greko. >> good evening. anthony greko. this building was applied for and issued over the counter. the item to address, the section referred to under section 106 a 3.2.3 is read with the language that defines substantial alteration as defined by the building official. in chapter two there was no specific definition of substantial alteration per say. so we use our interpretation under powers of section 104 which the building official has. however chapter 34 deals with existing buildings. chapter 34 deals with substantial alterations, structural additions and alteration and repairs and there are triggers for the implementation of seismic upgrades to buildings when those sections of the code are affected. in initial review of this permit we had zoning permit and based on the work to repair wall and basement, replace retaining wall and basementcious , it was not identified as substantial replacement. there are triggers that there are two-thirds of the walls are floors in the being being altered. there are language that our civil engineers will use to evaluate the scope of the work. the

greko. >> tony greko chief building inspector. the department of building doesn't have much to add. they went through normal reviews and they were issues. if you have questions related to them, i can answer. >>> thank you. we are going to take public comment. can i see a show of hand how many people plan to speak. >> after public comment there is rebuttal. >> i would like to ask you to do a couple of things. first if you want to speak would you be so kind to fill out a card. it's not required, but it's very helpful. i also ask if you are able to lineup on the far side of the room to move along as quickly as possible. you can start your line there by the podium. if you want to step forward and the first person can come up and speak. how many minutes? >> 2 minutes. late hour and the number of people who want to speak is the basis for the 2 minutes. >> please begin. >> okay. good evening commissioners, thank you for this opportunity. my name is gabriel medina and speaking on behalf of the m igs development agency which is a community based organization working to sustain local business

cited here, as you can see on the overhead, is not applicable and i will refer to chief inspector greko's discussion of this. the permit we talked about is tenant relocation. it's the discussion between the contractor and peer review structural engineer who is here to address the work being done that out of an abundance of caution that it was a good idea to pull a permit to notify tenants in case there had to be relocation. it may not be that they have to be relocated, in fact no notice of relocation has been given. but they were given double the notice, they were given more than 30 days notice at that period board 3 weeks ago decided against that request on the revision permit finding that notice was properly given. they have had a lot of notice, they failed to read the permit even though they knew there might be a relocation. for the issuance of the conditions they requested, as you will see detailed in our brief, each of the five conditions they requested are literally already granted by the rent ordinance. it's detailed in the chart in the brief and i have printed it here for you. the

. >> tony greko. this permit was a site permit. just an little background history. this is a permit for removal of plaster. our inspector went out and found they had gone beyond the permit and we issued a notice of violation and that was in 2012. prior to that it's when the site permit was filed. this permit went through the standard review site permit process with all required agencies did their review and approval and the permit was issued for a site permit. the site permit authorizes the plans and work submitted for the actual construction. if you have any questions? >> was the permit holder for the removal of the stairs and chimney the same? as the current site permit? >> yes. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this? please step forward. 3 minutes. >> good evening. my name is helen loss ur and i live across the street. i have also lived there for 30 years. there has been a lot of renovation in that neighborhood and we've done some and generally neighbors go around and talk to the neighbors, invite them in and show them what they are planning to do and