executive director. we are joined by the city of the department that have cases before the board. scott sanchez is here, the zoning administrator and representing the planning commission, and senior building inspector, mr. duffy and bureau of urban forestry and department of public works and john kwaung the manager of street use and mapping. mr. pacheco, at this time if you would please go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. the clerk: the board request that you turn off all phones and pagers so they do not disrupt the proceedings. please carry on conversation in the hall ways. appellant and permit holders have 7 minutes to present their cases and 3 minutes for rebuttals. people affiliated must include their comments within the 7-minute period. members who are not affiliated with the parties have up to 3 minutes to address the board, but no rebuttals. to assist the board in preparation of the minutes, members who wish to speak are asked, but not
unbeknownst to us that he measured and he filed the date after he found out that our height was not correct. one thing i want to say is i have reached out and tried to talk to neighbors. i feel that irving doesn t even live on the block and he has somehow been very crafty at eliminating. sorry your time is up. i have some questions. is the deck enlarged? no. it s not enlarged. the plans, the permit that we have i think was issued may 23, 2013, our deck, everything we have built and i wrote this to scott after because i think he s been away for a few months. i just wanted to remind them that we have not made any exterior changes that were not on those plans that the permit said was approved may 23, 2013. which we were allowed, the board of appeals was a start but we were allowed in that finding to make changes providing that irving zaretzky was okay with. he didn t care about interior changes and the planning department was okay. they did. i think scott sanchez looked at
taken as a result of this project. that s been a huge problem in this neighborhood. we ve had several homes make additions that destroy the light and airflow of the adjoining homes. that is the great concern. i think what happens here is ms. white head needs clarity in what she s going to do and do it quickly so everybody understand exactly the limits and the scope of the project is going to be. once that happens, i think the neighborhood will support her and allow her to get on with the project, but it s very important this be done quickly to save her time and save the neighbors the anguish and time of dealing with this project. thank you. thank you. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. mr. zaretzky you have 3 minutes of rebuttal. i think the issue is very clear to us and that is that the plans that you approve, were in themselves wrong. after the negotiation that supervisor farrell ended and they were supposed to submit the pl
made any exterior changes that were not on those plans that the permit said was approved may 23, 2013. which we were allowed, the board of appeals was a start but we were allowed in that finding to make changes providing that irving zaretzky was okay with. he didn t care about interior changes and the planning department was okay. they did. i think scott sanchez looked at our approved plans and building looked at them and walked around our building and found 100 percent we did not exceed in any scope in anyway those plans. on the exterior? correct. we have not even touched the roof because of all this. that s one thing the building said don t touch the fourth floor. we have not touched the roof. can i interrupt you? as i understand the planning and zoning administrator, the plans that were submitted and that are now under suspension reflected design or drawings that were inconsistent with what this board approved, is that correct or not? i think they are pretty consis
good evening and welcome to the february 5th, 2014, meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. the presiding officer tonight is our president chris fong joined by frank fung, hurtado, and lazarus will be absent this evening. the department city attorney is here and victor pacheco and i m the executive director. we are joined by the city of the department that have cases before the board. scott sanchez is here, the zoning administrator and representing the planning commission, and senior building inspector, mr. duffy and bureau of urban forestry and department of public works and john kwaung the manager of street use and mapping. mr. pacheco, at this time if you would please go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. the clerk: the board request that you turn off all phones and pagers so they do not disrupt the proceedings. please carry on conversation in the hall ways. appellant and permit holders have 7 minutes to present their cases and 3 mi