a legal means of egress for fire safety? >> the new one? >> yeah -- well, the one that's existing on the other property? they mentioned -- >> that serves the second floor? >> i can't remember, that serves the -- yeah, that serves the second floor. >> i'm not sure, there's something about a stairs and -- corridor and no stairs. it swings out over the property. we don't know. >> sadly, different things told to different people. >> i think we're probably going to get a complaint on it. it's going to get messy. that's the way i look at it, if they involve the ballet school at this point, and there's a possibility they'll be cited for violations, which could include use violations, exiting, a whole lot of things, but we haven't received that, so if that comes our way, we'll deal with it. >> thank you. >> may i ask a question of our city attorney, mr. russy. there's a lot of legalese going on here, and what is your take on this situation? >> you might need to ask a more specific question. i don't entirely understand what's going o

it does not have a legal second means of egress. the two properties were previously under the same ownership, which allowed the ballet school to exit across the appellant's property historically, but when the ownership changed, the permit holder asserted that it had an unrecorded easement across the appellant's record for the ballet school's egress. they went to court, and the judge issued a 28-page decision. if i could have the overhead. thank you. to quote the judge, the court therefore quiet titled 2135, that's us, and rejects c.t.c.'s demand for an implied easement or a prohibit tiff easement over the mercani parcel. there is no easement. even if there were, the city would have to be a party to it, written by the city attorney generally and signed by the fire marshal. that does not exist. there is a temporary license agreement between the appellants and the ballet school, on the overhead again. because the appellant didn't want the ballet school to go out of business, but the appellant explicitly left it up to the ballet school,

all entrances and egresses are on 22nd street. metering, mail delivery, trash pickup, everything happens on 22nd street for this home that is addressed of 897 carolina street. we ask the board to overturn the permit and condition the entitlement with the following modification. to achieve planning code compliance, apply the rear yard setback planning code 134c4b on the basis that the existing building addressed as 897 carolina street is a special lot situation which fronts on a different street. that being 22nd street. thank you for your attention. >> thank you. mr. rodriguez. >> hi there. i am napthali rodriguez and i have a video to share. all right. so here we are on carolina street and here is the 891 carolina street subject property. and right next to it on the south side is 897 carolina where the architect drew the erroneous curb cut. as you can see, there is no curb cut. there is also no entrance to my home from carolina street. so here we are taking a walk up the south side and taking a left on to 22nd street. so you can s

regarding the side yard egress, i would imagine that egress inside the building at this point? >> yeah, egress issues are guided by d.b.i. i'm sure mr. duffy will address that. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner lazarus do you have a question? if the building on the corner didn't exist, would the setback be adequate? would you see that this project would be approved? >> so if the building on the corner did not exist, you would basically take the rear yard based on the other building on the other side. it would align to the other building. >> so, you are not given the opportunity to do weeks of analysis on this. would you bird dog this a little bit and if that corner project wasn't there and you were looking on the back of a match book, would it get approved? >> likely, yes. if it's in the current condition. as i said, we did quite a long review process between 2014 and 2017, we worked on several iterations with the architect and if the proposal before us was to come forward in its current state, we would likely would approve it. >> on the issue of previous council, the

i'm not bothered by the reduction of the pathway of the egress because as mr. duffy said, this is legal, and we had that condition in san francisco all over the place, so that one doesn't bother me. i think it's just the back of the house that's confusing me -- that's concerning me, and i'm looking forward to whether you have some of the same concerns. >> commissioner honda: okay. i'll start off with this project in its current configuration has undergone quite a bit of process through our city departments. we're talking it's gone through the planning commission, planning department, building department. we can say that it's fully vetted. the past project, i'm really not concerned about because that's not before us this evening. i'm not willing to reduce the project in any scope, and to be honest, when you appeal a decision from the planning commission, not only -- this does a de novo board. not only can we not agree with them, we can add the decks back on, and so that's always a risk coming to this -- coming to this commission after the planning commission has

the rear bedroom, because of light and ventilation and egress , we proposed to change the single window into a pair of windows also aligned with the windows above. illustrated that changes to the faÇade here with the garage door with the openings that we are modifying and you can see in the elevation on the right that we are putting the door where the window was in infilling the two double hung windows and the garage door. we are locating below the window sill and set up a brick and felt a match and we are doing a separate material to identify that this was a different opening historically and then on the side you can see over here the site slopes up and tucks behind this car. it is a one window that we will be making into a pair of windows aligned with the windows directly above it right there. that is at. >> rates. thank you. >> thank you very much. do you have any other comments? >> for the purposes of the discussion, i would like to highlight under the new delegation capped this project would have to come before you as it involves new openings on primary as well as elevations but un

had recommended and in line with chapter ten, egress requirements, and the scope of work has also been updated. we feel these corrections what should be seen as a code complying proposal, and we really appreciate that all the work that d.b.i. and planning have done to help us cleanup this plan. thank you very much. >>clerk: thank you. we will now hear from the zoning administrator. >> not all rush up at the same time now. we welcome, senior inspector curran. >> good evening, inspectors. it's been a while since i've been before you. i see they made all the proposed changes. the only thing i see is a lock on the gate that's labeled maintenance area. my fear is a kid will get in there, and because it is not code compliant with total fall protection, i don't want any children to be able to access that area. i'd also ask that there be some kind of recorded n.s.r., some kind of special restrictions that are documenting where that area of deck is located in the building so that we don't have code enforcement problems in the future. say they sell the building or there's a new occupant or somet

[bell] >> public: there was a need to remove an egress obsess on one floor. on the first floor, the rear exit door did not close properly. on several floors, exit sign lighting was inoperable. that's enough. i think you get the point. i certainly notice that this hearing the difference though between the treatment in noe valley and those in the mission and that's pitiful. work on this legislation and thank you very much for recommending it to the full board. >> public: good afternoon. theresa. thank you so much supervisor ronen. this is wonderful. it is about time and as tommy mecca said, it is indeed a no-brainer. this is a way landlords with protect the human beings and animals in their buildings and hopefully that is an investment in human kind. i'm still waiting for my friend to be able to return to her home of 74 years that was burned four years ago. there's been another fire since on powell, that corner on to columbus where i happened to be sitting in a restaurant right around the corner when the fire broke out. i was grateful that there weren't any peo

the deck uses an operable sky light for compliant access and egress point as the existing stair towerrrow winder. the roof deck proposes additional cosmetic paving and screening outside the deck footprint simply or aesthetics and to com -- for aesthetics and to accommodate future planting. it will seismically upgrade and provide sprinkler protection. it is a well designed, code compliant and sensitive to its surround beings. the appellants purport -- [inaudible] >> -- the future issuance of 415 francisco for which d.r. was not taken and we hope that your decision in this sends a message to the harassment of the project by this party. thank you for your time. >> thank you. is there anyone here from the planning department? >> scott sanchez, planning department. would like to highlight a couple of facts. the permit was actually approved in error by the planning department because the roof deck has a 6 foot high glass wind screen under the code. anything higher than 4 feet would require a section 311 notification. i discovered this when reviewing the project plans today, and i did reach

. >> we're looking forward to have secured parking to minimize the egress of you know visiting and the members of the public but really to minimize the investigators remaining remains from our advancing and so the facility. >> we have a new visitors area we're building that is a little bit more friendly to families. >> one thing you may notice in the room no windows there is no natural light not good for most autopsy but in the new facility at new hall we made that an objective they want to insure we were able to look up in the middle of exam and see the sky and see natural lights. >> that's one of the things the architect did to draw in as much light as possible. >> we have staff here onsite we insure the design of the new design enables the investigators and other investigators skiefksz to consider to house on site this meant we needed to design and plan for locker room facilities and shower rooms the ability to sleep. >> third of the construction going into the building has been by contributions of small businesses. >> part of the project is also inclusive to the sidewalk have all n

improvements to emergency egress by installing multiple fireproof exit stairs and improvements to accessibility including conversion of rest rooms to wheelchair accessibility rest rooms. these are all being designed, bid, and constructed in partnership with the department of public works, and i just want to mention that we've coordinated the scope and planned the work with the shipyard trust for the arts, and i want to acknowledge marty mckee, the board president of s.t.a.r., who is present in the audience. so the need for the time extensions to grant number four and five arose because ocii has been collaborating with the department of public works, the fire department, and the building of department inspection to identify a feasible scope of improvements which we can accomplish within our budget and will be accepted by city departments and we won't be required to add additional items to comply with codes. as a result, we went beyond our original schedule, and we now need to seek a grant extension, and your action today would authorize the executive director to enter into amendments granting th

we've developed an information sheet, ss 05 for sprinkling of a building and we had a problem with egress out of the buildings. we've developed an information sheet along with fire. eg 05. that was a big problem in adus for exit. we set up a pre-application meeting with building, fire and planning. we have a special day set aside just for adus, so hopefully at the beginning process of the job, they can go over the difficulties with the agencies and get clear direction where to go with their plans to streamline the process. one the problems we currently face is that we did put our working group together. we are reviewing the plans right away, but the comments issued, we're not getting a response to. what we're trying to do with that, we're also e-mailing to design professionals and calling design professionals to try to get them to come in for the over-the-counter process for the applications to expedite the process. amendments upcoming. dbi participate in supervisor tang's adu working group with planning, fire, public works to improve streamlining. it includes assembling all agency adu ch

coming to the island as they have in past years, including encroachments with caltrans to promote egress and west park for traffic control during events. fortunately, the crowds were not as large as they have been in past years, largely because we did do quite an effort to get the word out that a lot of the area that people have used for viewing is impacted by construction. and so we did not have to close access to the island, though contingency plans were in place, including giving passes to island residents and little league families to get on to the island in the event that we did have to close access to other visitors, but that was not -- not necessary as the crowds were managable. we also had more than a dozen boats take short-term anchorage permits in the cove over the weekend to watch the events. it's our largest number so far this year. department of emergency management, the city, and u.s. navy also conducted a landing exercise at the northeast boat ramp on the island, as part of an exercise to practice preparedness in the event needed to supply the island or other locations via

primary to this project to get that second unit where it is proposed is the two means of egress, the two stairwells. there is some demolition to insert those. i'm wondering if there are other things in the plans that could be looked at as incidental. in other words, desired but not necessary to the addition of the third unit. what's our policy? to my knowledge we don't have a policy related to displacement that's why we rely on the protocols of the rent board and the rules governed by that. >> i do have questions about that and we no longer have the city attorney. and i think maybe mr. smoak can answer this. i believe it's not even in our rent control ordinance. it's costa hawkins about what size of renovation causes that trigger of being no longer a 1979 unit. >> thanks for the question. joseph smoak from housing rights committee san francisco. so i have spoken with representatives at the department of building inspection and the rent board about this issue because we are seeing it all over the city right now and discussion with the residential expansion threshold which came before

we'll have to egress here in a few hours. the people here are in grave danger of flooding.eather: i know the storm surge is very concerning. griff, thank you so much. we appreciate your coverage, as always. we'll have more, jonathan in panama city and janice dean with the latest on the storm's track. then there were five, president trump narrowing his list of candidates to replace u.n. ambassador nikki haley. doug luzader joins us live from washington, d.c. with a closer look at who is under consideration and who's not. good morning. dug. >> this was a surprise yesterday, the announcement that hailey is leaving. she is well liked and well respected within the administration. the two met at the white house to make the announcement. the president heaped praise on nikki haley. >> i just want to let you know, at the end of the year she will be leaving. >> it has been an honor of a lifetime. i think it's very important for government officials to understand when it's time to step aside. >> reporter: so who will replace nikki haley. thsome names are being floated t there. the pre

requirements for that to be an unauthorized dwelling unit is there has to be independent ingress and egress and no interior, visual connection between the illegal space and the legal units. in this case there is one. >> i wanted to hear your version. >> how many units were in the ground floor when the fire occurred? >> one legal unit and this illegal unit, which they subsequently put back in or the inspectors simply overlooked when he signed off. >> where does the number five come from? >> there were additional illegal units which were lawfully removed from this property. >> when? >> the owner can speak to the exact dates. >> a permit was taken out in october of 2017 to have the two illegal units removed. after the job card was signed off and signed final, there was an e-mail discourse between planning and the building department and i was told that they would not issue my c.f.c. i was subsequently told to get a permit that had the correct writing on it. i got that permit issued in december of 2017. enclosed it in january, i believe january 172,018th. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ok, so w

touching on the cameras real quick, even if it's a hot spot, we've had so much from an egress area. they go out and canvas, and we've made hundreds of cases over just the investigators going out and seeing the car come in. maybe it wasn't an area that had a camera but through working with the da and doing a canvas, we've made a lot of cases with that. we can't stress enough the whole camera thing, and we promote that a lot. >> one more. my last one relates. i was pleased to see somewhere in there focused on prolific offenders. even for that person who was put away for four years in state prison, i will be course to see what happens with that person in year five and if they're back committing crimes or not. this relates to our conversations we'll be having with the jails. are you finding interesting data about interventions that can sort of address the problem around these prolific offenders? >> we just had a recent case that was in the news with the subject. i think the community did a great job in expressing how this person was affecting multiple communities in san francisco. i thi

however n instances when more than one means of egress is required by building code, planning is recommending that only one of them be the minnally sized stair penthouse to be considered with the proposed roof deck policy. in order for a stair penthouse to be considered minimized, planning staff recommends a sloped roof with internal vertical clearance to be set back 5 feet from shared side lot lines and from the edges of lightwells. in order to summarize, the department's ongoing development of a roof deck policy and solicit feedback, planning staff sent email bulletins to subscribers of the registered neighborhood groups and created a website to provide detailed information about the policy and when planning staff would present the results to the commission in an informational presentation. as a result of that, staff has received a significant amount of feedback, much of which was generally positive and underscored an appetite for clearer guidelines and procedures for reviewing projects proposing roof decks. not surprisingly, the department also received quite a bit of negative feedback, al

cat walk provide access for a gardener to maintain a rear garden and also provide required means of egress from an occupied roof. the elevator to the roof provides access to usable open space to the a.d.u. because the owners would like to maintain separate control of their rear yard. and we presented two designs to the planning staff, and planning staff has recommended approval each time, and we ask that you uphold those. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. >> okay. >> president hillis: public comment in support of the project? you're the property owner? >> property owner. >> president hillis: all right. you can't speak now. >> i can't? >> president hillis: so -- but you can speak during rebuttal, so each side will have a two-minute rebuttal. first the d.r. requester, and then, sir, you can speak. >> thank you. that's fine they're putting in sky lights and a laundry room and that stuff. i'm sure as clever an architect, he can maybe expand that, maybe it a little more roomy. but -- and his diagrams, we don't say they're wrong. those images do not lie. they show a huge, three-story bo