president commissioner president lazarus joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner fung and commissioner wilson is absent we have a vacant seat when a seat is vacant a vote of 3 members is required robert brown the deputy city attorney and provides the board with legal advice and mr. pacheco is the board legal assistant i'm cynthia goldstein the boards director we'll to be joined by representatives that have matter before the board scott sanchez is the zoning administrator and he represents planning department and planning commission and joe duffy for the department of building inspection mr. pacheco go over others meetings guidelines and conduct the swearing in >> phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. people affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments within 7 minutes, participants not affiliated have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or business card to the clerk. speaker cards and pens are

there's a motion on the floor from commissioner fung to overrule the zoning administrator's order on the basis that the zoning administrator erred in failing to recognize that the subject permit is defective. >> that's correct. >> on that motion to overrule the zoning administrator, president lazarus, no. and vice president honda, aye. commissioner wilson? >> struggling with the motion. sorry, with you repeat the language again? >> yes, to overrule the zoning administrator's order on the basis that the zoning administrator erred in failing to recognize that the subject permit is defective. >> i'm just having a little trouble with that language. i guess i'd be aye. >> aye from commissioner wilson. commissioner swig, aye. the vote is 4-1, the zoning administrator is overruled on that basis. thank you. >> no further business, president lazarus. >> we are adjourned. (meeting adjourned).. >> proceedings. commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. i'd like to take roll at this time commissioner president fong commissioner wu commissioner antonini commissioner hillis com

there's a motion on the floor from the vice president to deny this rehearing request commissioner fung that absence commissioner president lazarus commissioner wilson commissioner squiggle thank you the vote is it 4 to zero this rehearing request is did understand. >> thank you. we'll move on to item 7 pay versus the department of building inspection with the building inspection approval on third avenue protesting the issuance to kathy fox of an alteration with the property line total of 16 hundred square feet northwest elevation that frls heard on march 21st by the board and continued to allow the parties to continue to discuss resolution mined as commissioner squiggle and commissioner wilson you've reviewed the video for this. >> i have. >> great, thank you. >> with the presidents content we'll give the parties 3 minutes we'll start with the appellant is the appellant here appellant yes. >> good evening i'm speaking my name is is tony i'll speaking on behalf of my client they've not come to an agreement with the properties and also, we would like to mention one thing on the response

of appeals the presiding officer is commissioner president lazarus and joined economy commissioner fungnd xhilz and to my right is robert bryan the deputy city attorney that will provide the board with legal joys and mr. pacheco and i'm cynthia goldstein the boards executive order and for case sitting at the front table scott sanchez representing the planning department and planning commission we'll be joined by the senior building inspector joe duffy that will repeal the department mr. pacheco please go over the boards out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments within 7 minutes, participants not affiliated have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or business card to the clerk. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. the board welcomes your comments. there are customer satisfaction forms avail

on that motion. >> 3 votes are needed to continue this matter on that motion from commissioner fung to continue to april 15th commissioner president lazarus commissioner vice president honda and commissioner wilson is absent thank you. the vote it 3 to zero it matter it continued until april 15th thank you. >> thank you so i see that ms. fox has returned to the room item 7 that item has been called so we'll begin with the appellant. >> thank you good evening rachel fox on behalf of the appellant we'll ask for continuance given 3 commissioners here our position we have 3 votes to have this permit revoked. >> the other side here we'll deal with the continuances be rebuttals only. >> hear from the permit holder. >> good afternoon or good evening. i'm for the permit holder annie. >> i'm sorry could you or could you speak into the mike. >> it's easier i represent the permit holder annie fong we'll request that the hearing be held today as schedule and the briefs are submitted we don't see a continuance on a technicality i believe the commissioners can make the motion if they feel for the sh

on that motion, commissioner fung, aye. vice president honda, aye. commissioner wilson, aye. and commissioner swig, aye. thank you, the vote is 5-0, this item is rescheduled to may 13th. thank you. >> the second house keeping item, commissioners, who has to do with item no. 8, that matter has been withdrawn and will not be heard tonight. item no. 1 is general public comment so if there's anyone here who would like to speak on the board that has to do with the board's subject matter jurisdiction but is not on tonight's calendar we would invite you to come up and speak now. is there anyone here who would like to speak under general public comment? seeing none, we will move on to item no. 2, which is commissioner comments and questions. commissioners. >> i would like to, on behalf of the commission, also welcome our newest commission, rick swig. i have had the privilege of knowing rick for many years and am very familiar with both his professional successes and his service to the city and county of san francisco. rick operates rsva and associates, providing advisory services for

of appeals the presiding officer is commissioner president lazarus and joined economy commissioner fung and xhilz and to my right is robert bryan the deputy city attorney that will provide the board with legal joys and mr. pacheco and i'm cynthia goldstein the boards executive order and for case sitting at the front table scott sanchez representing the planning department and planning commission we'll

. >> we have a motion on the floor from commissioner fung to overturn the zoning administrator overrule the granting of the variance on the basis that finding 1, 2, 3 have not been met. >> on that motion to overrule commissioner president lazarus no commissioner vice president honda. >> no commissioner wilson is absent thank you. the vote is 1 to 2 the motion fails, the granting of this variance is upheld. >> i have no other motions. >> okay with no other motion commissioners there's no further business. we're written director's report the prototype plan we have convened with the yerba buena for the arts and the james arts foundation that is funding that this week we'll be 45 installations of plans on market street to prototype a different way of using artists and arithmetic and getting national and a, in fact international attendance it is very interesting we at the present time, a lot of people in town to look at what we can do for market those are temporary but prototypes for future installation under from the 9th through the 11 a website that's attached to our website it is linked y

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order commissioner fung is absent commissioner vice president honda commissioner wilson no commissioner swig. >> no. >> thank you. the vote is 2 to vote the motion fails so absent another motion the zoning administrator, what say you? order would be upheld by default do we have another motion. >> i'm asking. >> we've got 4 zero so we'll see you in a year were there's not other motion and no other business before this committee this evening we're

. >> we have a motion on the floor from commissioner fung to overturn the zoning administrator overrule the granting of the variance on the basis that finding 1, 2, 3 have not been met. >> on that motion to overrule commissioner president lazarus no commissioner vice president honda. >> no commissioner wilson is absent thank you. the vote is 1 to 2 the motion fails, the granting of this variance is upheld. >> i have no other motions. >> okay with no other motion commissioners there's no further business. we're (clapping.) >> good morning, everyone. i want to thank you all for coming out this morning it's a beautiful san francisco morning as it seems to be those dazed but a difficult morning as yesterday yesterday morning an 87-year-old resident of sunset resident named alfred was walk on this street geary that boulevard in a krouks on 26 oath trying to cross the road when struck by an automatic turning left onto endearing later in the afternoon died another san francisco general hospital this is not yet conformed we ronald reagan are hearing that someone driving a motorcycle on 15th was

president commissioner president lazarus joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner fung and commissioner wilson is absent we have a vacant seat when

order commissioner fung is absent commissioner vice president honda commissioner wilson no commissioner swig. >> no. >> thank you. the vote is 2 to vote the motion fails so absent another motion the zoning administrator, what say you? order would be upheld by default do we have another motion. >> i'm asking. >> we've got 4 zero so we'll see you in a year were there's not other motion and no other business before this committee this evening we're . >> good afternoon and welcome to the lafco i'm supervisor avalos the chair of logical today is clerk call the announcements please. yes please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones planning code are prohibited at this meeting. . >> thank you. let's go to the fir item rrlt. >> on that call of the role supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor chiu's supervisor mar is alice griffith absent mr. chair you have quorum. >> approval the lafco minutes regular meeting cultivation have you had a chance to review the minutes questions or comments going on to public comment seeing we'll close picking up public comment and

we have a motion on the floor and commissioner fung to revoke this permit with the findings that the scope of work go description was not clear and inaccurate an m that motion commissioner president lazarus commissioner vice president honda commissioner wilson is absent thank you. the vote is 3 to zero this permit is revoked given the boards vacancy 3 votes needs to overturn any departmental action thank you. >> take a a 5 minute break. >> we're returning to the will march 25, 2015 brrldz and calling item 9 appeal gregory fox and anita versus the zoning administrator subject property on lake street protesting the january for a rear yard variance to construct a rear horizontal and new three story into the rear yard we'll start with the appellant you have 7 minutes. >> closure i've hired reuben, junius & rose for a personal private matter prior and feel like i can hear this case obviously. >> before i start my presentation based upon the fact we have a high burden and one of the issues with this procedure since the planning commission we've asked to be included in with the dialog and b

. >> on that motion to reduce commissioner fung is absent commissioner president lazarus commissioner wilson commissioner swig. >> thank you the vote is 4 to zero the penalty is reduced to 4 times on that basis as so item 9 is withdrawn and item 10 alfonso trustees versus the zoning administrator on cesar chavez street appealing the ownerships of a request are for a verification asking the department of building inspection revoke the application because the planning department buildings this permit was issued in error we'll start with the appellant. >> good evening, commissioners my name is what alfonso the trite for the owner of the property cesar chavez i'm appealing the rest indication of the permit i have a statement to read as basically what are the negative consequences to the department that issued the permit without notifying the owner no one the record shows the appellant was never denied 92 due process and the department of building inspection and ultimately lost the procedural the minor preschool political error was caused by the department and the permit holder are the one

order commissioner fung is absent commissioner vice president honda commissioner wilson no commissioner swig. >> no. >> thank you. the vote is 2 to vote the motion fails so absent another motion the zoning administrator, what say you? order would be upheld by default do we have another motion. >> i'm asking. >> we've got 4 zero so we'll see you in a year were there's not other motion and no other business before this committee this evening we're >> we broke ground in december of last year. we broke ground the day after sandy hook connecticut and had a moment of silence here. it's really great to see the silence that we experienced then and we've experienced over the years in this playground is now filled with these voices. >> 321, okay. [ applause ] >> the park was kind of bleak. it was scary and over grown. we started to help maclaren park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclaren. we spent time for funding. it was expensive to raise money for this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't have any grass.

. >> there's a motion on the floor from commissioner fung to deny the appeal and uphold this motion on the basis that the office allocation and proposed improvements satisfy the basic criteria and with adoption of the environmental findings from the planning commission. on that motion to uphold, president lazarus, aye. vice president honda, aye. and commissioner bill sun, aye. commissioner swig is recused. thank you, the vote is 4-0, this motion is upheld on that basis. thank you. >> thank you. as our commissioner is returning to the room we will wall the next two items, item 6a and 6b will be held together, this is appeal no. 15-020 and 15-021, both filed by georgia slut shut against the department of building inspection, the property is at 437 done can street protesting the issuance on january 21, 2015 of a demolition permit and also of a permit to erect a building. the demolition of a one-story single family dwelling with 690 square feet of ground floor area. the other is to construct a 3 story single family dwelling with 1,423 square feet of ground floor area. >> i wish to disclose

>> there's a motion on the floor from commissioner fung to uphold both permits on the basis that the faults alleged were not proven. on that motion to uphold, president lazarus, aye. vice president honda, aye. commissioner wilson, aye. and commissioner swig, aye. the vote is 5-0, both permits are upheld on that basis. thank you. . >> welcome back to the april 8 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals, we are calling appeal 15-022, apell apblts versus zoning administrator. property at 1049 to fepb 51 market street, protesting the issuance to john gall and terry bogs a art of which was to comply with notice of violation, demo of office walls on the fifth floor through the first floor. and before the parties come up to speak, i want to remind everyone in the room that this is an appeal of the release of suspension and the standard of review for this appeal is error or abuse of discretion, whether or not the zoning administrator made an error or abused his discretion when he made this decision and aplea -- applied the law in effect at the time the decision was made. so, with that s

. >> there's a motion on the floor from commissioner fung to uphold both permits, the demolition and new construction, on the basis that the design was appropriately vetted by the planning department. on that motion to uphold both permits, president lazarus, aye. vice president honda, aye. commissioner wilson, aye. commissioner swig, aye. thank you, the vote is 5-0. both permits are upheld on that basis. thank you. >> congratulations on your first vote, too. >> with the president's consent we are going to take item no. 9 out of order and take that item next. item 9a and b, which is appeal no. 15-029 and 15-030, both filed by mark anthony bruno against the department of building inspection, both are protesting the issuance on february 12, 2015 of antonio sweet trust of an alter permit, both are for a kich epiand bath remodel. we will start with mr. bruno mr. bruno, you have 14 minutes. >> thank you, commissioners, board members, thank you for listening to this appeal of a permit that was activated in november of 2014 without any notice to any of the people living in the building where

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