margaret foster, sherida ireton, and sheriann ireton, against the department of building inspection, for 122 tiffany avenue, protesting the issuance to john britton of a permit to alter a building, and we will begin after this clears. it will take a moment to have folks settle out. commissioner fung: i guess i cannot throw these away. i will just put it -- >> ok, you will have seven minutes. >> president goh, vice president garcia, my name is mcfarlin. commissioner garcia: you can adjust that so you do not have to lean into it, so you will be more comfortable. >> i am more comfortable. thank you. i am representing the appellants, , foster, -- margaret foster, sherida ireton, and sheriann ireton. relief they are looking for from the board. the appellants filed this appeal for the very narrow issue of assuring that the permit holder, john britton, who is also the owner and the landlord of this, does not use this permit in order to eliminate the appellants' long-term laundry facilities at this. they recognize and have never disputed that the notice of violations issued by the department

i personally have written a reasonable accommodation letter on behalf of sherida ireton and sheriann ireton over one month ago. he has never responded. these are separate issues but a pattern of practice which has brought us here. once again, the narrow issue is that the opponents would like the board to preserve their longstanding laundry facilities. i understand this is not aesthetically pleasing to the permit holder. he probably would like to sell the property for a profit, and it does not look great. i also understand that for whatever reason the house will was no likelihood prohibit this and will likely be an ongoing issue, but the fact of the matter is that the laundry facilities have been there for over 50 years. these tenants have lived their respective weafer and 1967, 1973, and 1981. there has never been an issue with these laundry facilities, even when the notorious landlord -- this has only become an issue since the permit holder purchased the properties calm and it became an issue two days, well, one week after he purchased the properties, and then the tenants spent the next tw