appeal by joseph butler. 6a, discussion and possible action regarding the building inspection commission jurisdiction pursuant to section d 3.750-four of the city charter over this appeal. b, presentation by parties including witnesses. c, the liberation possible decision by the building inspection commission to approve, disapprove or modify the decision or determination being appealed. >> can you tell me what you mean by the procedure? explain the timing, i think it is seven minutes. seven minutes for each side, and public comment. each side gets three minutes for rebuttal. commissioner mar: the first thing is to decide whether we of jurisdiction over this issue, correct? take a correct. explain to us what is actually being appealed. -- >> correct. >> the appellate is alleging the appellate bill to render a decision within 15 days of the request to do so. options are upholding it or -- you can find it that the director did not air or abused her discretion and not rendering of decision, or may find -- >> thank you. >> ok, thank you for that. any comment? i think we will go straight into

my name is joseph butler, a member of the american institute of architects and insull prior to a record for partnership and business here for 25 years. we are the appellant in this case on the screen, if i could is our exhibit 2. the san francisco building code is quoted here. when one wants to commence work on an expired permit where the work had not started, exhibit 2, page one of the brief, the third section down, it states the new application as required, and the new permit shall be obtained, not renewal. there is no word renewal with reference to a building permit. you can renew the boiler permits an electrical permits, but nowhere in this in francisco building permit is the word redo it used. and the authority of the building official in the state of california to review a nine- year-old permit does not exist. everything that has happened since that renewal has been an attempt to show the process as being done. we have this and that, but you cannot get an invalid permit and make it better, give it authority by doing all of the things after the fact you were supposed to do in advan

joseph butler. the project sponsor is mr. spears and mr. quinn, they say they got their inspections, they got their permit, the work was done, it was finished and signed off. if the permit was for final inspection only and all work was complete, that is the fiction. that all the work was done. i think that it does not take too much to understand that rather than the first time around when it took six months to go through the planning process, these delmon could not wait. they found another way. if you misrepresent the application that issues a permit, that is on its face a fiction. to say that a permit for final inspection, all work is complete, is then constructed from scratch, they have admitted it here. your process involves a long and patient record of proposed construction. when this happened, the face that everyone who follows the rules has in the process is harmed. -- faith that everyone who follows the rules has in the process is harmed. we would like the -- this would have happened if there were allowed to review the permit applica

my name is joseph butler, an architect in private practice in san francisco 24 years now. a member of the american institute of architects for the past 22 years. today, i am requesting that the building inspection commission convene a hearing next month on the failure of director day to make a determination about whether or not a permit application 2011 02250973 for 550 jersey street was issued in error. we believe it must be revoked, because the san francisco building code has not been upheld. the city charter grants commissions the power to hold hearings. this commission has a specific responsibility for the enforcement and administration, and interpretation of the city's building mechanical, electrical and plumbing bills. the charter appendix describes the bic's powers and duties. shall inspect and recommend additions, alterations, and repairs covered by the san francisco code. the commission may reverse, a firm, or modify determinations made by the department of building inspection on all permits required for final certificate of completion. i wrote to director day on

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