and the current proposal which has been reviewed and vetted by our planner, jeff horn and ardat. removal of the walkway, different deck configuration and a new stair from grade up to the existing roof deck. >> any questions, commissioners? public comment? >> let's see if i can help here in this process. somewhere in the 60's this walkway was built. aerial -- >> can we get your name for the record? >> it was built without a permit, it needed a variance in '69 and it needed a fire wall. there was a notice violation. they have submitted drawings showing the existing walkway as of last month. and then a permit to remove it. and here is a close-up of removing it. i'm concerned with their family. they need to have access to the backyard. they have a fundamental problem i don't think they quite figured out they have a notice of violation. the last thing you want to do is resolve a notice of violation with a major house remodel. notice of violation should be resolved with a stand-alone permit because if you do it the way they are doing, they will be resolving this two years from now and

good afternoon, jeff horn, planning staff. item before you, 4143 24th street. located on the southside of 24th street, between castro and diamond streets in the noe valley-24th street commercial district. the project proposes to construct and establish a dentistry office, aesthetic dentistry of noe valley, in a ground floor commercial space right now that's a garage and residential unit, two-family dwelling. it proposes a horizontal addition and one-story vertical addition and relocate dwelling to the newly created third floor. at the time of the publication, no comments have been received from the public, but the project sponsor did an outreach to the adjacent neighbors. it came as a full demolition of single-family home and new construction of a 4-story structure with ground floor dental office. in review of the application, planning staff found there had been an existing historic dwelling unit behind the garage and staff no longer supported full demolition of the building. the project before you will relocate the existing unit to a new floor and the project

jeff horn went directly to scott sanchez and said would you like the removal of this walkway and the permit action to correct the n.o.v. separated from the base building permit. he said no, i don't want another permit filed for this. i want to keep this as one ball of wax and move forward. >> okay, mr. jacobs. thank you for that. okay. mr. boskovitch? >> good afternoon, commissioners. >> you and i, we know the industry. i do actually -- >> i'm trying to help him out. >> would you be interested in -- would you be able to give him that kind of peace of mind that this process -- based on your testimony i can't see why you would not. >> i'm happy to sit with planning, continue for a month and sit with planning and see if there's something. i'm trying to help them out. the first time i've been thrown under the bus to say waive the fine and help them resolve it, if they do it their way it will be a nightmare mess. i'm happy to work with planning, if they do it their way it will make building permit process two years from now a mess. i'm happy to sit with them in planning to see if there's

jeff horn, dear san francisco planning department. i live at 261 states street. i know 214 states street very well. they are just down the street from me, and i walk by it every day going to play tennis. usually, the owners of 214 states street finish remodelling their home and keep it as a single-family home. making them add another unit to this building doesn't make sense. the lot is very steep, which makes it difficult to get to the back yard. the owners want to create a modestly sized three bedroom home. that is exactly what we need on states street. please do not cause them further delay by forcing them to build two units. it's been over four years already, and the unfinished empty property is very unsightly. i would like to see them finish a beautiful home on states street. thank you, david chen. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> my name is jeff poe. i represent the 249 states street-40 ord court homeowners association. we support the building of a one unit home there. it was interesting to see the photographs fro