the appeal and condition it on the basis that four feet be removed. >> same configuration towards the permit builder's rear building. >> that is correct. >> and the basis is the same or different? >> the basis is to mitigate the impact on the key lot. >> okay. >> okay. so now there is a motion on the floor from commissioner fung to uphold the permit on the condition that the deck be reduced by four feet towards the permit holder rear building wall. and this is on the basis as to mitigate the impact on the appellant's key lot. four votes are also needed to impose this change. lazarus. >> aye. >> honda. >> no. >> commissi

on that motion president lazarus. >> aye. >> honda. >> aye. >> wilson. >> aye. >> swig. >> aye. >> the vote is 5-0 this hearing request is denied and a decision shall be released. >> next item 11 to rehearing requests if you can leave the room quietly, that will be helpful to the board. the propertiesar at 7 and 9 nobles alley, receiving appeal numbers 15-029 and 15-030 and the board voted 5-0 to uphold the two permits on the basis of the faults alleged were not prison. start with mr. bruno. mr. bruno, you have six minutes. six minutes. >> because two permits, thank you, director goldstein, and thank you commissioners for hearing this case. i am mark bruno, the appellant, i live at 15 nobles alley next door to where the permits have been granted for work by director goldstein. there is two pieces of information under the board of appeals. it's two new pieces of information that i present right away. so you see what they are and discuss them briefly in the six minutes. here in you can show on the overhead, you see this notice of violation issued since the hearing on april 8. this is a n

. >> good evening president lazarus and commissioners. i'm name is karen and i'm with breathe california. i'm here to urge you today to uphold the ruling of environmental health and maintain the suspension penalty for breaking the law. the coalition has work on supporting this ordinance to include the definition of e-cigarettes to the definition of tobacco products. we believe that e-cigarettes must be regulated and treated like regular cigarettes. one of our primary authorities for the tobacco free coalition is to reduce use access to -- tobacco products. ;( s we don't want to sign precedence for this unfair business advantage. you know how young people are, we& purchase cigarettes and they're not going to check i.d.s. that becomes the place to go. this is unfair business advantage that gets created at the same time. it thwarts our efforts to reduce smoking among minors. i urge you to uphold the suspension so retailers will take thi9df thank you very much for your consideration. >> thank you. >> next speaker please. >> hello my name is t

patterson. >> thank you commissioner president lazarus and commissioners bryan there are occasionally cases brought you to you with errors and sometimes cases where there are disagreements whether a permit should be issued you occasionally see case that has nothing to do with with the proprieties in question and used for collateral decisions this is one of the cases unfortunately, there is an ongoing landlord/tenant dispute and the as noted in the briefly we were there are pantly no grounds for granting of the jurisdiction and the sole purpose for being here is simply to force a larger buyout payment from the permit holders the fact of this case is pretty straightforward a 126 single-family home with an illegal unit or had an illegal unit on the lower level the owner served an owner jeegs notice sometime last year fought off by the tenants and was bought off by the tenants the owners quickly realize the tenant would be putting them through very, very difficult process through the serial of complaints through every agency they have made complaint to dbi about dbi and everyone involved

(calling names) robert please jim lazarus karen i can bring rudolph inform with you and nancy >> thank you members i appreciate the opportunity to be here robert with the intersect association again excuse me. we appreciate the complexity of that issue but we do have some comments we want to make above the internet committee generally our association that made up of the country largest internet he companies he and with the legislation you're now considering with supervisor campos proposed legislation and the two pieces we're concerned about neuron on the data sharing abundantly mandate that is an issue of privacy it is an issue that has effects and frankly an inappropriate and enin tool to enforce the agency requiring the internet companies to turn over data for enforcement just because it will easy the pathway to enforcement agencies doesn't mean it's correct and decades the jurisprudence of counseling this conclusion there's needs to be for a specific reason and needs to be a way to protect the privacy of citizens it didn't meet that standard and the second piece is turning scombekts

you have three minutes. >> thank you president lazarus and commissioners.s a pretty straightforward rehearing request. i think that the written briefing speaks for itself. i had take a couple moments. that's all i'm allocated to respond some pointsojpcÑÑ i expect that the tenant's attorney will likely raise. this was a permitjlpáv to remove illegal residential use or floors one through five of this building. the most current legal use is office retail at this property. it was property considered planning code rather than the building code in this appeal. his

on that motion to uphold, president lazarus? >> aye. >> vice-president honda? >> aye. >> commissioner wilson? >> aye. >> commissioner swig? >> aye. >> the vote is 5-0. >> president lazarus, there is no other business before the board tonight. >> we are adjourned. (meeting is adjourned). >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great pla

. >> president lazarus? >> aye. >> vice-president honda? >> aye. >> commissioner wilson ?frjts aye. >> the vote is 5-0 those minutes are adopted. >> okay, thank you, so item 4 is appeal number 15-023, kin nanny ahmed doing business as nile cafe, the property is at 544 jones street and this is an appeal of the revocation of january 27, 2015 of a parklet, we can start with the appellant. so you have 7 minutes to present your case to the board. >> hello commissioners, my name is ki nanny. >> would you mind raising up your microphone. >> i'm doing business at 544 jones at nile cafe and i have issued a parklet in 2013 and it's in the tenderloin and i'm one of the first parklet that were given permits in the tenderloin area and as everybody knows the tenderloin is not an easy place to do business because of the kind of demographics we have. it's not -- if you were to compare it with somewhere, north beach or valencia we have a lot of homeless population and given the scope of enforcement that we can be able to do, it's a public space and we can't really tell people to move and i

on that motion to uphold, president lazarus? >> aye. >> vice-president honda? >> aye. >> commissioner wilson? >> aye. >> commissioner swig? >> aye. . er thank you, the vote is 5-0, the permit is upheld on that basis. >> thank you. moving on to the next and last item, item 11, appeal number 15-054, augustine fallay versus zoning administrator, 3378 sacramento street, protesting the issuance on march 17, 2015 of a request for revocation asking that the department of building inspection revoke bpa number 2015/01/02/4850 because it was proved over the count ir in error by the planning department. mr. fallay? >> good evening, madam chairman good evening, members of the board, my name is gus fallay. this is dr. yen kalika, he's an orthodontist and wants to move his office to sacramento street. first you need to know who this guy is he's an american trained o*rt don'tfisting and has worked very hard, he's been revered by others in his field and obviously he has a lot of praise but it is not so much what his qualifications is that is the matter is what he does with it.

how do we rays each other up as it was done in terms of lazarus?d people like greg kelly and rosanno, commissioner kelly are there, they all know that these folks are inspirational. now, here's the three parts that we need. we need god. we need other people and we need ourselves. you have to have all three or it's not going to work okay? these people the one we most forget is the lord. the most we forget is god. they are going to be the first to tell you, these folks who run the 12-step program, the men, listen to them. they know they can't to it by themselves. they can't do it without themselves so they have to be at least ready and disposeded to it but without the grace and mercy of god and without the support and encouragement of other people it's not going to work. >> well we all need partnership. >> you bet. >> and one of the things you wrote about last week in "catholic new york" was a lack of partnerships in terms of marriage. not seeing it in society. >> yeah. >> not seeing it with catholics or christians. talk about the importance of marri

. >> i don't know if you want to include these president lazarus, one that you wanted the planning department to participate as well. >> yes, with planning department participation. >> and you mentioned also maximizing the light and air and improving the project to fit with the neighborhood. >> yes, that will work. >> i think they will take the initiative. >> june 3 remains; correct? >> yes. >> on that motion to continue this matter to june 3. commissioner fung. >> aye. sorry, i fell asleep. >> vieps. >> aye. >> honda. >> aye. >> swig. >> aye. >> this is continued to jun. 3. >> no present matters before the board. >> we are adjourned. [gavel] . >> we all know a major earthquake will eventually hit san francisco are reproerl presented san francisco is making sure we are with the public safety buildings. >> this consists of 4 consultants the police headquarters with the from 850 with a brand new fire station number 4 to serve mission bay swimming pools at office of economic workforce development in the fire station thirty. >> is the the hall of justice on bryant the new home for 2 hundred and 5

. >> i don't know if you want to include these president lazarus, one that you wanted the planning department to participate as well. >> yes, with planning department participation. >> and you mentioned also maximizing the light and air and improving the project to fit with the neighborhood. >> yes, that will work. >> i think they will take the initiative. >> june 3 remains; correct? >> yes. >> on that motion to continue this matter to june 3. commissioner fung. >> aye. sorry, i fell asleep. >> vieps. >> aye. >> honda. >> aye. >> swig. >> aye. >> this is continued to jun. 3. >> no present matters before the board. >> we are adjourned. [gavel] week. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the san francisco. the reporter: has many opportunities to get out and placing play a 4 thousand acres of play rec and park has a place win the high sincerely the place to remove user from the upper life and transform into one of mother nachdz place go into the rec and park camp mather located one hundred and 80 square miles from the bay bridge past the oakland bridge and on and on camp mather the city owned sierra nevada camping facil

to deny the appeal and uphold the rest indication that sfmta had good cause commissioner president lazarus commissioner honda's no commissioner wilson and commissioner swig is absent that motion carries with a vote of 3 to one. >> thank you next two items 7 ab will be called together michael is the first time appellant both are appealing against the department of building inspection with planning department approval project only ashbury street protesting the permit to erect a building 4 story building with seven hundred square feet of empowering area i understand the appellants want they're two 7 minutes periods combined to present together with 14 minutes; is that correct? >> yes. i've made extra copies of the presentation. >> are you going to be using the overhead. >> that's probably sufficient. >> okay. you have 14 minutes on the clock. >> is reuben, junius & rose? sorry i need to make a disclosure pardon me one second here god i lost my i have a previous business arrangement are reuben, junius & rose i'm hired them on a separate matter but feel i can hear this case without bias >> i ha

. >> president lazarus, commissioner, lieutenant dave falza with the police department, regarding your dads traditional tobacco pipe, under those past lives no, unless the police officer could articulate that it was drug pair fen kneel ya if they believe that person was buy hating traditional tobacco pipe for the ingestion of the narcotic absolutely, that would fall under drug fair fen kneel ya. the electronic devices is new legislation and they specifically prohibit minors from buying them and that's where the city attorney was just articulating the definition and i think it was designed that way to separate it from your scenario of our father's traditional tobacco pipe, but i suspect with all of this new interest in tobacco and alcohol access by minors, we probably will see a day when the traditional tobacco pipe, you'll have to be 18 or over to purchase it but i'm not aware of a law now, that's not a type of case we would be a licensee through, we're not sending you out to try to buy traditional tobacco pipes, so i hope that helps you out. >> and i think the ignition point where obv

. >> president lazarus?9= >> a's. >> wilson. >> aye. >> swig >> aye. >> the vote is 5-0.rmit is upheld on that basis. thank you. >> thank you. item six has been withdrawn so we will move7 to item seven which is appeal number 15-048. jamal taha versus the department of health. we will start with the appellant. >> my name is jamal taha. i been in business for 20 years. i get the tickets. that guy look old enough, he spend 14 bucks. [inaudible] any questions? >> are you finished? yes.p9 >> please come back sir. >> you stated in your brief that prior to this situation that the department of health had visit you regularly every year. >> they visited me every sixth months and plus four years. i didn't see none of them. last four years, i didn't see any of them. >> i noticed in your brief thath= the vendor or wholesaler that you purchased these e-cigarettes. they didn't explain to you that there will be necessary requirements. >> not until march of this year. >> thank you. >> we can hear from the department. >> we're hearing from the department first. >> we'll take public commen

. >> president lazarus? >> aye. >> vice-president honda? >> aye. >> and commissioner wilson? >> aye. >> thank you, the vote is 5-0, this permit is upheld on that basis. >> thank you. >> we'll move ton item 10 appeal number 10-053, mare rin amine versus the department of building inspection, the project is on 300 wawona street, protesting the issuance on march 11, 2015 to kim clash of an alteration permit, add 2nd story master bedroom and bath, remodel and expand kitchen, connect basement with internal stair finish and expand basement you have 7 minutes. whenever you're ready. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm marilyn amini ask i'm here to appeal the permit that was issued, actually the primary issue is that this is a horizontal addition into a rear yard that is not compliant in terms of the required minimum area and i'll put this on overhead i'm not sure, how do i do this, have i -- victor? the addition would be put in the rear right here, right in this area, and i have on this board and i don't know if you can see it but i numbered areas of the rear yard that are not code

on that motion to uphold with revised plans, president lazarus? >> aye. >> vice-president honda? >> aye. >> commissioner wilson? >> aye. >> and commissioner swig is recused. the vote is 4-0. this permit is upheld with those revised plans. thank you. >> okay, thank you. >> next item is item number 9, appeal number 15-052, carl ernst versus department of building inspection with planning department approval the property is at 867 vermont street protesting the issuance march 19 2015 to justin raade of an al ration permit for the installation of alside prod di insul elated vinyl siding on the right side of the building and we'll start with the appellant, mr. ernst, you have 7 minutes to present your case. >> good evening, commissioners, i'm carl ernst, the rear yard is at a level that is a peak point an eye point of a radius of 700 feet in all directions. the pivotal issues of this appeal are whether the vinyl siding will prevent rainwater to leaking into 867. it would subject the south side units and the neighbors to the south of increasing rattling noise from high winds to the side

. >> i don't know if you want to include these president lazarus, one that you wanted the planning department to participate as well. >> yes, with planning department participation. >> and you mentioned also maximizing the light and air and improving the project to fit with the neighborhood. >> yes, that will work. >> i think they will take the initiative. >> june 3 remains; correct? >> yes. >> on that motion to continue this matter to june 3. commissioner fung. >> aye. sorry, i fell asleep. >> vieps. >> aye. >> honda. >> aye. >> swig. >> aye. >> this is continued to jun. 3. >> no present matters before the board. >> we are adjourned. [gavel] >>> each of you being here. it's such an exciting time in the city. there is some exciting things happening in the san francisco. my name is mcdonald and it's a pleasure to welcome you all here today. we are excited to launch this year's 2015's youth jobs. say yay! we are in a great place. let's thank them very much. we are thrilled to be here. not that city hall isn't a cool space, but this is really cool. and so we are grateful to be here. each year we

on this motion, overrule the denial and issue this permit with all these conditions, president lazarus? >> aye. >> vice-president honda? >> aye. >> commissioner wilson? >> aye. >> and commissioner swig? >> aye. >> the vote is 5-0, this permit denial is overruled, on that basis with those conditions. thank you. >> okay, thank you. so we'll move on then to the next item, item 6, appeal number 15-026, hanna habash, doing business as lucky 7 smoke shop versus the department of public health, the location is 1838 divisadero street and this is appealing the suspension on february 35, 2015 of a tobacco sales establishment permit, 20 day suspension for selling electronic cigarettes to minors. er >> good afternoon, commissioners, good morning, my name is derek st. pierre, i stand here with mr. habash, before i get into the specifics of this manner, a history of regulation of these cigarette ins san fra*bs these cigarettes are relatively new device which have been regulated by the state of california and the city and county of san francisco and the city and the responsive papers as exhibit a wer