. >> this is jason bley verses the zoning administrator. this is appealing an amended request for release of suspension dated january 24th, 2011, which requests that the suspensions be lifted because the owner has worked with the tying department to clarify the improvements under these permits. >> ladies and gentlemen of the board, jason bley, the appellant. i was not presented with or made aware of the response from the other parties. i hope that you will forgive me. the comments are not exactly reorganized. as you will have seen from my brief, there remains substantial issues related to this property in terms of how we will not arrive at the present -- preservation of the property. what is special about this property is that this is the last property in san francisco's chinatown to have an extensive and impressive ground floor and integrity. san francisco's chinatown is a world-class heritage area and the heart and core of our city. commercial street is the original commercial strip of the gold rush. this is where a good number of san fra

i am standing here to support jason bley, the public for this issue. i first learned of jason because of his staunch advocacy for chinatown's architectural heritage and his unwavering protection of chinese-american heritage, something that is very lacking, unfortunately, it in our city. as an architect, working on many products for the city, i was always painfully aware of the need to maintain good progress and good standing in a timely manner, approvals and a timely manner. as far as i know, there were very unforgiving deadlines that often even my clients called me and a rush and said it isn't that permit expiring? i would say, yes, you are right, i will jump on it and make sure we get our proper paperwork and applications into the process. the application of laws should not be -- should not differ from one person to another. it should be applied evenly to all people. in this case, jason bley informed me a year-and-a-half ago that he was concerned about the project early on because of the approval process, but because the project was not a hearing to

the other agreement is that it leaves the responsibility on jason bley as an individual. i do not have unlimited funds to go to court and so on, and as this is in public interest, we need your assistance in crafting some what of the unique resolution here, and i thank you very much, commissioners. >> i have some questions. i did not follow what you were saying about how the unilateral withdrawal power in woodland. -- power would land. and >> the language was inserted with a notice of special restriction by the city, and the agreement essentially says if at some point, it gave the power to remove at and restrictions to the zoning administrator. it did not say to any other party, and to every other experts i consulted with, that is giving up the power of one individual, and while i could appeal it, it would be bringing it back at a future date and leaving it where we left off. time is precious. life is short, and don't we have better things to do? >> basically, we have an agreement, and the question is how will it be recorded. >> how did the responsibility get taken from ja

the other agreement is that it leaves the responsibility on jason bley as an individual. i do not have unlimited funds to go to court and so on, and as this is in public interest, we need your assistance in crafting

the other agreement is that it leaves the responsibility on jason bley as an individual. i do not have unlimited funds to go to court and so on, and as this is in public interest, we need your assistance in crafting some what of the unique resolution here, and i thank you very much, commissioners. >> i have some questions. i did not follow what you were saying about how the unilateral withdrawal power in woodland. -- power would land. and >> the language was inserted with a notice of special restriction by the city, and the agreement essentially says if at some point, it gave the power to remove at and restrictions to the zoning administrator. it did not say to any other

. >> colin 2 items a and 2 b, the appellant in both cases is jason bley and the respondent in the firstse is is zoning administrator and in the second, the department of building inspection. the first appeal intel's the release of suspension addressed to the dbi director asking that the bpa be lifted. the second appeal is the protest of the issuance on december 1st, 2010, to the charity cultural service center, a permit to alter a building, this is a revision to the plan. dinky. >> we will -- thank you. >> we will call these together. >> it bears repeating that i am sad that we have to be here but i'm excited that we are at the tail end of this issue and we very much need your thoughtful input. >> the permit holders not here? >> no, no one is shown. >> for the notified? >> yes. >> i actually spoke to one of them today and i mentioned a time and they said that they understood that. they had written notice prior to that. >> sorry to interrupt you. >> no problem. >> commissioners, you have the decision to make whether we should go forward. >> the group this year. -- is here. >> i did not t

bley, you have three minutes of rebuttal. >> hello. that would very quickly. i did not even hear it. i'm an architect, and the bigger issue here, and why i am involved, knowing that jason has been one of the few people that has truly been active in helping advocate for the historic resources of chinatown is that there is a perception that property owners and private sponsors tend to evade the permit agencies and the code because they feel they can. many inspectors from the building department and planning the there are very stretched in their responsibilities or perhaps don't even really have the true understanding of the plants or the approvals, because there is a gray area where certain things are in public whelm the republican realms and miscommunication. in this case, architecturally, when you walk throughout san francisco but san francisco and most cities, not only this country but the world, but retail at the ground level, especially small retail, usually has much higher ceilings. also, the windows of really good at retail streets and commercial and historical, at one point it was one of the most vibrant streets in san francisco, thereby being named commercial st