Alternative for people, so, we do can approve alternative. There could be fiberglass clad or i think also [speaker not understood] clad windows, but we would need to see a sample of those in order to ensure they were compliant or compatible with the building. So, with that the department respectfully requests that the board uphold the denial of the subject Building Permit application. Certainly i guess an option for the board would be to you know, maybe overturn the denial for at least the windows of the rear so they can allow the windows of the rear. Certainly we would request that the board uphold our denial of the 18 windows in the front of the building. And im available for any questions. Go ahead. How did this come to the attention of the department in the first place . [speaker not understood]. Im assuming there was a complaint from a member of the public about a window replacement without permit. That led to dbi issue of notice of violation and that led to the Property Owner doi
Still dont meet the guidelines, then there is still an unresolved issue there, right . [speaker not understood] the permit. The permit is disapproved, planning code did not approve the permit because it was for vinyl windows when the Planning Department saw the permit when they were getting to comply with the violation, they said, no, you cant have vinyl windows in the front. The assumption is it wasnt applied for . It wasnt applied for. We wouldnt have written the violation in the first place. I saw another building like this, i think it was out in the richmond district, where the people were prepared to take the windows out. We give them a little bit more time than normal on the permit. For some reason we were able to lengthen it to three years instead of one year so they can do 20 windows in the front of the building instead of 18. They can do maybe five a year. That is not as big a financial impact. So, Something Like that. But that is just an idea that i came up with. Okay. Is the
That is december 27 . December 12 is the date of the issue. So, i think we have an unfortunate situation here where we have a Property Owner who was misled by a window contractor to install windows, more windows than they initially wanted to install, but also that the window contractor installed the windows without obtaining the proper permit from the city. And even worse than that is that the windows that were installed are not compatible with the building and the department cannot approve the replacement windows. They were replaced with vinyl windows. And given the age of the building, it was constructed in 1915. Its a potential historic resource, character defining research of this is it has curved bay windows in the front. The problem of utmost concern is these windows do not reflect that curved bay window pattern. Also the material being vinyl isnt appropriate. It doesnt have the character and definition we would require for a compatible replacement window. So, with that we had to
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