i attended a planning commission hearing last month regarding 655 alvarado street. the planning commissioners considered the removal of the building a demolition, stating that 99% of it was gone. while d.b.i. also issued several violations, one of which was beyond the scope. the confusion of this resulted in a continuation of the hearing. 65 # a was granted a permit in september 2016 and the building was gone by december 2016, three months later. in the following three months, they were able to get three permits over the counter which let them excavate 20 feet adjacent to my building and essentially making a hillside flat. on page a3.1 of the approved plan plans it shows excavation adjacent to the building. all excavation was supposed to be done past my building. the planning department having issued permits all along thinking the building was still there. i was never made aware that they were going to excavate 20 feet adjacent to my building. they deceived the planning department, the building department, and me causing damage to my build iing. now the other adjace

calculations were never done with 655 alvarado street. three. to discourage deception, any square footage gained by the illegal demolition shall be multiplied by two, and the proposed project shall be reduced by that total figure, along with no build, no transfer or sale of the property for five years. this will prevent any financial gain from an illegal demolition. four. if damages occur to the adjacent property as a result of a 3307.1 violation, the project sponsor is to be responsible for the repair of all damages made to the adjacent property and incur an additional ten-year liability of any future damages resulting from the negligence. this will encourage the projecttor to comply and notify the adjacent property owner in writing and possibly hire a company to inspect the adjacent property prior to a. no one notified me of any alteration to next to my building. can i trust that you can come together and fix the problem and allow the residents of the san francisco chance to begin to regain confidence in the san francisco building department a

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