he's the zoning administrator and representing the planning commission and patrick rearon is here and i think that joseph duffy will be here as well and john qan is here for public works and street mapping. if you would go over the guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the board requests that you turn off owl phones and pagers so they will not disrupt the proceedings. the board's rules of presentation are as follows. appellants and departments have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must be include in that time. members of the public not affiliated with the parties have three minutes up to address the board but no rebuttals. to assist the board in the minutes members of the public are asked but not required to submit a speaker card or business card when you come up to the podium. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. the board also welcomes your comments and suggestions. customer satisfaction survey forms are available on the left side of the penal -- podium, if you have

he's the zoning administrator and representing the planning commission and patrick rearon is here and i think that joseph duffy will be here as well and john qan is here for public works and street mapping. if you would go over the guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the board requests that you turn off owl >> good evening and welcome to the january 16th, 2013 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. the presiding officer this evening is board president chris hwang joined by vice president frank fung, commissioner lazarus and commissioner darryl honda. commissioner hurtado is absent this evening. the deputy city attorney will provide the board with any legal advice i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director. we're joined from representatives from the city departments with the cases before us. scott sanchez is here, he is representing the planning department and planning commission. joseph duffy, senior building inspector representing the department of building inspection. john kwong is here and i'm not sure if they are in the room, but i'm expecting repr