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Zoning, Planning and Use

Jan. 3, 2003

S.F. Landlord Fined for 'Fire Traps'

SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge has hit a lower Nob Hill landlord with a half-million-dollar civil penalty for renting illegal apartments in a basement dubbed a "subterranean shantytown" by city attorneys.

By Tyler Cunningham
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge has hit a lower Nob Hill landlord with a half-million-dollar civil penalty for renting illegal apartments in a basement dubbed a "subterranean shantytown" by city attorneys.
        The eight units were health and safet...

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