City and County of San Francisco v. Pacello

Opinion

SWEENEY, J. *

Plaintiff, City and County of San Francisco, appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants in an action seeking to abate an alleged public nuisance.

Statement of Facts

The subject structure had originally been built in 1925, authorized by a permit to construct a residential, one-family, two-story building. From 1929 on the building had the separate unit in it and it had two addresses. A 1921 zoning ordinance authorized two-family dwellings in R-l districts as a permitted use (under certain conditions).

Defendants, the Pacellos, purchased the property, 152-154 Madrid Street…