two stories over a garage. when the building department reviewed it, there was a determination madend, about the three stories, but from what i can tell, there was no change from when it left the planning department other than the billing department had reviewed it. under the building code, a three-story building. that is the most likely scenario. the permit holder's submittal was in 2010, and they do show s. that is not the project. that is a much, much wider driveway with two garage door entrances,6lf!v77óçi where we h. they have a 20-foot curb cut, so that is not the project. i do not know if that is version two or three. commissioner fung: it does not matter. there are two questions. ûñthe volumetric -- was equivalt to what was provided to the homeowners? >> yes. commissioner fung: is the floor plan the same? >> yes. Ñiçy/ fung:and the space? >> yes. commissioner garcia: is the first floor have a boat -- have a boat --d] is the first floor habitable? >> the building department can discuss that because that

sanchez indicated, the sides of the garage. what we asked for last time was also some idea of the proposed typography of the grading the permit holder wanted to do and to establish their for an elevation to this building that then would establish the height of the building with respect to the site. that was not provided to us. we have two choices. one is to revoke the permit. the second is to approve the permit as is with the understanding both the planning and building departments need to review in the addenda that have applied to get and not see if it matches up against the approved site permit. if we were to do that, i would condition the permit in the following way. that is that the finished elevation of the ground floor be established no higher than 395 or 396 based on the survey that we saw. commissioner garcia: what you are proposing would take care of the issue with the garage, the curb cut, and degrading to the rear. all that would have to conform to the original plans. commissioner fung: correct. commissioner garcia:

a two-story car garage. president peterson: mr.nn, why do you not put that on the projector so everyone else can see it? mr. pacheco will help you. >> these plans, now, as i say, that we will comply with but never the city requires. we do not understand what they want. they should tell us what they want, and we will comply. commissioners, this building permit has been there for four years. i have been a construction engineer for 40 years. and i know what the requirement is. thank you. we will comply with whatever the homeowners want. commissioner fung: oh, sir? sir? president peterson: victor -- >> i will give you my card. thank you very much, commissioners. commissioner fung: i have a question. >> ok. commissioner fung: do you have this set of drawings that you submitted to the planning commission? >> i have in here. commissioner fung: ok. president peterson: why do you not come up to the microphone? >> this was approved. president peterson: -- commissioner fung: when did you give it to her? >> i hand delivered it. commissioner fu

here's a guyana doing tile work in the garage there.have a contractor, you have to open the wall up. do a little earthquake work,ái every project you do. here we have a building for lease, one of the issues we see commonly, i get a lot of questions how safe is my building. is it safe? no one knows when they lease an apartment or home or whatever they're leasing, how safe it is ask your landlord or homeowner. ask your engineer, how safe is my bill something they assume i the building department let's i be occupied it has to be safe. i want to point out a few other things we have on the table tha you should be taking a look at. there's this wonderful guide book called putting down roots in earthquake country and it wa publish fwid united states geological survey. it was in the paper the other day and it looks like an ad and it was in with a lot of ads, so people tossed them. i would pick one of these up. we have a lot of information here in the building department you need any help, call our number at 558-6205. we can give you information

there are other parking garages and other facilities around. it is the heart of the city with every transit line in the city. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am an observer of the urban fabric of market street. i have done documentary's about areas close by. this is flawed in that it neglects to provide analysis of the impact of traffic, a double number of parking spaces that have been up from 70 cars to 140. stephenson st. is a potential destination. they neglected inventory and historical values. the parking was -- in the event that the target store would go into this space, much of the discussion at the planning hearing centered around this. it was reported that the target was interested in going into the space that has no parking. they said they had new models to deal with this that they use in other cities. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> i am here partly to introduce myself. i am the new executive director as of about a week and a half ago. i just wanted to add to what has already been said, the area where it is b

inside the garage the lady who owns this had someone put anchorables.ou see some new wood which covers up where they opened the inside of the garage and put anchor bolts that the contractor came and put in. you say, gee, they put in ancho bolts. >> this is just a basic review. you put some glue in put a piec of steel in, let it set and screw it down. and you've anchored your house to the ground. your foundation isn't going to move because it's integrated into the soil. you don't want your house to slide off the foundation. they do. in the marina there was a house where the ground dropped out an the house moved forward. and that's not a good place to be. you want to bolt your building down. it's the most cost effective, easiest thing automatic you do. it's not discussible. you don't drive a car without brakes, you don't live in a house without anchor bolts. >> you put this square washer and tighten up and you're done. it's easy and cheep. most contractors can do that without detail. >> the process to do this is as sirch as you can get. you walk in fill o

then, you have the 16th and de rigueur raj -- and geary garage. when they take those parking spaces, nobody can shop, and this hurts the merchants. residents around the area are circling as far out as 21st avenue, as far north as -- as far south as fulton and as far north as lake. why are the residents in the richmond having to suffer parking and congestion issues for a hospital that cannot meet parking demand? the idea of taking away residential parking zones will hit even harder on the richmond residents with people parking all day in so-called free zones. other issues involved ceqa violations, said the general plan violations, general street plan violations, and one thing i really would like to talk about, since we do not have much time but 48 seconds is there is a real -- rare species at the davis campus, and according to ceqa, this web button to eliminate a plant, reduce the number of a rare or endangered plant or animal, and is considered rare, and i submit to you my full report. thank you very much. commissioner miguel: thank you. >> good a

i have a garage full of stuff i don't use. there is a place on tunnel avenue if you are a city resident you take it down there and show them you are a city resident and they will take it. call us. say, i can't get down there i have, they might come out with 50 gallon drums if you have waste or oil they will come and pick it up. if you have gasoline you haven't used in a while they will come and pick it up. the main thing is safety. we don't want to end up like this guy. he didn't heed the warnings. for each one of these to carry out this guy, how many guys are backing them up? i figure 4 a piece. we don't send in a team unless we have the same amount of people and then some to back them up. to get you to gage what an incident is the guy with the big thumb. the rule of thumb is this. if you cover the incident with your thumb you are far enough away. does it look like he's got it covered with his thumb? you see the smoke going to the side. he's still too close. he's got to back up further even with the rule of thumb. we want you

tell me i can't use my garage. >> then the little streets, how who is responsible for the trees and gardens and everything else there. >> in most case, it is the adjacent property owner who are responsible. so even though those, when those streets dead end, we have a lot in san francisco, they're unaccepted streets, it is too steep to build there, the street couldn't go through, the property owner, the public right of way, it is still where the street would have been. but the adjacent property owners have to take care of that area. in some cases they made beautiful gar dens and sometimes they do the minimum and sometimes they don't know they're responsible and it can get neglected. >> it is trees and gardens. >> tree landscapes, the way the ordinance phrases it, you have to maintain it in good condition. it is a little vague, so long as it is not a blighted area. it doesn't have to be a manicured lawn, but we don't want it to be overgrown weeds. >> there are recent aamendments that say you can't pave over the required landscape area, in the front setback, particularly, planning says

he enters garages in the late night hours. >> the suspect is entering garages inside the home, retrievingareys, entering the vehicles from t outside and taking items from in the car. >> reporter: the thief has been busy, very busy. after a news story last friday warning the community abo nearly four dozen break-ins, police think he committed nearly 20 more. this time he stole something re than purses and wallets. >> in the larcenies from vehicles, he has stolen two handguns out of those vehicles. so we are asking residents to be extremely cautious if they shoul encounter the suspect. >> reporter: fairfax county police are strongly urging homeowners to keep their garage doors closed at all times. on gables glen court in oakland, a cul-de-sac with six homes, two had open garage doors this afternoon. one was closed soon after we pointed it out. >> we are very cautious. we don't leave it open overnight, we don't leave it open when we're not here. we have friends coming over, that's why it's open now. >> reporter: there is a $1,000 reward for information in the case. doreen, back to you. >> jack

more probable -- more people would probably be in the garage. we come up with the limitation of the current methodology that we used. there seems to be a convenient factor that would mean more trips on site rather than less convenient parking a block away. it would be great if the modeling can get you to the point where it that is factored in. it is more likely that that would drive to or the parking is convenient as opposed to what you have. i don't think it always works like that. >> i guess we are not saying that it would always work like that but in this area there is an abundance of parking. the decision on whether to drive or not is whether or not you can find parking. there was a memorandum that was prepared on the subject on how this parking influenced trip making that was included in the package. in one sense, the memo was not completely on point. this was focused on essentially work trips which was focused on what research exists. intuitive or not but when we talk about substantial evidence, that is what we have to rely on and we have

an automatic parking garage.he cost for the automated parking was roughly the same as a concrete, as conventional parking, but it takes up much less space. >> reporter: the auto park at the pallisades in towson is the largest of its kind. the new technology makes it safer and doubles the amount of parking spots available in garages of same styles. jim smith explains the procedure. >> we move that car in there and lock it, get out, swipe a card, turntables turn, puts the vehicle on a little platform, the platform goes up and it moves in different directions and parks your car, done. >> the garage has 415 spaces as compared to 150 at a conventional garage. there are no ramps and it is green because auto emissions are minimal. and it's safe. >> you come in late at night it's much more secure, you just put your car in the elevator and get on the elevator and go to your apt. >> with the parking included in the rent the pallisades is beautiful, affordable, and safe. in towson i'm lamont williams, abc 2 news. >> and as

. >> this hardly looks like a weapon of choice, at a garage door opener. but that is exactly ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >> berger lawyers are getting into some homes, but they are not breaking in. but that is right, they are using? >> that is right, they're using the owner's garage door opener to get in. >> it is a warning coming from the sheriff's department saying they are having an increasing problem with this. people spend hundreds of dollars on security systems and lock all their doors, but then they leave the car in the driveway with the karradah door opener inside. -- the garage door opener inside. >> danielle describes how burglars used her own garage door opener to get inside. loudoun county sheriff is warning that after a rash of similar break-ins last weekend -- >> the go into your house while your there. they know your home. that is a little more risky and dangerous. >> cash, credit cards, cameras and sell phones, all among

, and we kind of went as one lump to the garage. i looked out to the side and saw through our back sliding glass window which is on the canyon side. i saw degree falling on our deck. and i saw flames. i didn't know where they were coming from. no houses were behind me, because we're the canyon. my wife opened up the garage door, we opened it up, people are running down the street and there's like a fireball. i just said get in the car! and just threw the kids in the car seats, barely shut their doors, pulled out and kind of navigated to the people leaving, closed the garage door. >> you told me you got to this point right here yesterday. >> yeah. >> you left your wife and kids in the car and you ran up a few feet, said you wanted to look at your house. your house from this point was across the can yon what did you see yet? >> it was just enveloped in smoke. the wind always blows this way in pacifica, from the ocean. the flames were huge, you never actually see flames, just smoke. the flames were so huge from where the epicenter was,

in the past he was recommended to do garages, and kitchens and things like that. those were band aid rehabilitation. this needs major rehabilitation. if the tenants are suspect, i hope to move that over. i am the new attorney, and i have a few things to say. i believe that the three tenants' concerns that they are going to loose their apartment or rent control of the apartment if these permits are approved really have no place in this permit appeal hearing. all the concerns they have are meritless, and their suspicions regarding the landlord are speculative. i say so because under the applicable statute, a landlord is allowed to temporarily relocate tenants, and they can come back and enjoy their rent-controlled apartments. they are paid $5,100 to $8,500 to relocate. they're leases are not permanently terminated. they come back to a newer, saver building. so denial of the permits here in this hearing really would not keep the vacant apartments low rent. i don't understand what the relevance of what their arguments are except to try to communicate that their suspic

. >> police are warning women after two recent attacks in parking garages. the latest incident happened at 4:00 tuesday afternoon at the lee avenue parking garage. police say a man grabbed a female student in a stairwell but she managed to fight him off. last tuesday around 5:30 in the morning police say a female student was pushed into her car and raped near the science building. >> it is midday, scary that somebody has courage to do that in daylight, very nerve- racking. there should be more security. there should be more police officers around. >> campus police say they are patrolling parking lots more frequently and working on suspect sketches, one is described as l tin 040 to 50, the other is described as a heavy set african american man wearing a ski mask. >> a new $3 million federal grant will help oakland pay for violence prevention programs. about $2 million will be set aside for a program to keepd a risk youth out of trouble. $750,000 will help put teenagers released from juvenile detention back into school. an additional $750,000 will help young a

in oakton a cul-de-sac with just six homes, two had open garage doors this afternoon. was closed soon after we pointed it out. >> we're very cautious. we don't leave it open overnight. we don't leave it open when we're not here. we have friend coming over that's why i's open now. >> reporter: there's a $1,000 reward for information in the case. jackie bensen, "news4 today." >>> a teenager in virginia beach is recovering this morning after being treated for a suspected shark bite. >> is this why you don't go in the ocean? it happened yesterday. be officials say the bite wound around the biopsy's left ankle and knee is consistent with a shark bite. the injuries are not life threatening. back in 2001 a 10-year-old richmond boy died after being bitten by a shark in the same area. >> i remember reporting that. it was a scary time for people ing to the each. >> was he in shallow wate >> i don't think he was that far out. it was really everybody was surprised. >> yeah. very unusual. still toome in this hour, an american hiker just released from an iranian prison sits down wit

but apparently, this started in the garage as a garage fire.ore firefighters could get there, it started to spread into the house, as well. you can see they are getting smoke -- excuse me, water on it because the smoke is starting to come up grayer here. but this is a house fire in pleasant hill on falls court. and looks like firefighters are now moving into the garage and getting a pretty good handle on it. but we'll keep chopper 5 over it and follow that for you. >>> let me show you the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that hit new zealand. 7.1 magnitude hit christ church, new zealand, the second largest city. damage is widespread. collapsed buildings, they have crushed cars, broken pipes, loss of power. but amazingly, there are reports of only two serious injuries. >>> well, we have had this noxious smell at san jose airport for months. now it appears the source has been found. airport executives tell the "mercury news" they have located a broken sewer line under the newly renovated terminal a. the smell mostly impacted office areas, where

systems. >> checking out neighborhoods, we noticed plenty of accessible garage doors. the suspect is gaining entry thanks to windows in car doors that often have been left open. >> we're keeping our doors and garages lot. looking out for anybody we don't know in the neighborhood. >> police believe that the suspect swiped a couple of handguns. for that reason, they're hoping that everyone is on the lookout and his crime spree ends quickly. >>> at a car plows into a northeast washington building tonight, this was in the 700 block of nineteenth street. the driver crashed into the building in the car erupted into flames. the driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries. tonight, three children that escaped the deadly fire are back home with family. for the first time, relatives are speaking out about it. she asked two of her five children died, but she managed to get the three other children out of the,, saving their lives. -- the home, saving their lives. >> she will be missed. >> it will take a long time to get over this. >> her husband took the three children home

a seconds assault last happened at a parking garage. the suspect is described as latino between 40 and 50. they put out a description of a man in that rape that happened about 10 days ago. they say possibly hispanic or african american male, 6'0," 250 to 300 and he is last seen wearing a black zip up style windbreaker, dark pants and white tennis shoes. they say he is possibly a transient because his clothing was soiled and he had a particular smell on him according to the victim in that case. again, i will continue to talk to students out here to gauge their level of security on the campus, reporting live in san jose, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 6:33. in the east bay police are telling parents and children be on the alert after several attempts by strangers to lure children off the streets. these attempts have happened during the past week and a half. in brentwood, please san hill and then we told you about one yesterday in walnut creek. brentwood police say a man has been telling children their parents asked him to walk them

for some reason i said go to the garage, everybody go to the garage.kind of moved, like four people stuck together to the garage. i looked out our back wisconsin is on the canyon and i saw debris falling on our deck and i saw flames. i don't know where they were coming from. and my wife opened up the garage door and people were running down the street -- >> there were early reports that the explosion left a crater up to 15 feet deep in that area. we caught up with two san bruno council members at the evacuation shelter. they thought they had prepared at least a plan for every catastrophe but now realize no one anticipated anything like this. >> we're operating under the emergency plan that's been put in place for quite a few years. we update it every year. we've had information through fema. >> not even our group can get in there, get close. all they were concerned about was evacuating people. >> the long night is dragging into a long morning for hundreds of firefighters. trying to get a handle on the fire there. >> while you were speaking we just got

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if you are determining that access through the garage. however, if allowed access to the unit, that would be the worst-case scenario. in direct access to the street. street. actually, i correct myself. you would have the same. commissioner garcia: on the variance itself, at some point,i it needs to be addressed, and i guess now is as good as any time. the issue was raised about being an exceptional, extraordinary, and the hardship issue. the point was raised by counsel that any hardship that exists by the project >> that is . i do not know that we would dispute that. the hardship was created because of not having a permit, but as i said before, without having the knowledge to go through the process, or doing it on purpose, we do see people doing alterations without proper permits, and they come in retroactively, trying to get the permit process going. ytdepending on the death and the extent of that construction, this is only 1.5 feet. it was not found to be a significant impact. commissioner garcia: and i thought that the appellant's coun

. >> what he did was he had broke in our back garage door or broke into it. >> reporter: investigators say the crimes started august 9th and spread through the fair oaks, reston, sully and mcclain areas. police say these burglaries are occurring between the hours of 11:30 at night and 6:00 in the morning. they also say the suspect is not just burglarizing homes, he's also stealing from parked cars. the suspect has been stealing purses, taking cash and recently stole two handguns. that has investigators concerned ha the situation may be escalate -- that the situation may be escalating. investigators also say 85% of the burglaries in the fair oaks area involve nonforcible entry meaning doors and windows were unlocked and garage doors were left open. so police are once again warning people to lock their windows, doors and garages and to report any suspicious people walking in the neighborhood. >> i think maybe the positive on this is we all have taken our personal safety for granted and when you live in an area like this, it's so peaceful, i think sometimes you your senses aren't heighten

. >> my dad had to open up the garage door and drive the car through the flames to get out. the back of the car is melted, i mean the taillights are slunken in and bumper is all warped up but number one thing he is okay. everything else can be replaced. >> reporter: he barely made it. >> barely made it. >> the car and the clothes on his back. you always thing it can never happen to you but it happens. >> those are the stories we want to hear. we are also hearing stories late tonight that now that you know they are able to contain the fire to some degree and the smoke has cleared to some degree and the heat subsided and they have been able to secure power lines, firefighter are going door to door and only within the last hour or so we learned of fatalities, three so far and still not able to get through some of those homes closer to the epi center. i want to show you tape here, two men they don't know each other they are from different parts of the area. one lives right here nearby and he heard the explosion and ran down and shot some video another man a freelance photographe

the city is concerned enough about that second storm that they have opened up two parking garages down near fell's point, they are asking people to get their cars out of that area, because they are concerned that flooding might happen tonight. here is what mayor stephanie rolls blake had to say about the potential for flooding in fells point today. >> fells point questionnaire crew 6th area we're asking that they head home, we have identified two parking lots where you can use for free as long as you move your car before 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, we're asking that in you already have a car parked in the fells point area that you move to one of those locations. we anticipate having some flooding in that area and we want to make sure that the flooding we are dealing with, we can move these cars, that's all about it. >> you heard the mayor, she said we anticipate flooding in that area. she is talking about fell's point. she is holding another briefing. we are expecting more information. it is all going to depend on what comes from this second storm, the topical storm moving up this way.

yes, neighbors say aboutfor they smelled gas, then last week pg&e came out and told them to close garage doors and stay inside, and that was the last they heard from them. pg&e said regarding the gas leak claim, we will be looking into the reports and sharing the facts as part of the investigation. right now we're just south, probably about a mile to a half

we had a second garage. we put in storage. we always wanted to redo the kitchen. that was the main thing. people say, i love the kitchen. we sold that without redoing the kitchen. we made more money than we thought we ever could. they loved the kitchen. we separated the appliances and painted the whole thing. we did all the things around it. we made sure there was storage, and parking. all of the things that that was one thing that was not on, for somebody who would like to have it your personal, the kitchen, particularly, do it -- do everything else. that was a very big lesson in some ways. i thought the value would be taken away for that. it was not. >> that is a good point. you are right. especially if you -- did you do a countertop change at all? you didn't. you did appliances. >> yellow. >> new appliances can help a lot. especially today, the cost of competitive prices are pretty good and you can make those changes for $3,000, $4,000, $5,000. they're oftentimes more energy- efficient. the general consensus is people like that. one other thing that i think is