longway, please, go ahead. if can you rewind it. thank you. >> my name is lynn oakley and i live at 32 mountain spring avenue. i'm glad i have this opportunity to talk to the board of appeals. my grandfather was the first one to buildup this high in san francisco in 1920, he had the highest house in san francisco up on what is now mountain spring avenue. and he and my grandmother used to hike all over the hill. they hiked all over hills all over san francisco because they wanted a home with a view. they even were offered the property where jewel is castle is for $500, he could have bought that land but he didn't like that view. he liked the views up here. so, despite what his family suggested, he decided to try to move up here. there was no running water, there was no electricity and roads. he had to use a boom and pully to bring his supplies up the hill. it shows the area, the house and also the area in question on the flatter part of mountain spring avenue so i'm going to share a screen and just show you a little bit of that. this

at the control is the legal assistant alex longway and i'm julie rosenburg. joined by representatives from the city departments that will be presenting before the board this evening. scott sanchez the deputy zoning administrator with the planning department and joseph duffy director of san

longway will give you a verbal warning 30 seconds before the time is up. if you have questions about requesting an a hearing board rules or schedules e-mail board staff at boardofappeals@sf gov and every effort is made to enable the process. sf gov tv is streaming live and will have the ability to receive public comment on each item. sf gov tv is providing closed captioning for the meeting. go to cable channel 78 and it will be rebroadcast on fridays. now public comment can be provided in two ways. one, join the zoom meeting by computer. go to our website and click on the zoom link or you can call in by phone. call 1-669-900-6833 and enter webinar i.d. 850 5532 6993. and again sf gov tv is broadcasting and streaming the phone number and access instructions across the screen. to block your phone number when calling in star 9 is the equivalent of raising your hand and brought in when it's your turn and will have up to three minutes. a legal assistant will provide a verbal warning 30 seconds before the time is up. there's a delay between the live proceedings

longway will give you a verbal warning 30 seconds before the time is up. if you have questions about requesting an a hearing board rules or schedules e-mail board staff at boardofappeals@sf gov and every effort is made to enable the process. sf gov tv is streaming live and will have the ability to receive public comment on each item. sf gov tv is providing closed captioning for the meeting. go to cable channel 78 and it will be rebroadcast on fridays. now public comment can be provided in two ways. one, join the zoom meeting by computer. go to our website and click on the zoom link or you can call in by phone. call 1-669-900-6833 and enter webinar i.d. 850 5532 6993. and again sf gov tv is broadcasting and streaming the phone number and access instructions across the screen. to block your phone number when calling in star 9 is the equivalent of raising your hand and brought in when it's your turn and will have up to three minutes. a legal assistant will provide a verbal warning 30 seconds before the time is up. there's a delay between the live proceedings