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Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Department dated April 6, 2006, exempting from environmental review under Categorical Exemption: State CEQA Guidelines, Section(s) 15301(e)(1), the proposed project involving alterations to an existing, three-story-over basement, 6,923-square foot residence. The proposed alterations would: 1) add a dormer window on the eastern portion of the front façade (south side) at the third floor (attic level); 2) raise the height of, and enlarge, the existing dormer at the rear of the property (north side), so as to be habitable space as defined by the Building Code; 3) add new stairs from the existing first-story deck to the back yard; 4) add penetrations to the existing wall to add new windows at the second story at the rear; 5) add four new penetrations for four new windows and close up an existing window on the east façade; and 6) add three new penetrations for three new windows and close up three existing windows on the west façade. As considered by the Planning Department, the proposed alterations constitute alteration, façade alterations and horizontal extensions at the front, side and rear of the structure. The project would also resurface the roof at the second floor northeast corner for use as a deck and re-roof the existing asbestos shingle roof.
The proposed addition and construction would be minor additions to the existing building envelope. They would result in no net change in the square footage of the existing structure, as measured by the Planning Code. The approximately 18,734-square foot project site is located at 828 Francisco Street (Assessor’s Block 0045, Lot 003), about 40 feet west of Leavenworth Street, in the block bounded by Leavenworth, Francisco, Hyde and Bay Streets, in the City’s Russian Hill Neighborhood. The site has an approximately 136.5-foot lot dimension on Francisco Street, the only street frontage. The site is within an RH-1 (D) Residential, One-Family (Detached Dwellings) Use District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District. (Appellant: Angela Schroeder).
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